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Anonymous Sat 18 Feb 2017 03:40:25 No.953189 View View Reply Original Report

I'm looking to get a new tent for when I go hunting/backpacking and I need of some suggestions. I found the Eureka Alpenlite 2XT for $350 locally and it seems to have gotten good reviews. My main conerens with it are obviously it's a littleness pricy and it weights in at 7lbs.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Feb 2017 03:58:21 No.953195 Report

Quoted By: >>953201 >>953463

>>953189
Why do you need a tent? You could save yourself the $350, the 7lbs, and the pitching that hideous monstrosity if you just laid down a groundcloth and maybe pitch a small tarp if you're expecting rain.

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Anonymous Sat 18 Feb 2017 04:02:15 No.953200 Report

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4 season tents are heavy because of the extra pole weight. Get a 3 season tent.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 18 Feb 2017 04:04:34 No.953201 Report

Quoted By: >>953281

>>953195
I hace slept in the mud of a hilltopbase in khandahar province. I seriouslydoubt your faggot ass evercamped 4miles from your subaru.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Feb 2017 06:30:25 No.953281 Report

Quoted By: >>953416

>>953201
Actually, the furthest I've camped from my vehicle is 1,400 miles, the trip lasted three months, and no I didn't take a tent.

But you can go ahead and feel like a 'real' man because you carry unnecessary gear. Really, it's no skin off my dick.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Feb 2017 14:13:30 No.953416 Report

Quoted By: >>953471 >>953619

>>953281
The roadtrip from houston to san deigo is about 1400 miles. You are a liar

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Feb 2017 16:19:04 No.953463 Report

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>>953195
I'm not going to use a tarp in bad weather/snow conditions

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 18 Feb 2017 16:48:20 No.953471 Report

Quoted By: >>953475

>>953416
>muh roadtrip

>AT ~2,190 miles
>PCT ~2,650 miles
>CDT ~3,100 miles
>NCT ~4,600 miles

Surely, no one ever hikes these.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Feb 2017 17:00:08 No.953475 Report

Quoted By: >>953487 >>953619

>>953471
Ok sure. Techically all those trails are quite long. But niggers mailmacaroni and cheese to themselves every 10 miles.

Please, tell me thenepic story of how you were fartger from your car than houston is from san diego.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Feb 2017 17:23:14 No.953487 Report

Quoted By: >>953491

>>953475
>tell me

Yeah, I'm not that guy. You're sperging out for no reason. Over 17,000 people have thru-hiked the AT. Almost 5,000 have done the PCT.

Just because you wouldn't/couldn't doesn't mean no one does it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Feb 2017 17:29:48 No.953491 Report

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>>953487
I hsve been far more remote than any moron on the pct. Perhaps my chalenge was off base since i suppose i can get 8k mikes from my car by flying to japan.

Whatevs.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Feb 2017 18:26:43 No.953526 Report

Quoted By: >>953536 >>954124

So any opinions on the tent?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Feb 2017 18:42:49 No.953536 Report

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>>953526
I used eureka tents in the boy scouts they are solid. I wouldn't buy one today they dort of seem academy teir.

I would ttrust a kelty overa eureka. But thats just me.

Aslo, the 1400 miles from his car guy is a liar

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Anonymous Sat 18 Feb 2017 19:08:43 No.953550 Report

Quoted By: >>953558

I'm not sure about the Eureka but I use a Vango Blade 200 and it's a fucking top notch tent for the price, best I've had, very light, set up in a couple of minutes.

For those other two guys, I once parked my 4x4 on a ridgeline and hiked 2km down a steep spur to camp next to a river, doesn't sound like much but it was hard especially climbing back out.

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Anonymous Sat 18 Feb 2017 19:25:36 No.953558 Report

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>>953550
Yea normally hiking uphill is worse.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Feb 2017 22:00:06 No.953619 Report

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>>953416
I'm not seeing how that completely unrelated fact could possibly prove anything.

>>953475
>tell me
Hitch-hiked from Spokane, WA to Campo, CA. Slept under the open sky the whole three months until I got back.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Feb 2017 23:17:21 No.953672 Report

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Buy shelter halves. You get ponchos as a bonus!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 19 Feb 2017 19:51:59 No.954124 Report

Quoted By: >>954341

>>953526
I use a eureka solitaire tent that ran me about $100 or so(5 years ago, don't remember the price and I got an employee discount).

Quick note: it's on sale on amazon for $85.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Feb 2017 01:38:15 No.954341 Report

Quoted By: >>954351 >>954353

>>954124
That's a solid price! How's it hold up in stormy weather/how'd you like the tent?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Feb 2017 01:43:30 No.954346 Report

Quoted By: >>954514

>>953189
Too many parts in that system. I wouldn't.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Feb 2017 02:00:49 No.954351 Report

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>>954341
Fine on all fronts. It's not a free standing tent so you have to secure it down. But it is a tight fit. Just 2 factors and there was a rumor of messed up poles or them breaking but I never really had an issue with them. Just FYI.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Feb 2017 02:02:51 No.954353 Report

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>>954341
As far as my personal experience with it: it's a tight fit. But that doesn't really bother me, I'm in it to sleep and then right back out when I wake. So yeah. There's that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Feb 2017 09:15:03 No.954514 Report

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>>954346
yeah I'd go for a single pole tarp tent, something like the SMD Lunar solo

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