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Originally Posted by GGG
Are you planning on winter camping?
If not I don’t see it as worth the hassle. Typically you get a fire going in them (about a half hour) adjust the flu and pack it with wood so it will will keep you warm for hours, and then you wake up at 4 in the morning to stuff it full again.
If the goal is on relative warm (above 0) nights and not to use it all nights I don’t see the use case over just bringing warmer stuff.
Have you experienced leaking tents and inclement weather getting inside regularly? Usually that is a function of bad tent design which in the 6 person size is really common. But with the right tent there should be no reason to end having wet sleeping bags or clothes to get into.
Now if you are winter camping then really big tent with a stove jack is awesome. I prefer something that is freestanding and made of non-flammable materials as you don’t want a peg failure to collapse your tent on your stove. So I am anti pyramid tent for stoves but many people use them.
If you want something to warm up your tent before going to sleep a white gas Coleman lantern works pretty good and you can suspend it from the middle of your tent. Some carbon monoxide risk, less severe burn and melting sleeping bag risk and way less fiddle factor. Takes the edge off the temperature but likely doesn’t help dry clothes too much.
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With my existing gear, I am not actively considering winter camping. Not designed for that at all. I was thinking that with a tent that has the stove option, it opens up the option to do winter camping along with reducing misery relating to inclement weather for spring/summer/fall camping. I normally wouldn't use the stove, but like the idea of potentially having a stove option for additional comfort and to ensure a camping trip doesn't get derailed. Thinking if we had gear that could handle a mild winter type camping, the other seasons would be a breeze.
Do you have a recommendation of what you were using for winter camping? Budget dependent, but I was thinking of maybe a higher quality tent with camping cots vs 6 person tent and mattresses.
My current 6 person tent is a design from like 10-20 years ago and completely ####e. The only way to redeem it is buy an extremely large tarp that can cover the whole thing to make it work, but then it'll look like something out of a tent city, and the tent did poorly last weekend and sagged/twisted a lot when a smaller tarp was pulled taut but not tight against it.
However, looking at 6 person tents, I'm already looking around the $400+ ish range, so I was thinking whether to get something better for a few hundred bucks more. That's how I ended up running into these stove inflatable and yurt tent rabbit hole. Also seemed more luxurious than a typical tent plus if the reviews said people were using them for winter, then other seasons is a total breeze.