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I thought I would start a thread and find out how many of you still have and use a canvas tent. I love mine. I find it cooler in hot weather, better able to hold in the heat in winter and more available room. It is also much sturdier in bad weather.
Mine is a wall tent manufacured by Montana Canvas http://www.montanacanvas.com/ .
I have found the design and quality to be excellent. THe obvious down side to canvas is it's weight. My entire setup with poles weights in at almost 250 lbs. A backpacker's nightmare. But if you can drive up and drop at the camp site, it's great. I don't use mine for campouts of less than four days because it takes me a couple of hours to set it up, but it is worth it!
Mine is a 12 X 17 foot main canvas tent with a sewn in floor. It has 2 opposite side windows (w/ screens), front and back doors (with screened doors) and a stove jack.
It has a camo rain fly. It also has an additional 12 X 12 cookshack that is floorless and butts py against the front of the tent. The cook shack is made of the same camo lightweight synthetic material as the rainfly and has an additional stovejack. The cookshack also has 2 opposite side windows (w/ sreens) and a front door and screen door as well. There is 29 feet of metal framework that holds this whole thing up with a 9 foot peak roof height. The tent packs into four large canvas bags.
So, any of you canvas guys out there, what do you have?
Mine is a wall tent manufacured by Montana Canvas http://www.montanacanvas.com/ .
I have found the design and quality to be excellent. THe obvious down side to canvas is it's weight. My entire setup with poles weights in at almost 250 lbs. A backpacker's nightmare. But if you can drive up and drop at the camp site, it's great. I don't use mine for campouts of less than four days because it takes me a couple of hours to set it up, but it is worth it!
Mine is a 12 X 17 foot main canvas tent with a sewn in floor. It has 2 opposite side windows (w/ screens), front and back doors (with screened doors) and a stove jack.
It has a camo rain fly. It also has an additional 12 X 12 cookshack that is floorless and butts py against the front of the tent. The cook shack is made of the same camo lightweight synthetic material as the rainfly and has an additional stovejack. The cookshack also has 2 opposite side windows (w/ sreens) and a front door and screen door as well. There is 29 feet of metal framework that holds this whole thing up with a 9 foot peak roof height. The tent packs into four large canvas bags.
So, any of you canvas guys out there, what do you have?
A canvas campateer
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