[philmont] tents

I have to wade in with my 2 cents on tents <g>.

We brought our own tents in 2002 and 2004 (the same tents, actually <g>).
We will bring these exact same tents again in 2007. Our reasoning:

      1. The youth were already familiar with their setup and capabilities
as we trained with them.

      2. We knew they were in good shape and were confident they wouldn't
leak because we had used them the previous month.

      3. They were 25% lighter (but smaller) that Philtents (ours 5.5 lbs,
theirs 7.5 lbs, I think)

      4. We didn't have to dink around with checking the Philtents in and
out before and after (especially after) our trek.

We used 2-person Coleman Peak 1 Aries tents that we got at the Coleman
factory outlet, on sale, using our 20% BSA discount. The model we use is
no longer made, it has been replaced by the Coleman Exponent Oryx (I
think). Our tents cost us less than $80 apiece. They are free-standing,
have aluminum poles and only take 4 stakes to setup. They are going on 6
years old, and we've had ZERO problems with them. We have just seam-sealed
them a couple of times. The only minor drawback is that they only have one
door, but this was never really a significant issue for us (and the extra
zipper, etc, for a second door does add some ounces). The new model may
have 2 doors, I'm not sure. We do religiously use them with a ground tarp.
Our Aries tents have been to Philmont twice, Northern Tier once and on
innumerable other Scout weekend camping and backpacks. Plus they have been
borrowed by Scout families for their personal use. Based on the
performance we have had (including withstanding two magnificent hail storms
at Philmont in 2004), I don't know that I could honestly recommend anything
else.....

Also, it bears mentioning that since we are less than 4 hours from Philmont
by car, we could more easily get more gear down to Philmont than those who
have to plane, bus or train down to Philmont... YIS. Mike Conkey ('76,
'02, '04 and '07).

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Received on Tue May 8 08:50:10 2007