[philmont] tents

Steve Unger writes...

I used the Philtents in 1993. Very dry. Very stable. BUT...had to do
everything horizontal. "Worm" into your clothes. "Worm" in and out the door. Not enough room to sit up. That was a VERY big negative for me. Check out/in was another negative. Tiime spent "inspecting" the tents was more valuable to us in other ways.

Comment...

1993 was probably the old green model, not the newer blue ones (which are not so new anymore, I slept in a retired one last weekend marked 1997). There was a green one set up next to it - a foot shorter in height, half a foot shorter in length. I'm six feet and can sit up in the blue model, with a little room to spare.

The Philtents vs. your own tents debate is annual. At the end of the day, the crew needs to weigh the pros and cons of both (pretty well laid out in this thread) and make a decision. Either would be the "right" choice - the fact another crew decides opposite does not make them wrong.

-- Al Thomson, Troop 236,
Schooley's Mountain, NJ
Treks 1999, 2001, 2003
Autumn Adventures 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008

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Received on Wed May 9 07:35:20 2007