How bad does the canvas wet out in the rain?
I think I’m supposed to wet it out and let it dry to make it waterproof. The weather forecast predicted dry conditions so I didn’t bother with the wet it out yet, although I did bring a CCS tarp. I read a review that the tent is watertight, no tarp needed.
Funny, spend a grand on a tent and get zero paperwork, no instructions, tips, or any other information. If it wasn’t for lowangle al I’d still be scratching my head trying to figure it out.
l. Is it destined to receive a stovepipe jack over the winter?
I’m not sure, I’m going grouse hunting in early October in the north Maine Woods, but that’s a drive in site, I’ll bring my wall tent/wood stove on that trip.
Frost River wants big bucks for the wood stove attachment with a stove Jack, I was pondering how to make my own this past trip, but then lowangle al says you can keep warm without the attachment, just open both wings and top and leave the stove out front. I won’t be doing any winter camping so Al’s idea might work for canoe in shoulder season camping.
Are you planning on keeping a permanent spruce set Robin?
Yes, I do plan on keeping the spruce poles permanently, I like the look over aluminum. There were some beautiful spruce right at the campsite but that’s a no no here, I could just see a forest ranger landing at my campsite as I’m lopping off the limbs…ouch. I know of some on private land for my supply.
My guy lines require a little more thought as this was all new to me.
This tent has a floor and front zippered screen, not like my wall tent which has no floor. While I prefer a cot, sleeping on my thermarest on the floor was fine. The best part was when I was taking down the tent, I found a big wolf spider on the outside of the bottom corner of the screen, probably looking for a warm body to crawl up next too.
