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Robin · 05-26-2006, 06:33 PM

For car camping, my family sleeps in the North Face Trailhead 8 person tent.

http://www.rei.com/online/store/Prod...=4500538&vcat=

We are only three people, but this enormous tent is awesome (and at more that $400, very expensive). It has room for two small families, with a common room in the middle. For long trips, like our week in Burning Man, we set up a queen-size inflatable air mattress, and we hardly feel like we are camping.

We had been toughing it out for ages in a tiny 3-man 4-season, but the thing was painfully small. We do a lot of car camping, so the expense of the luxory tent goes down very fast when divided by total use.

As for a 2-man lightweight, what are you going to use it for? Camping with Farrah? If I were you, I would find a good lightweight solo tent. You aren't going to want to share space with a boyscout, and for a long hike, you won't want to carry the extra weight.

I'm looking for a good solo myself right now, for solo photo trips into the back country. I haven't nailed down the best choice yet.

05-26-2006, 06:33 PM	#2
Robin Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 961	For car camping, my family sleeps in the North Face Trailhead 8 person tent. http://www.rei.com/online/store/Prod...=4500538&vcat= We are only three people, but this enormous tent is awesome (and at more that $400, very expensive). It has room for two small families, with a common room in the middle. For long trips, like our week in Burning Man, we set up a queen-size inflatable air mattress, and we hardly feel like we are camping. We had been toughing it out for ages in a tiny 3-man 4-season, but the thing was painfully small. We do a lot of car camping, so the expense of the luxory tent goes down very fast when divided by total use. As for a 2-man lightweight, what are you going to use it for? Camping with Farrah? If I were you, I would find a good lightweight solo tent. You aren't going to want to share space with a boyscout, and for a long hike, you won't want to carry the extra weight. I'm looking for a good solo myself right now, for solo photo trips into the back country. I haven't nailed down the best choice yet.