Hunt-worthy tents – Ontario OUT of DOORS
We not too long ago examined 4 (one was discontinued earlier than press time), light-weight, packable tents for some backwoods Ontario searching. Our objective was to discover a tent that may maintain all our junk (for these wet fall days), may be arrange with ease on the finish of an extended day in fading daylight, and match right into a backpack. Right here’s our evaluation.
Stone Glacier Skyscraper 2P
The skyscraper four-season tent weighs 4.4 lbs, due to skinny 15D nylon ripstop material, and packs into an 18-inch lengthy package deal. We set it up on rocky floor in gusty conditions on the shores of Georgian Bay. Set-up was simple and quick. Added buckles on pole sleeves hold the material completely taut so it feels steady in excessive winds.
Doorways and vestibules on either side, plus an added port within the roof, permit you to customise air circulation. The color is a perk. Blue makes it simple to identify when returning to camp in low gentle. It’s additionally vivid inside, chopping down on that claustrophobic feeling.
The elements (metallic stakes, clips, and poles) are all good high quality and may final. The ground area is 32 sq. toes, 92-inches lengthy, and 41.5 inches tall. A chunky price ticket is one sticking level. Minus one star.
www.stoneglacier.com
MSRP: $645
4.6 lb with stakes
18″ packed size
22″ packed circumference
Woods Cascade 2P
Canadian Tire had this three-season tent on sale for $159.99, so we thought we’d give it a go. It’s widely-out there and cheap. Meeting was very simple. A solo hunter can pop it up in a couple of minutes. Directions are stitched contained in the bag so that you’ll by no means lose them.
The poles and numerous plastic clips that maintain the tent collectively are fundamental and received’t seemingly final so long as these on the Skyscraper, however the stakes are fabricated from pretty sturdy aluminum.
The ground space is about 30 sq. toes. The fabric is a ripstop polyester, and accounts for a lot of the added weight. Zippers are giant and strong. There are doorways on either side. The kickstand vents within the rain fly are a bit small however leaving the fly open on the backside helped airflow. We had it out by means of heavy rains in grass and had no leaks, regardless of not utilizing an additional tent footprint.
Most of this tent is mesh, and it depends on the flysheet to remain dry and entice warmth. It’s higher suited to be used in early fall. General, it’s a nice little tent.
www.canadiantire.ca
MSRP: $199.99
4.8 lb with stakes
18″ packed size
30″ packed circumference
Outside Vitals Fortius 2P
This tent is ridiculously gentle. It’s a trekking pole tent. You want adjustable trekking poles to stress the 2 ends — not one thing many hunters add to their package. We thought we’d attempt to set it up by making our personal.
The tent has good on-line evaluations so our hopes have been excessive. However on rocky floor (as in a lot of our Defend rock-covered woods), arrange was a nightmare. The material got here with zero directions and the QR code on the label simply took us to the firm homepage. YouTube was not a lot assist. We tried utilizing rocks, and all types of added man strains to safe the tent , however with out soil to carry the stakes, and with excessive, gusty winds, we gave up after a 40-minute battle. The strain required at each ends for trekking poles could be very finicky, so our DIY sticks didn’t work because of being off just a few millimetres.
We set it up in a while a yard garden in southern Ontario (utilizing correct trekking poles). Arrange was simple right here, and it stayed upright and dry for a month and a half outdoors (there was no no fading or put on seen, and only a little bit of preliminary materials stretching). We will’t suggest this tent for Ontario hunters, however it’s good for garden tenting.
outdoorvitals.com
MSRP: $382
1.6 lb with stakes
14″ packed size
20″ packed circumference
Initially printed within the August 2024 problem of Ontario OUT of DOORS
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