Cabelas Alaskan Guide Six-person. Get the aluminum PE version. You are not getting wet, and the wind does not move it. I bought it as a family tent with my two kids. Now my wife and i have two cots, two chairs in it.
If you are over landing and just driving all day a roof top could make sense for some. In a campground rtt’s seem pointless. If I am staying for more then two days someplace I set up my Cabelas six man guide tent. If I am weekend camping REI 1/2 dome four person. Easy to set up and roomy.
I bought a cabelas 6 person Alaskan Guide after a couple of failed family tents. I have had this tent for for 15 years. It has kept my family bone dry, it doesn't move in the wind and i can stand up in it. It fits a queen air mattress and enough room for two kids and the dogs. My kids are grown the dogs are gone and we sleep with two cots, a folding chair and a small table. It was expensive but wellworth the money for the peace of mind. Get the ground cloth.
I have a six person Cabelas Alaskan Guide. Great tent for the elements and plenty of room. Two cots a chair and a folding table. When the kids were young queen size air mattress and two sleeping pads for kids. Plenty of room even with the dog. It’s overkill for campground Camping but you won’t get wet. As I get older bigger doors to get in and out. I have had the tent 2012
Backpacking or car camping? I use an rei 1/2 done for backpacking or my old school north face mountain 24. Car camping I use a Cabelas Alaskan Guide six person. It's a beast. Takes the wind and rain. Great tent. But expensive. So is my mountain 24 when i bought it in 1997.
Rei 1/2 dome. Make sure you seam seal it.
Yes, They are built Like tanks. They stand up to almost anything weather wise. I had the 8p and it was
Difficult for a solo set up. I imagine the 6p Is very doable…
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This is a link to a youtube video if you want to see the best tent in the world. The Cabela Alaskan Guide. I was lucky enough to find one used almost brand new, from a woman whose husband died and was selling it. I can testify it will indeed stand up to an eighty mile an hour wind. I survived a storm in one during a northeaster on a small island with 70 to 85 mile an hour winds in the icy rain and cold. Not one drop of rain came inside. It is not small or packable, but it is one thing, a beast and the best tent I have ever owned. I have camped twice in the cold with the tent, once next to a frozen lake. I had a Buddy Heater with me. The temperature dropped to 24 F that night. I was too hot. It is the kind of tent designed for long term hunters in Alaska. Truly amazing.
Edit: Just wanted to add. The tent in the video is the one I have. Mine I believe is an older model as the fly has a snow skirt on my tent that you can bury in the snow, the one in the video doesn't have that feature. Mine also has three ground sheets, the bathtub tent floor, an additional interior floor and a larger outer floor, plus a separate floorless vestibule for a woodstove and heated kitchen separate from the sleeping area.
Same here. The Cabela’s alaskan guide tents are great, but heavy. Definitely wouldn’t want to backpack with one.
I’ve got a North Face, can’t remember the name but it’s their version of the rei half dome. Bought it used in the early 2000s and it’s still going strong.
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