Eureka

Timberline 4 SQ Outfitter

Eureka Timberline 4 SQ Outfitter

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Sentiment score60% positive
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Last updated: Sep 27, 2026

Reddit Reviews

Reddit IconErkoseus
4 months ago

Eureka Timberline 4 . External aluminum frame. Roll out your tent, put the frame together, , clip to frame, stake it, rain-fly . About a 5 to 10 minute process .

Reddit IconThumpAndSplash
12 months ago

Closest thing you’ll find in modern offering is probably a “Eureka Timberline 4?” We used em in scouts and they’re very similar looking to this. 

Reddit Icontrailmixcruise
4 months ago

Second on this. I have a Eureka tent I absolutely love. Bought a North Face that was bigger, but always kept the Eureka. Recently sold the North Face and went back to the original Eureka.

Reddit IconAmarth152212
6 months ago

One of the best things my troop does is completely ditch the footprint in favor of a ground cloth on the inside for this very reason. We've had this policy for at least the last 30 years. Can't begin to say how many times the ground cloth has kept me bone dry while a footprint would have pooled water and left me soaked. Plus it's nice for keeping the inside of the tents nice when scouts inevitably wear their shoes inside. It's much easier to clean a plastic sheet than a tent floor. I also recommend the Timberline with the caveat that it's going to be difficult to find replacement parts in the future.

6 months ago

It does but I'd rather patch a small hole than be wet for a trip. My troop just replaced our old timberlines (for the above mentioned parts reason) and most of the tents had some sort of patch in them and were still perfectly usable. It still seems like a silly trade off to me.

Reddit IconAny_Inspection9286
12 months ago

If you like this tent just snag a Eureka Timberline and be happy with a much better tent.

12 months ago

True but being the standard issue boy scout tent for a very long time means six billion of them exist which makes them much easier to find.

Reddit IconAR_geojag
8 months ago

Eureka Timberline tents are great, very durable. For tent stakes, I have gone to using 8" timberlick type lag bolts. Use an impact driver to install and remove. Unless you are right on a rock, they work great. I also have a few 4" in the bag.

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