Flex-Bow VX (8.5x6 ft)

I agree. Setting up and taking down a huge canvas tent will get old real fast. Getting a nice tarp set up (not a cheap blue tarp, but a dedicated camping tarp with canopy poles) and learning how to set it up is an amazing way to camp. Rain or shine, you've got a place to hang out, cook, read, etc. Then, all you need is a small weatherproof tent to climb in at the end of the day. If you are set on getting a canvas tent, I'd go with the small Kodiak 8.5 X 6.

Kodiak tents are great. I like them better than Springbar because of their windows, but Springbars have better color options. For two people, I'd get the 10 X 10 if you're going to use cots, etc.

Have you looked at the Flexbow canvas tents? They are a bit pricey but will last forever if you do your part and take care of them. The one I have is the best tent I have ever owned. Doesn't leak and has stood up to 40 MPH desert winds.

I have a Kodiak canvas flex-bow tent that I used 4 seasons, its sturdy metal poles held up through a lot of snowfall and it was fine in the summer in the mountains of Colorado and Wyoming mostly .

The Kodiak flex-bow is very simple and quick to set up but it’s big and heavy. Also, it’s not self-standing so you have to get the stakes into the ground for it to work.

Love my Kodiak Flex Bow canvas tent.

yeah I have owned two Kodiak flexbows and they are both great stood up to 60+ mph winds, snow storms, windstorms on the beach, and heavy, heavy rain

Kodiak canvas tents are what I use when I camp in winter in West Virginia.