Discovery's Mountain Men - Marty's Wall Tent?

[pgvoutdoors]

I've been trying to figure out the manufacture of Marty's orange poly wall tent. No label seen on the show and so far web searches have came up empty. Can any of you identify it? Thanks!

[hunter63]

Saw that.....pretty slick....He did say it was expensive.....I believe him.
Will look around

[Grizz123]

I saw a label, it was "Arctic Oven" just over the front door

[hunter63]

Yeah, looks like in may be.....
http://www.alaskatent.com/oven/ao-12x18-vestibule.html
Check out pricing...

[kyratshooter]

For that money I could buy a good used pickup w/shell and sleep in the back of that!

[hunter63]

Kinda hard to get that up in the mountains on a plane.....LOL

We used my wall tent one year in Colorado......worked pretty good, got down to below freezing at night......but for real cold weather a liner or double walls would have been nice

[pgvoutdoors]

Thanks Grizz & Hunter, I knew someone here would figure it out. You're right, very expensive, more than I thought it would be. I like the design though and the weight factor is attractive. I have a need for lighter weight wall tents, I may have to design my own. ???

[1stimestar]

Arctic Ovens are wonderful! Here are some of my pictures of them. But yea, they are pricey.

-40 and we spend most of the night out there photographing the auroras. We had a heater in the AO to use as a warming tent.

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This one is kind of small for 3 people but we managed.
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[Grizz123]

Thanks Grizz & Hunter, I knew someone here would figure it out. You're right, very expensive, more than I thought it would be. I like the design though and the weight factor is attractive. I have a need for lighter weight wall tents, I may have to design my own. ???

Way back when, in the 90's sometime, I wanted a wall tent and found a local guy to sew one up for me. I bought the corners for the poles through one of the camping stores (cabelas, maybe??) and picked up the poles at home depot and cut to length. The money I saved on the tent/poles I spent on a heavy duty floor and heavy rain fly that extended out 10' to act as a covered cooking area. I had to sell it after divorce and still kick myself for getting rid of it.

My point is you can make your own but my next one will be built to meet my needs.

[pgvoutdoors]

I have some experience with canvas work, mostly tent and backpack repairs. I own a Pfaff heavy duty commercial sewing machine that can stitch pretty much any materials. I would like to put together something in the 12x24 size range. I've been kicking around the idea for a couple years now, I think I'll put a prototype together this winter. OK, add that to my do-list.

[Grizz123]

mine was 12x18 + 10' cook area. It was not for packing in, that puppy was well over 200#'s and bulky!! IIRC I used 12oz cotton canvas. What material are you planning on using?

[pgvoutdoors]

I'm thinking of making it out of silicone treated polyester or maybe even go lighter with nylon. The polyester will be more durable and UV resistant. Transported by vehicles then brought in to the campsites with sleds.

[Grizz123]

Make sure you do PLENTY of research on the materials and how they react to heat, fires, open flames, burning embers from a chimney or fire pit, etc... The last thing you want, is to have it melt on top of you.

[pgvoutdoors]

Will do, that wouldn't be good.