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Right now lately whenever I camp I just sleep in my sleeping bag outside. I've been thinking of getting another tent though lately. It protects from bugs and rain. I used to have a tent some years back. A Coleman tent from Target. It worked good and everything but whenever it rained the water would come up from underneath. I then began putting a tarp on the tent floor.
Tent or fly for me.
My boss's son sleeps in a sleeping bag up in a hammock. That way you don't have to worry about bugs/snakes and getting wet from the ground. If it looks like rain, just tie a rope on the same trees as your hammock, only a couple of feet higher, and throw a tarp over it.
Daniel
:rolleyes:Tent, Snow Cave, or unused Bear Den........At home I sleep on the floor, in a Large Sleeping Bag.......Well everybody can't be "NORMAL"..........:)
I take a tent, but it may not get pitched depending on the mosquitos and the weather. If I take the family, it's a certainty though, as they feel more secure with a "wall" between them and the world when they sleep.
Depends. Bugs, weather, weight concerns, material at hand, etc. Usually yes since mine only weights 1.5lb and I paid $200, so it better get some damn use!
Depending on the weather or time of year I will use a hammock/tarp, dome tent or a 12x16 wall tent. I dont sleep on the ground any more unless I have to. I feel Im old enough to make that choice.
Camping, i go with a tent but i also like to use tarps in the summer.
Tent or tarp.
Tarp, natural shelter or just under the stars depending on the conditions.
I have only ever slept without a tent one time when I was in high school. I had a very heavy (warm) sleeping bag from LL Bean. It must have weighed 5 pounds! However, it frosted that night and I woke to find it on my pillow and sleeping bag. However, I was very warm and comfortable inside, but it took a major pep talk for me to get out of the bag to pee.
I do prefer a tent because it keeps bugs away, but I would not be averse to using a tarp or just being out under the stars.
I usually take my lightweight backpackers tent, but don't always pitch it. As others have said, it depends largely on the weather and/or bugs.
I take a box of Bounce dryer sheets and sew them together into a lovely "april fresh" smelling lodge, or I take a tent, I can go either way.
Usually I'll take a tent if I'm taking someone else with me or if it's serious bug weather. If I'm out in the fall for hunting I just take a tarp.
Back when I was using a tent I would sometimes get spiders in it. Maybe 5 times total. I don't know how they got in, I didn't have any holes in it, unless they were on me when I got in the tent. I would wake up in the middle of the night and then see a spider crawling around. Ants would sometimes get in also.
Tunick - It was to get even for all those spider videos you post!
I use a tent or tarp, but usually a tent, espically in the summer, bad bug area.
40' fifth wheel with pillow top mattress and goose down comforter. :D
Don't forget..........and a satellite dish.Quote:
Originally Posted by BraggSurvivor
tarp is my first choice, and then tent if the insects change my mind
Tent, nice to have one if its needed.