[QUOTE=MilesofSmiles;519300
As I said before, normal backpacking tents are fantastic, that is until you have a bathroom emergency, need to stay put for hours in pouring rain, get bad leg cramp or need to put on full riding gear lying down.
Maybe I'll start my own tent company and solve this dilemma once and for all.[/QUOTE]
I've often wondered how hard can it be to make your own tent, but once I'd sobered up realised probably very hard. Probably easier than making your own parachute but as the lightning started to flash I'd have a similar level of confidence in it.
Below is a picture with two tents we used on a recent trip. The one in he foreground must come close to the original criteria ( tall 60" center height x 90 to 92" long, free standing tent that is light weight). Its a REI BaseCamp 4. The one in the background is its big brother, the Base Camp 6 and that fitted easily into the GW top box.
By the stds of the tents I use in Europe both Base Camps feel a little flimsy but they withstood days of rain without leaking and hot nights without suffocating us. And neither of the ones in the picture are new - the BC6 is 10yrs old and the 4 about 5yrs old.
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