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It is one of the most common questions new campers ask, and even experienced hikers sometimes skip it out of habit or budget concerns.
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A tent on its own can only do so much. The small accessories that go with it are often what determine whether your tent survives a windy night,...
How-To
A tarp is one of the most versatile pieces of gear you can carry outdoors.
Buying Guides
Standard backpacking tents are built for fair weather and moderate conditions. Once you head into high altitude terrain, exposed ridgelines, or winter conditions, a different category of shelter...
Explainers
Roof top tents have gone from a niche overlanding accessory to a mainstream camping upgrade, and it is easy to see why.
Buying Guides
When you are carrying everything on your back, every ounce in your pack has to earn its place, and your tent is usually one of the heaviest single...
Buying Guides
When your car is doing most of the hauling, there is no reason to squeeze into a cramped, ultralight shelter built for backpackers.
Buying Guides
Not every trip calls for a full tent, but almost every sunny day outdoors calls for some kind of shade.
Comparisons
When it comes to bivy sack vs tent, the right answer depends less on which shelter is objectively better and more on how you actually camp.
Buying Guides
The tent buying process has gotten more confusing, not less.
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