Wen­zel Alpine  Dome 3-Person Tent Review

Wen­zel Alpine 8.5 X 8-Feet Dome Tent with fly

 

The Wen­zel Alpine three per­son dome tent is a nice tent for its price range. There are bet­ter three per­son tents avail­able but they will cost nearly three times as much as the Alpine.

Get­ting the Wen­zel Alpine set up and ready to go can be accom­plished rather quickly. With only three poles to work with, no won­der it is so easy. In fact, if you’ve ever set up a tent before, you can prob­a­bly get this one up with­out even read­ing the direc­tions. Of course read­ing the direc­tions first is always advis­able. Plus the pole pock­ets sim­plify the whole process. Tak­ing the Alpine down is easy as well. One per­son is all that is needed. The rain fly is pretty small so putting it on is a snap also.

The Wen­zel Alpine does pretty good in light rain and maybe some light wind. This tents’ fab­ric is the typ­i­cal weather armor with rein­forced floor and strong seams and all those good mar­ket­ing terms that make tents sound like they could with­stand a hur­ri­cane. The truth is, this tent will with­stand light rain just fine, but the rain fly is so small that it does not cover the win­dows, mean­ing you can’t open them for good ven­ti­la­tion dur­ing the rain. Of course in dry weather, this isn’t a prob­lem at all. I do like the attached floor mat with drainage that helps to keep the inside of the tent clean.

Wen­zel Alpine 8.5 X 8-Feet Dome Tent wofly

The Wen­zel Alpine is touted as eight feet by eight and a half feet, but with its pen­ta­gon shape, these dimen­sions are from the longest points and no sin­gle wall actu­ally mea­sures this long. This could cause a prob­lem if try­ing to sleep a tall per­son or even three adults. One adult with a cou­ple of chil­dren or three chil­dren will fit fine. Two adults will fit as long as the adults aren’t both over six feet tall. If you must sleep three adults, I would say that the Wen­zel Alpine is not for you unless you are much shorter than aver­age people.

The large D shaped door is a nice touch. The zip­per also runs smoothly with­out snag­ging, which is uncom­mon in tents that are this rea­son­ably priced. There is a small loft that is great for plac­ing per­sonal items like wal­lets or cell phones. The Wen­zel Alpine is very light-weight; about eight pounds, mak­ing it ideal for bik­ing, hik­ing, or motor­cy­cle trips. It would also make a good tent for music fes­ti­vals and the like.

The Wen­zel Alpine Dome Tent, while hav­ing a few flaws is a great tent for the kids. They will find it sim­ple to set up and carry them­selves, also will be able to fit in it with­out trou­ble. Order your Wen­zel Alpine Dome Tent from Ama­zon Today while it is dis­counted and avail­able with free shipping!

 

Kodiak Can­vas Flex Bow 8 Per­son Can­vas Tent Deluxe Review

Kodiak Can­vas Flex Bow 8 Per­son Can­vas Tent Deluxe Review

 

The Kodiak Can­vas Flex Bow Tent is one of the best designed tents I’ve ever camped in. My friend bought one of these and I was skep­ti­cal because of the high price, but after spend­ing a stormy camp­ing trip in it I can hon­estly say that it was worth every penny and then some. It is a four sea­son tent that will last for decades.

Kodiak Can­vas Sizes

The Kodiak Can­vas I stayed in was the eight per­son vari­ety. It is also avail­able as a 6-Person Tent and a 4-Person Tent. Both the eight per­son and the six per­son have a lofty six foot and six inch height. I believe the four per­son is six feet and one inch. We never had to stoop or kneel while inside the Kodiak. The eight person’s foot­print mea­sures ten feet by four­teen feet giv­ing plenty of space to sleep the eight peo­ple that the man­u­fac­turer claims. I have no doubt that the other mod­els mea­sure appro­pri­ately for the amount of peo­ple they are sup­posed to hold. The awning is four feet by seven feet pro­vid­ing plenty of shade to hide from the sun.

Kodiak Flex Bow Weather

The Kodiak Flex Bow fea­tures the best weather resis­tance of any tent I’ve used so far. The Flex Bow Can­vas is made from one hun­dred per­cent cot­ton duck Hydra-Shield can­vas. The cus­tom woven can­vas has a sil­i­cone treat­ment that keeps the water out while allow­ing the tent to breathe. We man­aged to keep dry in some pretty heavy rains. There wasn’t even a drop inside the tent. The treat­ment used on the Kodiak is supe­rior to syn­thetic fab­ric tents or lesser treated can­vas tents, as it lets the water vapor escape. Which means there is no con­den­sa­tion on the inside of the tent and humid­ity is reduced greatly. The odds are that the Flex Bow will never need to be retreated. This tent will last years longer than most. The frame is made of one inch gal­va­nized steel, so you know that it is very strong and sturdy. There are two well placed vents that pro­vide good air cir­cu­la­tion to help min­i­mize stuffi­ness and cool things off a bit. There are four huge meshed win­dows as well. The mesh is made so it is hard to see though from the out­side sim­i­lar to car tint. This tent was made with year round use in mind. The win­dows eas­ily close to keep in the warmth.

Set­ting up the Kodiak  is very sim­ple. It can be accom­plished eas­ily by a sin­gle per­son. Although a sec­ond per­son may make it just a lit­tle eas­ier. Putting the tent away is my favorite part. Sounds weird I know but instead of try­ing to stuff it into a bag the bag that holds the tent lays out flat and you place the folded tent on it and then roll the bag closed around the tent. This is genius!

The large doors make enter­ing  the Kodiak a bit less has­sle than most tents. There are small hooks through­out the inte­rior for hang­ing items, hang­ing the gear loft, or even putting up a divider. This tent actu­ally comes with high qual­ity stakes which is quite rare these days.

The Kodiak Can­vas Flex Bow will have all the other campers envi­ous.  It will stand up to bad weather through­out the sea­sons and will last for decades. Pick one up from Ama­zon today! Free ship­ping is available.

 

Inside Kodiak Can­vas Flex Bow

Kodiak Can­vas Flex Bow Windows

Pre­mier 4 Per­son Dome Tent Review

Worst camp­ing tent Ever?

Pre­mier 4 Per­son Dome Tent Review

Where to begin?  How about at Don’t Buy This Tent if you want a tent  that will be used more than once. This is pos­si­bly the worst tent I have had the dis­plea­sure to stay in. This tent is very afford­able though, but it is very poorly made.

The zip­pers break very eas­ily. You could find your­self  exposed dur­ing your camp­ing trip. The poles are also del­i­cate and break rather eas­ily. There is prac­ti­cally no weather resis­tance to speak of in the Pre­mier 4 Per­son Dome Tent . If it sprin­kles while you are in the tent, plan on get­ting wet. If there is a light breeze, plan on going fro a ride. The black strip at the bot­tom of the tent is to deceive you into believ­ing there is a proper tub floor.

On the bright side the set up was pretty easy, as was  tak­ing the tent down. The stakes are made of metal, sur­pris­ingly. Four peo­ple did fit inside with­out much com­plaint. The ven­ti­la­tion was ade­quate. This tent often sells for quite cheap so if you are look­ing for a movie prop to be destroyed are just need a cheap tent for one time use this is the tent for you.

The Dan­gers of Camping

or When camp­ing Goes Wrong.

These are some hilar­i­ous clips of some exam­ples of camp­ing gone wrong. Take note and learn what not to do.

Wen­zel Klondike Eight-Person Fam­ily Cabin Dome Tent Review

Wen­zel Klondike 16 X 11-Feet Eight-Person Fam­ily Cabin Dome Tent Rain fly

 

The Wen­zel Klondike Eight Per­son Fam­ily Cabin Dome Tent is room enough to live up to its title and put up eight peo­ple for the night. Although it will be a tight fit, unless some of the campers are chil­dren. Mea­sur­ing six­teen feet by eleven feet there is even space to store your acces­sories and lug­gage. The ceil­ing height is six and a half feet in the cen­ter and being a dome tent the height tapers towards the edges but is still near six feet on the edge. Most peo­ple will be able to walk around the Wen­zel Klondike with­out bend­ing or bump­ing your head. There is over 158 square feet of floor space includ­ing the sun room. The sun rooms mesh  walls can close giv­ing you more space. At 27 pounds the Klondike is too heavy for hik­ing and back­pack­ing, which is expected for fam­ily camp­ing tents.

Rais­ing the Klondike took less than twenty min­utes the first time. We now are able to get it up in around fif­teen min­utes. Set­ting it up does require two peo­ple due to the large size. The rain fly reminds me of  a base­ball cap the way it fits over the dome and then gets flat. It was easy to put on as well, but also took two peo­ple to get it right. The poles are shock corded which makes assem­bly go a lit­tle smoother.

Wen­zel Klondike Eight-Person Fam­ily Cabin Dome Tent w/o rain fly

The Wen­zel Klondike has all the weather fea­tures we’ve come to expect in mod­ern tent and then some. The Weather Armor poly­ester fab­ric repels water. It hasa polyurethane coat­ing that not only helps keep rain out but it helps keep in the warm air if you have all the screened areas closed up.  the seams are dou­ble stitches for extra water pro­tec­tion. The tent is designed with power cor­ners that help keep it upright dur­ing heavy winds. The dome tent shape also helps with the wind. With the rain fly removed  the roof is all mesh not only giv­ing you great views of the night sky but allow­ing for extra air flow on hot nights. There is a rear vent near the floor that allows a ground  breeze so stay­ing cool should never be  a problem.

The Wen­zel Klondike comes with a screen room in the front is a great place to get some shade. We like eat­ing our meals here to keep the flys off of our food. the screens close allow­ing for extra sleep­ing space, stor­age area, or just a place to kick off your shoes before enter­ing the main tent. there are two pock­ets that hang to give you some extra stor­age space, and we all need that.
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