Wen­zel Sun­ward 30 Degree Sleep­ing Bag Review

 

 

 

The Wen­zel Sun­ward 30 degree sleep­ing bag is a qual­ity sleep­ing bag that is avail­able at a bar­gain price com­pared to other bags of the same qual­ity. The Wen­zel sun­ward does an excel­lent job of keep­ing me warm on cold nights. Although I must admit, most of my camp­ing trips occur  in Texas, so my def­i­n­i­tion of cold might be a lit­tle dif­fer­ent from some­body from, say Wis­con­sin or Maine. Wen­zel says the bag is good for mild weather camp­ing. I’m sorry, but the thir­ties are cold in my book. My tol­er­ance for cold aside, I’ve slept in this bag in tem­per­a­tures as low as 40 degrees and felt cozy through­out the night. As comfy as I stayed at 40 degrees, I believe this bag would do well in the thirty degree range  that it is made for. This has been a mild win­ter so far in 2011–2012 for Texas, so if I get a chance to test these bags at thirty degrees, I will update this review.

 Wen­zel Sun­ward 30-Degree Sleep­ing Bag Comfort

The Sun­ward 30 degree sleep­ing bag is filled with four pounds of hypoal­ler­genic Insul-Therm poly­ester fiber­fill. So peo­ple with aller­gies to cer­tain fab­rics shouldn’t have issue with this bag. At four pounds this is not too heavy of a bag for the thirty degree class of bags. Wen­zel designed the sleep­ing bag with quilt through con­struc­tion to keep the fill­ing from get­ting bunched up, thus pre­vent­ing aggra­vat­ing cold spots and annoy­ing lumps that could inter­rupt your sleep­ing. The out­side of the sleep­ing bag is made of a durable poly­ester that should last for many camp­ing trips.

The Wen­zel Sun­ward thirty degree sleep­ing bag is equipped with two straps that make fold­ing up, stor­ing, and trav­el­ing with it a no has­sle expe­ri­ence. The self repair­ing zip­per is another fea­ture that I like about this bag as zip­pers are one of the lead­ing issues that cause campers to throw away a sleep­ing bag.

Immea­sur­able 77 inches in length the Sun­ward should hold peo­ple of above aver­age height. One of my friends is six feet and one inch tall and he fit  in the Sun­ward with­out any com­plaints. The inner liner is a com­fort­able poly­ester pongee, mak­ing the night a plea­sur­able expe­ri­ence. We used these bags with and with­out air mat­tresses under­neath. When we went with­out the  mat­tresses, these bags were still com­fort­able through-out the night. The Ther­marest Col­lapsi­ble Pil­low is a good com­pan­ion to this bag as they both are easy to store and carry.

Wen­zel Sun­ward 30-Degree Sleep­ing Bag Specs

• Tem­per­a­ture rat­ing: 30 degrees F
• Size: 77 by 33 inches
• Fill weight: 4 pounds
• Fill type: Hypoal­ler­genic Insul-Therm
• Outer: Poly­ester
• Liner: Soft poly­ester pongee
• Zip­per: Self-repairing
• Stor­age: 2 elas­tic straps

I have a cou­ple of these Sun­ward bags now and have been sat­is­fied with them. Wen­zel is a com­pany I’ve grown to like, hav­ing used sev­eral of their tents in the past sev­eral years. Grab a Wen­zel Sun­ward 30-Degree Sleep­ing Bag from Ama­zon right now!

Wen­zel Alpine  Dome 3-Person Tent Review

 

 

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.

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!

 

 

Wen­zel Klondike Eight-Person Fam­ily Cabin Dome Tent Review

 

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.

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.
The Wen­zel Klondike 16 X 11-Feet Eight-Person Fam­ily Cabin Dome Tent is cur­rently 27% off at Ama­zon, click to order yours now! Free ship­ping is also cur­rently available.

Wen­zel Ridge­line 7 X 7-Feet Three-Person Dome Tent Review

 

Wen­zel Ridge­line Size

The Wen­zel Ridge­line Three Per­son dome Tent is one of our favorite small tents. It is big enough to sleep three com­fort­ably, but weigh­ing in at under seven pounds it is light enough to carry with you while hik­ing, bik­ing, or boat­ing. The light weight allows you to ven­ture fur­ther before set­ting up camp. If you desire a sep­a­rate tent for the chil­dren the Ridge­line is per­fect for that. The kids like hav­ing their own tent and the adults get some pri­vacy, which can be scarce on camp­ing trips with the fam­ily. The Ridge­line while designed for three peo­ple is also good for one or two peo­ple that just need a lit­tle extra space for stor­age or a pet. It is a dome tent that is just a lit­tle over four feet tall so stand­ing will not be an option for most of us. the base mea­sures seven by seven feet, pro­vid­ing forty nine square feet, mak­ing for a rather small footprint.

 

Wen­zel Ridge­line Weather

Most mod­ern tents offer pretty good weather pro­tec­tion and the Wen­zel Ridge­line is no dif­fer­ent. The fab­ric is coated and the seams are rein­forced so leak­ing should not be an issue. The threads are also made to keep out the water. The rain fly cov­ers the roof vents and works well. The extra strong tub floor keeps out the ground water. The Ridge­line has a low enough pro­file that wind is unlikely to blow it over. The screened door and win­dow com­bined with the screened roof pro­vide ample ven­ti­la­tion and airflow.

 Wen­zel Ridge­line Set Up

Set­ting up the Wen­zel Ridge­line is a very sim­ple t task. This is another rea­son this is a good tent for the chil­dren. They can set it up them­selves. It is basi­cally just two poles. The shock corded fiber­glass frame along with the pin and ring sys­tem are the main rea­sons for the easy set up. there is no rea­son the Ridge­line should take more than ten min­utes to erect. It can be done by a sin­gle per­son as well.

Ridge­line  Other Features

The D style door is nice and makes enter­ing the tent a lit­tle less of a has­sle com­pared to nor­mal tent door­ways. The zip­pers are strong and don’t break eas­ily. There is a gear loft and some pock­ets that are great for stor­age of your camp­ing  acces­sories. We also like that the rain fly makes a small awning pro­vid­ing a lit­tle extra shade. I found the tent east to get back into its stor­age bag once we took it down.

 

If you are look­ing for a tent to keep you dry while remain­ing sim­ple to assem­ble and light to carry you should check out Ama­zon for cur­rent pric­ing on the Wen­zel Ridge­line 7 X 7-Feet Three-Person Dome Tent . Free Ship­ping is usu­ally avail­able for this item also, so check it soon to make sure it is still avail­able. This is a per­fect tent for solo, cou­ples, or the children.

 

 

 

 

Wen­zel Great Basin Nine-Person Two-Room Fam­ily Dome Tent Review

 

The Wenzel’s Size

The Wen­zel Great Basin is a pretty big tent that is designed to sleep nine peo­ple. It lives up to its design­ers inten­tions rather well as nine peo­ple could fit for the night rather eas­ily. At 18 feet by 10 feet space will never be an Issue with this Wen­zel. If you do use it to sleep nine then you will have prac­ti­cally no room for a liv­ing area for those that like tables and chairs in their tents, but sleep­ing seven or eight will leave some more room for that type of stuff. At 70 inches tall most peo­ple should be able to stand rather eas­ily while inside of the Wen­zel Great Basin.

Wen­zel Great Basin Weather Resistance

Weather shouldn’t be an issue with the tub style floor that is welded not sewn which means no leaky nee­dle wholes allow­ing water in to ruin your camp­ing trip. There is great ven­ti­la­tion pro­vided by two large mesh win­dows and two large side by side mesh  D Doors. The rain fly is large enough to cover the roof area and keep out the rain. This isn’t the great­est wind resis­tant tent, but should do well for those that aren’t camp­ing in the windi­est of conditions.

Great Basin Set Up

We found the set up of the Wen­zel to be easy for two peo­ple, although one per­son might have a dif­fi­cult time due to the size of the tent unless that one per­son has very long arms. The corded frame and pin and ring sys­tem help make the set up eas­ier. I esti­mate aver­age set up times to be between 15 and 30 min­utes depend­ing on your tent set up expe­ri­ence level.

Other fea­tures

The Wen­zel Great Basin Nine per­son two room tent is equipped with a divider that allows the tent to func­tion as one large room are two sep­a­rate rooms allow­ing for pri­vacy or just mak­ing a sleep­ing and liv­ing room. There are two lofts for stor­ing all your  equip­ment, back­packs and the like. There are also a cou­ple of stor­age pock­ets that are handy for stor­ing knick knacks.

Sum­mary

The Wen­zel Great Basin is a good tent. There are bet­ter tents on the mar­ket but not for such a good price. The is tons of space for a tent priced this low. Check to see if there is still a 50% dis­count on the Wen­zel Great Basin 18 X 10-Feet Nine-Person Two-Room Fam­ily Dome Tent on Ama­zon.   It is also avail­able with free shipping.