How many tents do you own?

[essgee]

Just frightened myself when I looked -2x 4 man force ten , slightly rarer 2 man force ten,2x Terra novas ,khyam igloo, gelert solo,British pup tent , 2x patrol tents, various tarps etc. Anyone else use an original force ten mk 2 (the one with the single rear pole) ?
Steve

 

[Marco1981]

Force ten For me and my lad, and a Robens Fortress for when my wife comes with us. We actually need both tents when she comes, one for storing her luggage and one for sleeping in.

 

[oldtimer]

I still have the tent my parents bought me when I was 9 (62 years ago) It was an egyptian cotton single skin Bukta job that weighed about 5lbs. It had hard usage when I was a child and teenager and was still going strong when my wife and I used it all round Europe in the 60s. I haven't got the heart to throw it out after all this time, so it sits in the attic quiety rotting. It's in the same bag as an old Robert Saunders two-man which replaced it and a plastic tube bivvy i bought as an experiment (it failed).
Currently in use is a Quechua superlight 2 man and a DD 3x3 tarp with bivvy bag. Nowadays, however, the VW camper is the main travelling sleepover shelter since SWMBO discovered she has osteoporosis after an Xray following a fall in the Pyrenees and can no longer carry a pack.
I did have a Jack Wolfskin bivvy tent but I sold it to Jacko66 after I discovered that advancing age made getting in and out of it very difficult.

 

[treadlightly]

In use.

Golite SL3 outer
Tentipi 7 man lightweight outer
Home made canvas tipi (from Karl82)
Polish army tipi
DD 3x3 tarp
Outwell 3.5x3.5m tarp

No longer in use.

Robert Saunders one man
North Face two man
Storm Shield three man.

 

[Dave]

Im glad you lot are nuts as well.

I've had quite a few including Bison Lavvu, Tentipi onyx 7 cp, Greens Campfire tent, Go-lite hex 3, Vango tunnel tent, Hilleberg nallo 3 gt. At the moment Ive got an old medina conquest, and a few different types of tarps.

Imuch prefer sleeping under canvas, and have been looking to get a new tent for car camping over the last few weeks and I didnt fancy another tipi.

I had a look at quite a few before I decided on the Kodiak Canvas FlexBow 10'x10' which I ordered from Cabelas in the USA.
Its based on the classic american springbar tent. Not a wall tent, but a 'cabin tent'

I really like the features on this tent and cant wait to get it. Gets good web reviews off the hunting crowd. At some point Im gonna put a stove jack in.

[video=youtube;3RInVfzICvE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RInVfzICvE[/video]

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Golite SL5
Bear paw La Garita
Finnish Loue
Vango Banshee 200
Helsport Kongsvold 8-10
Helsport Vananger 8-10
Seek Outside 6 man tipi

DD 4 x 4 Tarp
Warbonnet Superfly Tarp

Really need to offload some but you know how it is

 

[MT606]

-ww2 2 man British tent
-ww2 zeltbahn tent
-terra nova jupiter 1 man bivy met hoop
-vango something or other 3 man tent
-issue basha x2

 

[greensngravy]

I'm new to this forum and have recently fell in love with old canvas tents - so anytime I have a few extra dollars and I find one I can't pass it up!

https://plus.google.com/photos/115053680507657939029/albums/5899142975785308225?banner=pwa

I think I am up to 8 vintage tents, and my next step is to "thin the herd".

 

[greensngravy]

I know how to post a link to my pics but I want to just paste a picture so folks don't have to click on a link to see it! Any ideas??

 

[rik_uk3]

Photobucket is easy to use

Upload photo, click on the IMG link option and paste here as in

 

[leedsbrew]

1 x 3 man brandless job from aldi bought when I was a student

1 x 3 man possibly hi gear tent

1 x 5 man Coleman bispace 500

1 x DD 3 x 3 tarp

1 x TW green hornet

1 x British issue basha



LB

 

[Salaud]

0...because I dont like tents..its tarp tarp tarp for me

 

[mousey]

Hmm thinking about it :-

4 man dome tent, at my folks.
2 man canvas tent, inherited from my dad, at my folks
2 man old canvas/ fly sheet [I think it was french] at my folks

2 man dome tent, in the loft
2 man fly sheet from a charity shop, in the shed
polish poncho tent, in a backpack
home made half shelter poncho thing, in the loft
various tarps [mostly cheap builders tarps, couple home made and a few poncho], in various bags
bivi bag - now used as a big waterproof stuff sack.
Big 9 man monstrosity I hoped would help get the missus out with me

and a hotel for when the wife does come

Hmm I think I have too much, certainly more than I use these days - but then I have kids so they may come in useful yet...

 

[spader]

1x Vintage Patrol Tent from 1970s.
2x tarps from the bay.

Set up permanently at each corner of the garden. For carving, reading, storing woods and tools, sharpening blades ... chilling out with music / radio and cuppa.

 

[greensngravy]

Update on vintage tents:

7x9 eureka canvas 60's
12x12 eureka Space 12 canvas 60's
Laacke and Joys 10x12 canvas w/stove jack
Laacke and Joys 7x9 canvas
Sears 9x14 60's
Sears 10x16 60's
Camel 7x9 canvas 60'2
American Camper 8x10 70's
Cabelas Big Horn II w/ vestibule (trying to sell - I love the old tents much better)
National Canvas Product 9x17 50's

And my home made 16' diameter tepee

I just can't thin out the herd yet...they are just too cool for school...

 

[greensngravy]

OK rik_uk3: let's try it:
Photobucket is easy to use

Upload photo (you mean upload into photobucket?), click on the IMG link option (you mean here in Bushcraft?) and paste here (paste the pic, or the link?) as in

http://s863.photobucket.com/user/scottlee31/media/Tents%20and%20Tipis/NationalCanvas9x17002_zpsc0cb5017.jpg.html?filters[user]=137238670&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=4

 

[dwardo]

Only two. The Argos tiger-paw and the Bell-tent 5 meter with frontier stove.
Mostly under a tarp.

 

[jellyfinger]

More than I can carry in one go.....

Rab bivi
Ex army bivi
1 person coleman
3 person vango
3 person outwell
A couple of old ones for spares and a family tent for car camping

Oh and some tarps.