I am currently doing research with thoughts into the purchase of a Tentipi tepee tent from Sweden. I live in Florida, USA were Tentipi tents are not sold anywhere so I have to order it from Sweden. I want to make sure it is as great a tent as the Tentipi manufacturer says it is. I have never seen one of the Tentipi tents up close in person, only on you-tube videos and pictures. So I have no real idea about how they look or feel inside of them or how things work. If you have any pictures of your Tentipi please post them so I may get a understanding about the tents. Or maybe you have another tent you use that you want to suggest I look at. I am thinking of the Safir model just not really sure about CP canvas or Light fabric or what size either the 5 or 7 person, many people say get the 7 as it is bigger with not much more weight and cost when buying. I was thinking of the Safir 5 Light but many say get the CP canvas one as it is more heavy duty and breaths better but it also weights much more than the Light. I plan to buy the floor but not the inner tent because of the extra weight. Weight and packed carrying size needs to be light and small sized for traveling packed up. I am looking for anyone who has a Tentipi or has use one before for information about them being used for mobile travel camping. I am planning a very long distance motorcycle adventure trip traveling for many months on the road from the sandy desert to arctic tundra and back. So I have a few questions about the Tentipi? Are they a excellent made high quality tent? Which is better CP canvas or Light fabric? Is canvas worth the extra weight? How do they pack down as far as size and weight to carry? Are they big and heavy to carry when packed up to travel, how is the weight? I understand they are tall and roomy but does the pole in middle cause problems? Are they dark inside or does light pass through during daylight? Do you use a stove inside your tent for warmth? Can a gas lantern be used to warm the tent enough to take the chill off? Do they really vent air the way they say they do with the inside adjustable vented tops? Are they good in really hard rain and very high winds, any problems with leaks, problems packing the tent up wet, problems with the floors, or any problems you may have had with your Tentipi tent? Tell me to what you like and love about the Tentipi tent for camping. It seems like a very high quality strong well make tent from excellent materials manufactured and sewn with extremely high standards of craftsmanship. Which is at least what I am hoping for what with the money cost of a Tentipi tent. I know they are very expensive so you do not have to tell me that. I really do not mind paying for a beautiful well made high quality Tentipi tipi tent if it's the kind of tent I can get years of good rough hard regular use out of it. Plus at $50 to $150 or more for one nights stay at a motel I figure it will pay for itself in no time if I can primitive camp and stay in it even in the very worst foul bad weather. I am looking for a strong sheltering tent that I can really get use to living in as I travel down the road as if it is my home. Where I would rather stay in my tent than get a motel or not mind holding up in it for a day in really bad weather when it's best not to ride my motorcycle or to just stay in it a few days at the same place without being cramped. No more having to crawl inside of a tent then only to be able to lay down in it. I want a real live-in tent that I can stand up in to move around spreading out my gear as I cook a meal feeling safe and protected from any outside elements that has the spirit and character of a nomad traveling home. Most of early primitive man's portable mobile shelters were forms of tepee tents because they worked to survive out in mother nature for thousands of years. Everyone knows a symbol of a tepee on a road sign is the sign symbol used to say there are camp grounds near by off the roadways. Which just goes to show you that even in today's modern world a tepee is the symbol recognized for camping pretty much world wide. Simple one pole design, easy set-up and down, and time tested to be a superior travel tent is what has made me look into tepee tents for my motorcycle camping travels. The Tentipi seems to fit what I am looking for in a tent that I can travel with as a trusted living shelter. I just want information so I know what to expect from a Tentipi tent before I would made a mistake ordering one. The Kifaru tepee is my second choice of tent, but do I need a stove, not sure I need a stove in either tent. What do you think about the use of a stove in one? Are they worth the weight of carrying one to use for heat and cooking? Does anyone use the Kifaru fold flat stove, how are they to use? I know the Kifaru fold flat stove will defiantly be the one portable stove I'll buy for my Tentipi to use in very cold winter weather. There just seems to be something about these tents I must say I am very impressed with the Tentipi Safir tents. I'm just not sure of which size or if canvas CP or Light fabric is better as weight and size can be a problem when weight limiting what your motorcycle can carry. So let me hear your opinions and please post pictures if you have any of your tent. Thank you for any help you can offer me.
