so i camp out just about every weekend in the summer. we go fishing. a few weeks after summer has begun, we begin to stay outdoors throughout each weekend. man, do i love the outdoors. but anyway, what's important, is that i get a tent. i am looking for something that would fit myself, and any camping equipment i have, which would have my backpack, tacklebox, sleeping bag, and fishing poles. maybe enough room to have a friend as a tight squeeze, if they didn't have a tent. maybe enough room for a couple to sleep in and have sex in, along with the camping equipment. i was thinking a 4man tent would be a good size. objections?

i'd really like to get an a-frame (pup) tent that isn't difficult to set up, but those have really gone out of style and i can't find them anywhere. if you can point out any disadvantages of having that style of tent, i'd like to hear them. i just like the minimal, simplistic style of the a-frames, since i am a minimal kind of guy. plus, they are easy to enter/exit.

i don't know what works for materials. i don't plan on doing any winter camping, but it's always nice to have that option, in case shit happens. weather is versatile where i live, but it is usually very windy, and when it rains, it really rains. i also plan to take it with me to germany, where i will remain for a month after the spring semester, and go traveling throughout. so, lot's of traveling it will endure. so i am looking for something four-season, pretty durable, that will last quite a few years. is canvas a good option? i don't think they use that material much anymore.

last of all, i am trying to get the best of these worlds, with the cheapest cost i can. i don't really have a lot of money, and i've got to save a lot for my trip to germany. if you have any good websites to look at, please share. the most i will spend is around $300, but i am really looking at tents that are about half that.

with that, here's a tent that i've picked out that i really like, but i am still undecided:
http://www.trailtents.com/site/1412894/product/2601881

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I like pop-up dome tents. You can put them up in less than 5 minutes all by yourself, and they are pretty cheap.

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Real men should get tents that might be big enough to fit a girl inside. Get a two-person tent, 'wing- big enough for you and your pack (or you and a friend), and I agree with Vash about the dome design. It's just plain better.

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i'm ready to go camping.

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Haha, trees.... we don't have trees here son. Real men sleep on shale terrain in twenty degree weather, without blankets or heavy clothing, like I did last saturday. Not smart, when there are all kinds of deadly insects and beasts roaming around. So that's what a foolish 'tough guy' does, or what a poor chap without a tent does.

And again, why, specifically do you like dome tents? I don't get it.

Whatever you do, consider carefully the actual dimensions of any "2-man" tent you are thinking about getting. Those things barely enough room to jack off in from my experience. It's nice to have a corner for all the dirty stuff (i.e. everything.)

That's pretty bad ass you go camping every weekend. God I haven't gone in so long. Hopefully moving into a co-op will open some doors to more hippie stuff. I miss hippie stuff.

when i go backpacking i don't even take a tent. i take a tarp and some rope and some stakes.

tents are so ****ing heavy. then you get a light one for backpacking and you can barely fit in it. lame.

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Someone told me that a 2-man tent is only for 2 people in a survivalist situation - not for comfort. If you want 2 people to fit comfortably, get a 3 or 4 man tent.

Misombra - I can deal with the dirt while camping, but the idea of bugs and yucky things crawling on me when I sleep is too horrifying to allow me to sleep without a tent.

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around here the bugs go bye bye at night. we're lucky to not have a lot of bugs in nm.

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