There are countless adults who will say the most memorable part of their childhood was the family’s camping trips. Whether the sleep out took place in the backyard or involved a more in depth planning and execution process, camping is near and dear to a lot of peoples’ hearts.
It makes sense that as those children [...]
Family tents bring back memories of happy camping trips for millions of families around the World.
For many people their first taste of camping is as a child on family weekends away. It was a group effort to put the family tent up, pushing dads leadership skills to the limit!
Family tents are not really designed for [...]
Tent Care Tips
Look after your tent and it will repay you with many years of faithful service. Most tent care tips cost you little or nothing except your time and will greatly prolong the life of your tent.
Make sure your tent is completely dry before you pack it away. If you need to pack up [...]
When camping, your tent will become your mobile home that shelters and protects you from the elements. While this sounds completely obvious it is surprising how little thought many people put into choosing their tent.
Tents come in three main flavors, dome, ridge or pole and family, each with their own set of strengths and weaknesses. [...]
Until the rise of the dome tent, pole tents were the main tent of choice. Also called ridge tents due to their distinctive shape, pole tents are sadly declining in popularity for general use due to the popularity of the dome.
I must confess to having a soft spot for the pole tent as it was [...]