Dave Butler wrote:

Tom McQuinn wrote:

This is my third year in a row at Osh and the second time I've had a
department store tent fail me. Never again. My 'C' brand tent with
its 'guarantee' to keep me dry is going to a yard sale and I don't
care if it sells for 75 cents. It isn't worth the closet space it
would otherwise take up. I am very interested in any brands of tent
that anyone could recommend. Because if I do this again I intend to
stay dry somehow. I did notice that some of the manufacturers make
rain flys that will keep water out as long as the tent is standing. I
gotta get me one of those!


Did you use seam-sealer on the department store tent before you used it?

I've had a couple of bad experiences with thunderstorms camping at
Oshkosh, and finally got this tent for this year:

http://www.arequip.com/Products/Blac...Lighthouse.htm

Caution: Black Diamond calls this a 2-person tent, but I wouldn't
recommend it for more than one person, even if the 2 people are very
good friends.

I went to sleep with the lightning flashing and thunder crashing on
Monday night. There were (maybe) 10 drops of water inside the tent. I
had spent half a day with the tube of seam-sealer before leaving home,
time well spent.

You can see it set up on the North 40 he

http://makeashorterlink.com/?B3B15378B

Dave

I have gone back packing for weeks at a time using a pup tent that
cost me $29.95. I did have to seal some seams near the top corners and
it didn't come with a fly. I use a military issue poncho for that. I
have been dry in it during thunderstorms and very heavy rains. It's also
lighter and packs smaller than any $300 tent I have ever been around. It
also is a 2 man tent, but unless you are relatively small, female and
sexy there's no way you get to share it with me.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired