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Questions about the use, selection, and care of portable shelters consisting of poles for support and some form of fabric to protect from the elements.
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Tent and sleeping bag: pack inside or strap outside a backpack?
Outside
more room left inside for other stuff.
More likely to rip a hole in your gear when you toss your pack down.
More options for weight placement (which can lead to off-blanced pack.)
More li …
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Do you footprint the inside of your tent, outside, or both?
The footprint itself is usually waterproof (and in fact. some tents can be set up with just to footprint and the rain-fly as an ultra-light body-less option.) …
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Will a tent provide some protection from bears?
A tent can provide a psychological barrier for the bear - which won't do much to deter it if it smells something it wants inside (food), but can prevent haphazard encounters.
For example, if a bear …
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Does any tent manufacturer promise to have replacement parts?
Your mileage will vary by manufacturer, tent technology might not change, but designs do quite a lot (just to keep you wanting the next thing...)
Check out REI - they have a 100% full return or repla …
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How can I 'inflate' or plump up my my sleeping bag?
Original Poofiness (or OP as they call it in the 'wood) will always be illusive. No matter how you care for your bag, it is on a steady decline toward compression from the moment you buy it.
To attem …
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What mosquito nets can be used while camping?
There are several types and configurations of mosquito nets that you can use:
ones that hang (from a single center point, or from four corners),
ones that drape over your bag with one or two poles …
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To stuff or not to stuff (the rain-fly of a tent)
Folding becomes an issue if you religiously fold in the same spot over and over -- say line up the corners all pretty and re-fold. Try this with any plastic, thin metal, etc... fold, unfold, fold, unf …
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