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Ripping the tent out of tentative

FieldCandy is a trail blazing tent company that brings a hipster sensibility to the great outdoors. As they see it, a tent’s exterior should reflect the personality of the camper. So instead of pumping out generic shelters, they’ve collaborated with a collection of designers, including Terry Pastor — who created the iconic album artwork for [...]

Two Bar Garage

As much as we want “YardStash” to refer to especially epic upper lip sweaters, the term has already been claimed by a company who hopes you’ll buy a tent, instead of a shed, when your gear overfloweth. To keep things safe from the elements, the shelter sports weather-proof coated heavy duty polyester with a reinforced [...]

Bear Grylls Meets Optimus Prime

Preparing for a wet outing in the woods normally involves packing a solid rain shell, a warm sleeping bag and a weather-proof tent. Thanks to some seriously resourceful engineering, the JakPak Jacket ($250) serves as all three — granted with some sacrifices. Made from waterproof, flame retardant material, the jacket features an integrated and detachable [...]

Tent, evolved

Built by Aussie firm, Oztent, the Jet Tent ($1,099-$1,599) combines smart engineering with aircraft-quality materials and mechanisms to make tent setup a breezy affair — something that’s all too often lacking in large, multi-person tents. Coming in 3-6 person sizes, the Jet Tent is made of 100% waterproof Rip-Stop polycotton canvas, single-direction visibility mesh screens, [...]

A Tent Without Poles

What’s next – a car without wheels? From the, “why didn’t I think of that” category comes the NEMO Morpho 2P ($350), a lightweight backpacking tent that eschews conventional aluminum poles for support in favor of collapsible “airbeams.” Poles have been a necessary evil of tent construction forever and though modern tent poles are light [...]

Portable Protection From the Elements Done Right

Bivy sacks represent an excellent shelter solution for any trailblazer seeking all-weather protection without dealing with the weight or pack bulk of a tent. Nemo’s Gogo LE Bivy represents a better solution than competing models though on a variety of fronts. First of all, thanks to its added length, the Gogo LE provides sleeper’s with [...]

Featherlight. Weatherstrong.

With space for a family of four(+dog) or just a group of friends(+gear), the Marmot Den 4P Tent is an essential for any camping excursion that involves more bodies than just your own. The Den 4P provides 64 square feet of sleeping space and an additional 25 square foot vestibule, when you utilize the fully [...]

From the Sahara to the Adirondacks there’s nothing quite like going on a camping excursion in a Land Rover (substitute Toyota’s Land Cruiser, GM’s Hummer or any Jeep depending on preference). Why mess with a ground tent when you can loft yourself to the roof of your truck? Avoid wet ground, critters, and bears (we [...]

Camping doesn’t always have to be so rough. The Eureka N!ergy 1210 tent brings you the ability to sleep eight in two rooms with two doors and a gear loft. It has 4 windows, 2 mesh roof vents and sidewalls to let in light and air. Even more interesting is it’s ability to use the [...]