Oshkosh camping list? (Planning for next year)

john smith wrote:

Will you be camping by yourself or with others?

Probably one other person although I am looking for a bigger tent to
accommodate my family of five (or at least my three boys when they are old
enough to be able to join me).

This year I went by myself. The only things I used we
- two-man tent

A lot of excellent suggestions about tent types, but no recommendations of
actual tent brands that are both strong and waterproof.

What tent brands work at OSH and what brands should I avoid?

--
Peter

A lot of excellent suggestions about tent types, but no recommendations of
actual tent brands that are both strong and waterproof.
What tent brands work at OSH and what brands should I avoid?

For the answer to that question, you will get many answers based on
different experiences.
Personally, I am a backpacker, so the brands I know are the higher
priced ones that I know will hold up to whatever I can experience.
Others will tell you WalMart works for them.
If you look at the pictures of the AirVenture, you will see many styles.
You will also want to consider whether you want everyone in the same
tent or kids in one and adults in another.

Criteria for helping you determine what to look for:
- number of people
- shape and size of tent
- materials of tent components
- quality of workmanship and design
- weight
- price

I shop for camping gear online and at local stores and always wait until
the product I desire is onsale. You can save anywhere from 30-80% off
the original price if you are patient. Now is the ideal time to start
watching for three-season* tents to go on sale as many vendors are
starting to place their spring and summer merchandise on clearance.
The following online sites cater to backpackers:
campmor.com (hot deals, web bargins)
rei.com (online outlet store)
sierratradingpost.com (closeouts, bargin barn, web exclusives)
northernmountain.com (killer deals)

Others, such as Eddie Bauer and LL Bean are more geared toward the
recreational campers and Cabellas the hunters.

As to a single manufacturere that I would recommend for a good line of
products and reasonable quality, check out Eureka tents. They also
produce many OEM models for various stores.

The two websites I check daily are campmor and rei.
If you have a child in boy scouts there are some good deals available
from some manufacturers.

john smith wrote:

As to a single manufacturere that I would recommend for a good line of
products and reasonable quality, check out Eureka tents. They also
produce many OEM models for various stores.

Thanks, John. I would prefer not to make the mistake of purchasing a tent
that is not fit for what appears to be pretty common weather at OSH every
year.

--
Peter

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"Peter R." wrote:

john smith wrote:

As to a single manufacturere that I would recommend for a good line of
products and reasonable quality, check out Eureka tents. They also
produce many OEM models for various stores.

Thanks, John. I would prefer not to make the mistake of purchasing a tent
that is not fit for what appears to be pretty common weather at OSH every
year.

Peter, are you in the New Jersey area, you may want to visit the Campmor
store. That will enable you to see and compare different tents. Take the
kids, they'll love it!

* Store location:
810 Route 17 north, Paramus, New Jersey
* Customer service: 1-800-525-4784
Mon-Fri 8:30am - 9:30pm,
Sat 8:30am - 6:00pm
* Website: Campmor.com

john smith wrote:

Peter, are you in the New Jersey area, you may want to visit the Campmor
store. That will enable you to see and compare different tents. Take the
kids, they'll love it!

I would have to fly down, as my home airport is up in Syracuse, NY.
Thanks for the suggestion.

--
Peter

"Peter R." wrote:


What tent brands work at OSH

http://www.eurekatent.com/equinox.asp

Dan Luke wrote:

"Peter R." wrote:


What tent brands work at OSH

http://www.eurekatent.com/equinox.asp

Excellent. Thanks, Dan.
--
Peter

What tent brands work at OSH

http://www.eurekatent.com/equinox.asp

That will work as long as you remember to point the opening to the east.
My preference is for a full length fly with a vestibule to shelter the
tent opening. This will give you someplace to put your shoes outside the
tent but protected from the elements. Also helps keep the tent clean by
not tracking dirt and mud into the tent.

Peter R. wrote:
What tent brands work at OSH and what brands should I avoid?

Peter,
I paid $24 for a 3-person dome tent on sale with free shipping from
amazon.com last fall

http://makeashorterlink.com/?R2381668D

The only thing we did was to use the heavier duty tent stakes (which
came with our 7-person family tent) at Oskosh. It was very easy to
setup, take down and repack. It rained every night (quite heavily on
Tuesday - from the 'uncertain weather' storm cloud which you commented
on my Oshkosh pic links) while we were there but we stayed completely
dry.

Since it was our first time of using the tent, I did not know
whether the tent would hold up against potential strong winds and heavy
rain so I rolled up the sleeping bags and moved everything but the
thermarest sleeping pads inside the plane.while we were away during
the day time.

If you have a high-winged plane, you can pitch the tent under the
wing. I saw several people putting a tarp over the wing (tying it down
with some ropes and tent stakes) thus further rainproofing the tent
from both sides. This is something that we will definitely adopt in our
next camping trip this coming weekend at the Cardinal flyin at Mt
Washington Regional Airport (HIE), Whitefield, NH. Bruce Hutchings,
the airport manager had just emailed me telling us that we could either
camp with our plane in the field or in a nearby campsite.

Hai Longworth

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"Longworth" wrote:

If you have a high-winged plane, you can pitch the tent under the
wing. I saw several people putting a tarp over the wing (tying it down
with some ropes and tent stakes) thus further rainproofing the tent
from both sides. This is something that we will definitely adopt in our
next camping trip this coming weekend at the Cardinal flyin at Mt
Washington Regional Airport (HIE), Whitefield, NH. Bruce Hutchings,
the airport manager had just emailed me telling us that we could either
camp with our plane in the field or in a nearby campsite.

You may want to rethink that with that nice new paint job on your
Cardinal. The wind blowing the tarp and airplane will cause wear spots
through the paint on your wings.