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<blockquote data-quote="Gone Ballistic" data-source="post: 1960579" data-attributes="member: 26477"><p>If you are making this a one time purchase then I will always say bigger, not biggest, is better. I have owned a gamut of wall tents and elk hunted over 60 years out of them. The last 15 years, my favorite, and most used, tent is a 12oz. canvas 12' x 17' x 5' with an interior pole set made of 1"galvanized conduit. This gives you room for 4-6 people but with 4, you have plenty of space for your stove and gas grill, space for a small fold-up table, room for canned goods, food items you don't want freezing, small storage shelf and room for everyone's gear. I have been hunting when weather conditions have kept us in for 3-4 days @-17F and kept warm with room to move around, something that will drive you insane inside a 9'x12' or 12'x14' tent full of people, particularly with 4' sidewalls! I always treat my tents with a fresh coat of Canvak every year before I take them hunting and sometimes after I bring them back, if we have had our camp set up for several months. So far, I have never experienced any sun rot and I throw a few moth balls inside of them when I fold them up to keep rodents from chewing them or bedding inside of them. A good fly over them really helps and you can get cheap plastic tarps at places like Harbor Freight. I made boxes out of 2x2's and 1/4" plywood to store my brackets and conduit and a bag for each tent. Hopefully, this will help you decide but whatever you do, if you want it to last, buy 12oz or higher canvas and treat it with Canvak before you use it and a minimum of once a year afterwards. Also, get 5' sidewalls. Good luck with your choice!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gone Ballistic, post: 1960579, member: 26477"] If you are making this a one time purchase then I will always say bigger, not biggest, is better. I have owned a gamut of wall tents and elk hunted over 60 years out of them. The last 15 years, my favorite, and most used, tent is a 12oz. canvas 12' x 17' x 5' with an interior pole set made of 1"galvanized conduit. This gives you room for 4-6 people but with 4, you have plenty of space for your stove and gas grill, space for a small fold-up table, room for canned goods, food items you don't want freezing, small storage shelf and room for everyone's gear. I have been hunting when weather conditions have kept us in for 3-4 days @-17F and kept warm with room to move around, something that will drive you insane inside a 9'x12' or 12'x14' tent full of people, particularly with 4' sidewalls! I always treat my tents with a fresh coat of Canvak every year before I take them hunting and sometimes after I bring them back, if we have had our camp set up for several months. So far, I have never experienced any sun rot and I throw a few moth balls inside of them when I fold them up to keep rodents from chewing them or bedding inside of them. A good fly over them really helps and you can get cheap plastic tarps at places like Harbor Freight. I made boxes out of 2x2's and 1/4" plywood to store my brackets and conduit and a bag for each tent. Hopefully, this will help you decide but whatever you do, if you want it to last, buy 12oz or higher canvas and treat it with Canvak before you use it and a minimum of once a year afterwards. Also, get 5' sidewalls. Good luck with your choice! [/QUOTE]
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