Style of Camping Tents best suited to you – 3 of 6 (Teepee Tent)
This is the third in a series of six blog posts describing six camping tent designs that will help you choose the camping tent style best suited to you. In our first two blog posts we talked about dome tents and modified dome tents. The third camping tent style is the pyramid, cone, or teepee tents.
Pyramid, Cone or Teepee Tents
A pyramid, cone, or teepee tent has a very basic design. It is easy to setup as it is made with a single layer of waterproof fabric. The
Guide Gear® 18x18 Teepee Tent
tent is usually held up with a single pole in the center, with the sides staked out securely. The teepee tent is liked especially by ultra-light backpackers because of its simplicity. Small pyramid shaped tents make excellent backpacking tents but large teepee tents like the one pictured make good family camping tents. For example, the Gear Guide 10′ x 10′ Teepee tent is great for small groups or small families where up to 6 people need to sleep. But the 18′ x’ 18′ Teepee tent pictured is better suited for large families and can accommodate 10-12 people or fewer people and lots of camping gear.
Teepee tents don’t have a complicated pole system and the center pole even doubles as a hiking stick in some models. Although the Guide Gear Teepee tent has a floor, teepee tents are usually floorless. In fact, car campers sometimes use it as a potty or shower tent. The teepee tent has a high entrance and sloping sides, which offers good head room in the center and an excellent place to store gear as the headroom disappears with the inclined sides. This type of tent isn’t very secure against mosquitoes and other insects, though. It also doesn’t stand up well in anything less than the best of weather conditions.
Tags: Backpacking Tents, Teepee Tents