3 Man Tent

- Which type of lighting would you recommend for a 2-3 man tent?
I have various types. A gas lantern An ordinary battery lantern And a couple of those LED battery lanterns The LED are very bright and light to carry as well so was thinking of just using those. The gas gives off a good light though but maybe not too safe in a small tent? Also, are those wind up radios any good? I have a 2-3 man dome tent

A NO open flames or gas fuel! These are a fire hazard and emit fumes, my dear. Use them in a tent and you could hurt or kill yourself. What I use on camping trips is LED headlamp. Then my light is always exactly where I need it. You can wear it right up into your sleeping bag, and then last thing before you hunker down for the night is to take it off your head and wear it around your neck, or put it somewhere in the bag with you where you won't roll onto it...like right above your head, in the hood of your mummy bag, so you know exactly where it is! These are also relatively bright and can light up a whole tent if you clip them somehow to the ceiling of your tent and just let the light shine down. If you don't have any sort of loop or a gear loft up there, and many tents do have a place to hang stuff you can quite easily make one by very very carefully tacking up some dental floss with some hem stitches...by that I mean you should not see any of your sewing from the opposite side of the fabric (the outside). For this you don't even go through the fabric of the tent, you just catch a thread and come back through on the inside, on a single layer of a seam. Go across to another safe point on the same seam, tie it off, so you have about a 6inch tiny loose running clothesline. It helps if you have a hexagonal or dome tent with six panels sewn together at the top, then you have 6 seams and can make up to 6 of these, crossing in the middle, and then use a really lightweight clip of some sort (paper clip, titanium carabiner, safety pin) to hang a very lightweight LED headlamp from all the strings at once. This way the weight will be even across all the seams instead of pulling from any one of them, and there will be less impact. That is the easiest way I know to explain it, but if you don't get it, don't try to do it. Under a tarp this is easy you just hang a light from your ridge cord using a clip and some p-cord.

- Looking for a 2-3 man tent to buy in bulk (5-10 tents) for my troop. Suggestions?
Hey, I'm looking for quality, lasting tents that are square, easy to set up and breakdown, good quality but not overly pricey, possibly compact, and most importantly, waterproof. I live in an area where rain is frequent. Any good recommendations?

A My troop uses the Eureka! Timberline 2XT. Its an A-Frame tent thats simple yet very durable. The XT includes a vestibule that allows you to keep your boots outside the tent yet they`ll be covered and dry. You can get them for a good price at Campmor. check it out at campmor.com