Selecting From a Wide Variety of Camping Tents

Selecting from a wide variety of camping tents is easier than ever these days, mainly thanks to the reach and scope of the Internet.

Indeed, it's given a shopper the ability to select from a tent that could hold its own in the most extreme weather conditions or from a tent that's more suitable for use by the kids during a backyard camp-out experience.

For the most part, a camping tent is usually categorized by how many people it can contain within itself. Some tents are made just for one person while there are a number of other tents that can hold a relatively large number of people quite easily. Some may even have two or more rooms and can accommodate seven or eight people in relative comfort.

These days, the camping experience isn't like what one once went through just a couple of decades ago.

Tents today are made from lighter and more durable materials that manufacturers use to make spacious and attractive enclosures. They're also easier to erect and pack up and carry around. A casual look at a two-room tent will reveal the fact of this, by the way.

All smart hikers and camping fans usually make sure that they have at least a small, high-quality tent in the backpack should they be caught out on the trail and in a sudden shift of the weather.

Solo or two-person enclosures today are built to be light in weight and very durable. One can climb into one after a long day of hiking or whenever the weather looks to become threatening, as well.

What might be most surprising about today's typical tent is that it is very low in cost, relatively speaking. In fact, a nice, quality tent of durable construction that can hold up to three people can be had for under $100.

It will have two doors to ensure adequate ventilation and it will stand up very well to gusty weather and even extreme weather conditions such as snow or rain.

From that starting point, prices for many nice tents built to hold up to three people can climb to $250 or more. These higher-line models can be put up and taken down within just a couple of minutes and they're built with extreme durability in mind.

One-person tents, as well, are very durable but also so light that they might not even be noticed in a backpack when they're being carried around.

Camping tents today aren't like the tents of yesteryear, it would seem. Many now come in shapes, colors, styles and sizes that just weren't available several short years ago.

Additionally, they're also very light in weight and more durable than their counterparts once were. Most can be carried around relatively easily and some even feature two or more rooms, which makes them even more attractive, it must be said.

By : Michael_Mize_Russell