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#1 02-25-2021, 09:11 PM

Savage Bacon Join Date: October 2017 Location: Calgary-Red Deer area Posts: 1,810

Cabelas Outback Lodge vi person tent We're thinking nearly getting a tent. Not quite a canvas tent. Something a big lighter. It will be used for family unit camping. The boss, myself, our 13 year old and 2 year old. Nosotros'll be most likely getting one of the little tent bathrooms, and maybe a minor wood stove for if nosotros decide to practice some colder atmospheric condition camping ground (fall weather, not winter) Does anyone have any experience with the cabelas outback club tent? We were skimming through the cabelas website last dark. Then this evening I see information technology'due south on sale. Nosotros normally use our camper, but want something a lot easier to pack up and go. Nosotros're mostly on crown land with the side by side and quads. And nosotros already have cots, cooking gear, and such. Is this a decent tent? Or is there something better for a lighter duty family sized tent? Thanks for any input! __________________ I'm non really a licensed bodyman or heavy duty mechanic. I just play i at work.

#ii 02-25-2021, 09:xl PM

raab Bring together Engagement: October 2009 Posts: four,776

I havent used one only I dont like the blueprint. With the short walls itll really reduce the space inside. At 100 sq ft itll be tight for 4 + gear and a stove. The cots volition most likely be useless due to head room. If it was me I'd merely get a 4 person MSR Elixir or MEC Camper tent. Invest in practiced sleeping pads and sleeping bags, and you'll exist fine in the fall. Since you're taking quads and a side x side Id take a pop upwards canopy, folding table, and some lawn chairs also. Id cook and relax in the popular up. If yous wanted to go smaller then the canopy accept a tarp and melt/relax under that. In saying that if your heart is set on a tent with a stove, where you can use cots. I'd recommend getting something with 5 foot walls. Also wanted to add if yous're worried about space in the elixir or camper dont exist. My wife, myself, our 2 daughters, and canis familiaris all sleep in the iv person camper. My sister, her husband, and her iii younger boys all sleep in the iv person Elixir. __________________ Bill Gates can't defend windows from viruses so what makes you lot think he can or will protect humans.

#3 02-25-2021, 09:54 PM

CBintheNorth Join Appointment: Apr 2010 Location: Edmonton Posts: 3,118

I have the Otter Monster Lodge (much bigger than the cabelas model) and 4 minor cots in there leaves just enough room to get out of bed. If you have another tent or one of those Costco pop-upwards shelters to do your rainy-twenty-four hour period cooking under, information technology might work? A wood stove in there wouldn't piece of work though unless it's REALLY small. Keeping it far enough from the walls to non melt the thing will place information technology roughly in the eye of the tent. A Buddy or Big Buddy, and an extra carbon monoxide monitor shine hither. Bunk cots would help the space state of affairs every bit well. Unfortunately, for how you're describing your outings, a wall tent fits the beak MUCH better.

#4 02-25-2021, x:03 PM

Savage Bacon Bring together Date: Oct 2017 Location: Calgary-Ruddy Deer surface area Posts: 1,810

Quote: Originally Posted by raab I havent used one just I dont like the design. With the short walls itll really reduce the infinite inside. At 100 sq ft itll be tight for 4 + gear and a stove. The cots volition near probable be useless due to head room. If information technology was me I'd just get a 4 person MSR Elixir or MEC Camper tent. Invest in good sleeping pads and sleeping bags, and you'll be fine in the fall. Since you're taking quads and a side ten side Id have a pop up canopy, folding table, and some lawn chairs too. Id cook and relax in the pop up. If yous wanted to go smaller so the canopy accept a tarp and cook/relax nether that. In saying that if your center is attack a tent with a stove, where y'all can use cots. I'd recommend getting something with 5 foot walls. Too wanted to add together if you're worried about space in the elixir or camper dont be. My wife, myself, our ii daughters, and domestic dog all sleep in the iv person camper. My sis, her husband, and her 3 younger boys all sleep in the 4 person Elixir. It does have short walls. When I think of everything I'd pile in at that place, I think it would fill upwardly fast. __________________ I'm not actually a licensed bodyman or heavy duty mechanic. I only play one at work.

#5 02-25-2021, x:08 PM

Savage Bacon Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Calgary-Red Deer area Posts: 1,810

Quote: Originally Posted by CBintheNorth I have the Otter Monster Lodge (much bigger than the cabelas model) and 4 minor cots in there leaves just plenty room to get out of bed. If you have another tent or one of those Costco popular-up shelters to do your rainy-day cooking under, it might work? A woods stove in there wouldn't work though unless information technology's Actually small. Keeping information technology far enough from the walls to not cook the thing will place it roughly in the middle of the tent. A Buddy or Big Buddy, and an extra carbon monoxide monitor shine here. Bunk cots would help the infinite situation as well. Unfortunately, for how yous're describing your outings, a wall tent fits the bill MUCH better. My thoughts keep wandering to an bodily wall tent. The boss keeps saying it's too heavy duty for family tenting. __________________ I'm not really a licensed bodyman or heavy duty mechanic. I just play 1 at work.

#half dozen 02-25-2021, 10:20 PM

raab Join Appointment: Oct 2009 Posts: 4,776

Quote: Originally Posted by Brutal Salary It does take short walls. When I call back of everything I'd pile in there, I think it would fill upwardly fast. If you lot'd similar an alternative to a wall tent cheque out the artic oven tents. Not cheap, and I havent used one, but I've been eyeing them up. I think they'd be awesome for mid November hunts. __________________ Bill Gates can't defend windows from viruses and then what makes you think he can or will protect humans.

#7 02-25-2021, ten:21 PM

CBintheNorth Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Edmonton Posts: 3,118

Quote: Originally Posted past Savage Salary My thoughts go on wandering to an bodily wall tent. The boss keeps saying it'southward also heavy duty for family tenting. In that location is a lot of stuff that goes with a wall tent, peculiarly if you get with a pole kit, and yous should. It'll fill upwardly one-half a truck bed, no doubt, but you'll be camping ground in style! Infinite out the wazoo, nice wood heat, many pluses. I have a 14�16 and I can set it up completely by myself in under an hour. That's the tent, wing, floor, stove, chimney, cots, and table. All princess has to do is show up....and she nonetheless doesn't! My married woman hates camping. Luckily my boys love it. Makes for some great "boys" trips.

#8 02-25-2021, 10:37 PM

Savage Bacon Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Calgary-Red Deer area Posts: 1,810

I similar the thought of the wall tent. The 14x16 does sound appealing. Maybe I should bite the bullet, cry once, and just become one. I imagine it might be too big tho if she decided she wants to go to a campsite site. Raab, that arctic oven 12 looks squeamish but yous're right about the toll! __________________ I'k non really a licensed bodyman or heavy duty mechanic. I just play one at piece of work.

#9 02-25-2021, 10:56 PM

raab Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4,776

Double mail service __________________ Bill Gates can't defend windows from viruses so what makes you think he tin can or will protect humans. Last edited by raab; 02-25-2021 at 11:09 PM.

#x 02-25-2021, 11:02 PM

raab Join Date: October 2009 Posts: iv,776

Quote: Originally Posted past Savage Bacon I like the idea of the wall tent. The 14x16 does sound appealing. Maybe I should seize with teeth the bullet, weep one time, and merely get one. I imagine it might be too big tho if she decided she wants to go to a army camp site. Raab, that arctic oven 12 looks dainty merely you're correct nigh the cost! Yea I figured the 12 would be perfect for you with a medium stove. The cost is steep though. Would be interesting to know the packed dimensions and weight versus a wall tent. Might be worth it depending on the size of a packed wall tent. The Oven 12 is basically 3ft 10 3ft x 2ft and weighs 78lbs packed. To put this in comparison for size my MEC Camper four is basically 6" in bore and 2ft long packed weighing 8lbs. Honestly if you can accept the sleeping on the ground with a good sleeping pad. (Since you're not worried about weight MEC has a 10" pad that'll be more than comfy then your mattress most probable), I love the convenience and size advantage of my backpacking gear vs the traditional stuff. For some people sleeping on the ground isnt an option though. __________________ Bill Gates tin't defend windows from viruses then what makes y'all think he can or will protect humans.

#11 02-25-2021, xi:43 PM

nelsonob1 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Nelson BC Posts: i,879

I accept the 12x12 Araknack (apologies for spelling) which is similar in blueprint only the side wall is higher and floor space wider. I like the tent, lighter than a wall tent so easier to put up solo, but it's a three man at best for hunting with everyone's gear. Last edited by nelsonob1; 02-25-2021 at 11:49 PM.

#12 02-26-2021, 06:47 AM

Vicious Bacon Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Calgary-Ruddy Deer area Posts: i,810

We might head into Calgary this weekend to physically see some tents. I was just on the MEC website and saw the 8 person hub. I thought it would exist perfect and wanted to become look at it. Until I noticed the price __________________ I'chiliad non really a licensed bodyman or heavy duty mechanic. I just play one at work.

#13 02-26-2021, 07:05 AM

ehrgeiz Join Engagement: Sep 2011 Location: Edmonton Posts: 163

Might suggest the Seek Outside 8 person tipi with a half nest for sleeping. I run Redcliff and accept had 4 of us inside ii nests with a stove. Non a lot of extra room just information technology worked. The 8 person should be lots for 4.

#14 02-26-2021, 07:28 AM

Barbarous Bacon Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Calgary-Ruddy Deer area Posts: 1,810

Quote: Originally Posted by ehrgeiz Might suggest the Seek Exterior 8 person tipi with a half nest for sleeping. I run Redcliff and have had iv of us inside 2 nests with a stove. Non a lot of extra room but it worked. The 8 person should exist lots for 4. The 8 homo is almost 200 foursquare feet, with a 16ft diameter. I similar the classic tipi design. __________________ I'thousand not really a licensed bodyman or heavy duty mechanic. I just play one at work.

#fifteen 02-26-2021, 09:52 AM

ehrgeiz Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Edmonton Posts: 163

^ I tin vouch for the quality of the Seek products. Idea given your requirements information technology may be of involvement to you. I went Redcliff every bit it provides a sweet spot for infinite and weight. It can still be reasonably backpacked-in for a Sheep Hunt base of operations camp with a stove. Especially if y'all take 2 or three guys splitting the load. I've used it down to -22 and the stove can still plow it into a sauna if you permit it rage wide open. If I had no intention of backpacking-in I would have gone bigger. Like most quality products, it isn't cheap though.

#16 02-26-2021, 10:18 AM

Stinky Buffalo Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: A fleck North o' Center... Posts: eight,881

I looked at that Cabelas tent too. Looking through the reviews, it sounds like information technology would be roomy plenty for two adults, and maybe a pocket-size child or 2. There are recreational tents that would provide the same room with less setup (there are a lot of stakes involved!) If it would have supported a small wood stove, I would have been more than interested. The recommendations on the Seek Exterior tents are the direction I'yard leaning as well. I had a gamble to use a TentTipi tent that my blood brother-in-Constabulary'due south brother used on one of our camping ground trips, and it was awesome. Merely issue was that, on difficult basis, the stove would cause common cold air to be drawn in forth the brim, past the beds, which made for a fleck of a chill (ane side of you would exist hot from the stove, the other side would be cold from the draft). I'm sure there is a manner to solve this, though. I'chiliad thinking that we were doing information technology wrong. Information technology was fairly compact, and the stove had its own crate. Slick setup for our purposes.

#17 02-26-2021, eleven:58 AM

gramps73 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Calgary Posts: five,298

the guys I hunt with bought ane for this by moose campsite. Less than impressed, lots of issues with condensation and wet gear. the other issue is the short wall but its been said. price point is dainty but thats most the simply matter. __________________ Avatar by Gitrdun

#eighteen 02-26-2021, 12:56 PM

Stinky Buffalo Join Engagement: Jul 2008 Location: A fleck North o' Center... Posts: eight,881

Quote: Originally Posted by gramps73 lots of issues with condensation and wet gear. That's truthful - that event gets mentioned repeatedly in the reviews besides.

#19 02-26-2021, 01:00 PM

Mavrick Bring together Date: Jul 2009 Location: Out of Town Posts: 632

I went with a 10x10 Esker Classic 2 from Canadian Outdoor Equipment this winter. I wanted a smaller tent then my big wall tent when just my and the wife wanted to become. It has the heart pole, and then you utilise guide lines to hold out 3Ft walls. I have only used it a few times and the 10x10 was big plenty for us and our gear. The pros: Similar other sail tents it is warm with a wood stove.The 3ft walls allowed us to use cots to slumber, and then we where off the basis. Room for 2 and gear somewhat comfortably. Lightweight compared to my big outfitter tent. Easier to dry out out later on a trip because it's smaller. Cons: a bit of a bugger to put up, but I'1000 still getting utilize to the guidelines and so that might become better. Room in the tent is ok, you can stand up in the middle and so at least your not aptitude over all the time, just I knew that it wouldn't be similar my big tent, you lot give up room to get the weight downward. Smaller stove so when information technology got down to 20 below I needed to feed it lots. It also can have up room in the tent because of where information technology needs to sit. So far I'm happy with it for what it is, a smaller tent to hall back in the bush for two people. For a family of 4 they brand a 12x12 that they say sleeps vi to viii, simply I don't know, they said the 10x10 sleeps 4 to 6, but no fashion it can do that. Like every tent math, four to half-dozen =2

#20 02-26-2021, 01:25 PM

Sundancefisher Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Calgary Perchdance Posts: sixteen,874

Quote: Originally Posted by Barbarous Bacon We might head into Calgary this weekend to physically see some tents. I was just on the MEC website and saw the 8 person hub. I thought it would be perfect and wanted to go look at it. Until I noticed the price anyone know if with the direction changes if MEC is all the same anti hunting? __________________ Information technology is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; information technology is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adjust and adapt to the changing surround in which it finds itself. Charles Darwin

#21 02-26-2021, 07:38 PM

Cruel Salary Bring together Date: Oct 2017 Location: Calgary-Red Deer expanse Posts: 1,810

I call up I'grand stuck with what we need. We might expect at a wall tent in a few years. We're just non ready for that however. But need something large enough for the four of the states. But realistically we just demand it for sleeping so it doesn't have to be huge. And nosotros could have our stuff in a screen tent so it'due south somewhat out of the elements. We exercise accept a decent camper, but to become camping for just a nighttime with friends, information technology'south manner likewise much of a pain to get prepare and haul out. Lots of great suggestions tho guys. In my younger days, after enough drinks, a guy would just pass out in the chair, or on the footing somewhere. Thank God those days are over. __________________ I'm not actually a licensed bodyman or heavy duty mechanic. I just play one at piece of work.

#22 02-26-2021, 07:39 PM

Savage Bacon Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Calgary-Red Deer surface area Posts: i,810

Quote: Originally Posted past Sundancefisher anyone know if with the management changes if MEC is all the same anti hunting? If that's the case I won't be rushing in there to spend whatsoever of my pro-hunting money. __________________ I'yard not really a licensed bodyman or heavy duty mechanic. I but play ane at work.

#23 02-26-2021, 07:43 PM

calgarychef Join Appointment: Jul 2007 Posts: 6,156

What about a bell tent? Kind of a compromise between a wall tent, and a yurt. You lot tin up put a stove in them. Trust me on this, a stove volition make your family love you AND camping. They bound need the big frame that a wall tent needs.

#24 02-26-2021, 07:55 PM

lead chucker Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 578

I've been looking for an alaknak tent for a while now, cabelas says their discontinued? Is that true?

#25 02-26-2021, 08:07 PM

Roughshod Bacon Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Calgary-Ruddy Deer area Posts: one,810

Quote: Originally Posted past calgarychef What almost a bong tent? Kind of a compromise between a wall tent, and a yurt. You can up put a stove in them. Trust me on this, a stove will make your family unit dear yous AND camping. They jump need the big frame that a wall tent needs. Those look very roomy __________________ I'm not really a licensed bodyman or heavy duty mechanic. I merely play 1 at piece of work.

#26 02-26-2021, 08:08 PM

Cruel Bacon Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Calgary-Red Deer area Posts: i,810

Quote: Originally Posted past pb chucker I've been looking for an alaknak tent for a while at present, cabelas says their discontinued? Is that true? Yep discontinued, but however selling the vestibules it looks like. The cabelas tent I was looking at seems to exist similar, but with shorter walls? __________________ I'm not really a licensed bodyman or heavy duty mechanic. I simply play one at work.

#27 02-26-2021, 08:29 PM

nelsonob1 Join Date: January 2012 Location: Nelson BC Posts: i,879

Quote: Originally Posted by Fell Bacon Yep discontinued, but nonetheless selling the vestibules it looks similar. The cabelas tent I was looking at seems to be similar, but with shorter walls? Yes, very similar but not the same in quality. I'one thousand surprised it was discontinued. It's a good tent. I call back I'll attempt and find a used 20fter

#28 02-26-2021, 08:53 PM

Savage Salary Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Calgary-Reddish Deer area Posts: 1,810

Quote: Originally Posted by nelsonob1 Yeah, very similar merely not the aforementioned in quality. I'thou surprised it was discontinued. It's a good tent. I think I'll try and observe a used 20fter The twenty footer looks huge. __________________ I'm not really a licensed bodyman or heavy duty mechanic. I just play 1 at work.

#29 02-27-2021, 08:49 AM

nelsonob1 Join Appointment: January 2012 Location: Nelson BC Posts: i,879

Quote: Originally Posted by Barbarous Bacon The 20 footer looks huge. I can park my atv in there with me.

#30 02-27-2021, 10:08 AM

Vicious Salary Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Calgary-Red Deer area Posts: i,810

Quote: Originally Posted by nelsonob1 I can park my atv in there with me. That's luxury for sure! We're going to expect at the cabelas tent today. I know in that location'southward been lots of good suggestions. For quick sleeping accommodations, it looks difficult to beat out. We have a small dome tent that works just fine for the ii of us, merely won't fit the kids. __________________ I'm not really a licensed bodyman or heavy duty mechanic. I only play one at piece of work.

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