• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    That walmart tent you buy for 50 aint a good tent, and will either leak like a sieve in the rain, or be so unbreathable as to become an unlivable humidity drenched hotbox from your perspiration and body heat.

        • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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          8 months ago

          Camping is not living outdoors permanently. You can choose the dates that you are outside and the place you go, so you can choose the weather too.

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            8 months ago

            Sometimes people go for more than a single day, or you book weeks in advance and have to deal with whatever shit weather you get.

            Weather can also suddenly change over a single day.

            • johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world
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              8 months ago

              Especially camping up in the mountains, the weather can change real fast. But I’m not gonna let a little rain stop me, that’s why tents have footprints and rain covers.

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        8 months ago

        I have the 2 person version of that tent. It’s me through down pours and wind. The only thing more expensive tents have is easy of set up and tear down.

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          8 months ago

          I know. This other dude doesn’t. Expensive camping gear is just lighter by a few oz. Just carry less.