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That night in the Boundary Waters when my $60 tent failed me completely
Last August I was camping up near Lake One in the Boundary Waters. Second night a storm rolled in with wind around 35 mph and steady rain. My cheap dome tent started leaking right where the poles meet the fabric, then one pole actually snapped around 2 AM. I spent the rest of the night huddled under a tarp I had in my pack, totally soaked and wishing I had brought my old Eureka instead. Has anyone else had a tent fail on them in the middle of nowhere and had to make do with just a tarp?
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scott.olivia1d ago
Your tent decided to cosplay as a sieve and a pretzel" - that's pretty funny, but come on, a night under a tarp isn't exactly a survival epic. You had a backup plan (the tarp) and you weren't in real danger, just uncomfortable. This sounds more like a bad night than a "tent failed me completely" crisis to me.
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felixhenderson1d ago
the_brian nailed it with the "sieve and a pretzel" thing because honestly that pretty much sums up every cheap tent in a real storm. This is just how things work now though isn't it? Everything is built to be just good enough to get you through the first few uses and then it falls apart. Reminds me of how phone chargers and headphones break after a few months. They make things disposable on purpose so you buy a new one. At least with camping gear you can rig up a tarp and survive but with everything else in life you just have to buy another one. Feels like nothing is built to last anymore except for the old stuff like your Eureka.
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the_brian1d ago
Sounds like your tent decided to cosplay as a sieve and a pretzel at the same time. At least the tarp saved you from becoming a human pond overnight.
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