We talked through the Copper Canyon’s specs with Ryan Flynn, sales manager for Johnson Outdoors, Eureka’s parent company. Flynn told us that the advantage of the lighter aluminum poles found in the company’s Jade Canyon tent is purely about weight. The Copper Canyon’s rugged fiberglass-and-steel poles are preferable for what he called “free-country” camping (car camping on Bureau of Land Management land, for instance) and for anyplace else where weight wouldn’t be an issue. Our only quibble with the Mineral King 3 is that it comes with a mere six stakes. That’s just enough to secure the tent and fly but not to fully secure the tent with extra lines in very windy conditions. You can find a plethora of options out there, but these inexpensive stakes are comparable to the ones that accompany the Mineral King 3.
Rather than continuing to wait for the company to come up with a soulution and stop questioning me on proper use or abusive weather conditions! I decided that for the $40 I spent on it, (knowing that you get what you pay for) I would sew the gap and seal it really well and get a thicker gage replacement pole for the fly. I’m going to Coleman for now on because you are incapable of making a zipper that doesn’t break so damn easy ozark tent on the door. Wall tents offer much more headroom than a dome tent because the vertical side walls mean you can get much taller structures. In addition, the center line, where the pitched roof is at its highest provides more than enough movement to stand up and walk around. It blocks out the sunlight so you can sleep in, keeps cool in the heat, stays warmer inside the tent in winter, and is waterproof and wind resistant.
In terms of drawbacks, this is a particularly budget-friendly model from an already budget-focused brand, so you’ll need to be mindful of a few shortcomings to get the most out of this shelter. First, Ozark Trail uses sealed seams on this tent, but the fabric itself isn’t made ozark tent for a rainstorm. You’ll want to give the entire tent a thorough Nikwax treatment before taking it on the road. Second, the fabric feels thin, and a few users have reported ripping it during setup, so you’ll need to take your time both setting up and taking down this tent.
Wall tents may be the most practical tent style in some regards and not so much in others. What we mean by this is the shape, size, and design of a wall tent are extremely practical for dozens of reasons, but the fact that they are so heavy and bulky to carry means they are not the most practical for wild camping. They are practical shelters in almost every way but not so practical to transport on foot. Because they work well as a basecamp tents, they make excellent hunting shelters. You set them up once and then head off each day to hunt, knowing you always have somewhere warm and dry to return to. In addition, if you hunt with a buddy or two, wall tents provide more than enough space for everyone to spread out and store all their gear.
After we pitched the tent, the Mineral King 3’s adaptable fly let us arrange an open mesh half-dome for easy viewing of the stars. When the rain finally arrived, we had only to reach out of the tent for a few moments to unfurl the waterproof material and secure it for a dry night’s sleep. In the morning, we opened the doors and unzipped the fly, rolling back one of two vestibule ozark trail canopy panels. It was still raining, but from inside the tent we could watch the sky lighten and make coffee outside the door under the remaining covered half of the vestibule, where our shoes and sundries had remained dry overnight. The Ozark Trail Yurt gets high marks for its overall interior space with 169 square feet of floor room and ceilings over 7 feet tall at their peak.