Archive for May, 2009
A Quick Look at Solo Tents
Solo tents are the lightest weight, most compact models, quick to pitch; making it the perfect one-shelter tent for specialized uses such as rock climbing, bike touring, kayaking, and day hikes during spring, summer, or fall. What’s behind this happy evolution? Smart design. Tent makers are finally taking full advantage of the latest featherweight hardware and fabrics to reinvent and dramatically expand the interior architecture of solo tents. The solo tent features frames designed to break down into small sections for compact storage. Single-occupancy shelters-once cramped and claustrophobic dens are now a brilliant way to go fast and light, get a peaceful night’s sleep, and enjoy the benefits of group outings without the downside of being forced close to others.
Selecting the Perfect Tent
There’s nothing worse than getting to your campsite, setting everything up, and then realizing that your tent is somehow inadequate. Maybe it’s simply too small to accommodate the number of people that you plan to fit in the tent, or maybe it is made of a low quality material that easily snags. Especially if you find the fabric of the tent lacking, it can be a particularly uncomfortable night. Maybe it lets in rain, or maybe it simply tears on rocks. Whatever the case, a quality tent is the most important part of a successful camping trip.
With that in mind, before you purchase, make sure that you do some adequate tent research. This way, when you go to purchase, you’ll already have a good idea of the kind of tent you want. This can save you from getting overwhelmed when you’re about to purchase and choosing the wrong thing. Camping tents can be a significant purchase, so it truly is best to do all that research beforehand. Getting the right tent, after all, is a matter of both experience and thorough comparisons.
Camping for the Whole Family
Camping is a great way to bring the family together. By taking away some of the creature comforts of the modern household, it can even serve to teach your children valuable lessons about what’s really necessary in a life. After all, many teenagers of the current generation grew up with cell phones permanently attached to their texting thumbs. And with that electronic bauble constantly in their lives, they can begin to feel like it’s a necessary part of their existence.
For that reason, if you take them out in the wilderness for a few days, it can be a truly eye-opening experience. They can see how well they can actually cope without all the cell phones, televisions, and iPods. And who knows? Maybe your kids will even begin to enjoy this more uncomplicated way of life. If that’s the case, make sure you look into high quality 4 person tents. These are sure to be the ideal size to fit a small family.
Screen tents provide a relaxing experience for your outdoor adventure!
Summer is soon approaching and many individuals like to be outside. If you are enjoying the summer and your outdoor adventure but you do not like the insects then you can still enjoy it without having those pesky insects by using a screen house.
When searching for the perfect screen house or tent for your camping, picnics, outdoor parties and even barbecues one thing that you need to remember is that they come in many sizes, shapes and even weather features. One type of screen house is Hexagon screen house which is manufactured by Eureka. The Hexagon screen house is a 3 season umbrella screen house and it is free standing with 2 doors that open allowing you to move picnic tables inside and easy access for your party guests when they need shelter from the rain.
Screen houses are also made with roll up side which would allow you more protection from the rain and you can also find them with awning which would give your children more protection from the summer sun. If you have small children you might find that a screen house would be ideal for them to play in during the summer as well. So remember the next time you go on an outdoor adventure or have a party for your family and friends a screen house is a great way to keep those pesky insects away from your food.
From backcountry to backyard, Eureka! makes you feel right at home
Eureka’s roots go back to 1895, in Binghamton, NY, where the company still resides. Its first products were canvas products, Conestoga wagon covers and horse blankets for nineteenth century frontiersmen. They also produced American flags, store awnings, and, of course, tents.
Eureka increased its canvas production throughout the 1930’s and 1940’s. During this time period they erected the IBM “tent cities”, just outside Binghamton. It housed 7 acres of tents for IBM salesmen during the company’s stockholders meeting. With the advent of World War II in the 1940’s Eureka extended its operations worldwide with hospital ward tents. In 1950, upon the post-war return of the soldiers and the resulting house shortage, Eureka turned its attentions to the home front, supplying awnings for moble homes that were being purchased.
In 1960, Eureka constructed the Draw-Tite Eureka tent with its free standing external frame. It was used in a Himalayn Expedition to Napal by Sir Edmund Hillary. In 1963, Eureka made history during its own Mt. Everest ascent, with over 60 of its tents sheltering participants from 60+ mph winds and temperatures reaching below -20F during the first all American Mt. Everest Expedition.
For backpackers and families in the 1970’s it was a time for “getting back to nature”. The Timberline tent was thus introduced. It was the first StormShield design, the completely self supporting and light weight backpacking tent became one of the most popular tents the entire industry had ever witnessed. Sales reached over 10 million by its 10 year anniversary.
While Eureka’s tents have traveled as part of several historic expeditions they have always stayed closer to home with some very historic families. There large party rental tents have appeared at Kennedy family parties and the purchase of a party tent by President George Bush.
In recent history, specially designed tents were donated to shelter Eric Simonson and his team one two historic research expeditions to Mount Everest. It was a quest for truth regarding the 1924 attempted summit of early English explorers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine.
In 2004, world famous adventurer and geophysicist Pasquale Scaturro and his team of explorers navigated the entire Blue Nile. They chose Eureka K-2 XT.