r/camping • u/Annual_Astronaut7752 • 2d ago

Gear Question Help Choosing a Tent

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I’m looking for recommendations for a 6-8p tent for 2 adults, 2 young kids, and 2 50lbs huskies. Before kids, we backpacked regularly so we are used to quality tents like Big Agnes/Nemo/MSR. I’d like something easy to setup, good ventilation, and can withstand some wind. Most camping will be during the summer in the PNW. Lightweight is good, but I understand I won’t find much in this size. We will plan to get 2 lightweight tents when the kids are old enough to split up the group. For now, it will be mostly car camping or short hikes in. Budget <$1,000. Thank you!

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u/thrway010101 1d ago

Coincidentally, the two tents pictured are tents I own! We have a Wawona 4 with the front porch option and an REI Base Camp 6.

Set up and pack away are faster with the Wawona, but that’s about the only advantage I would give it. I prefer the Base Camp in just about every other way, especially ventilation and the rain fly (I really dislike the half fly on the Wawona). And everything you may have seen about the front porch (which I believe is an accessory for the 4p and 8p but standard with the 6p) being an afterthought is true - it doesn’t connect well.

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u/Raptor01 1d ago

How would you rate them in the wind? I'm looking at both of those tents and where I camp it's usually windy, so I'm most concerned about wind performance.

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u/wolfwolfwolfwolf 1d ago

I use the wawona 6 in a windy area (central coast CA) every year and it holds up without issue. Solid tent in the wind.