Which Wall Tent (Poll) TENT PURCHASED

[The scout]

Alaknak, lighter, and NO mold
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Until your breath freezes to the tent while your sleeping then light the stove off in the morning and it’s raining inside the tent. Soon as the stove goes out they start condensation immediately.

[Wa hunter]

I have a Davis, I have only used it 2 times but I am impressed with the quality and they were great to work with.

[RightPlace-RightTime]

https://kwikkamp.com

Love mine

[bigsads]

Draper tent, one man shop, custom made, high quality, better price

[trophyhunt]

After owning a Cabelas synthetic wall tent I can't imagine going back to canvas.

Are you refering to the alaknak tents?  A ton of reviews show they get holes in them fairly easily.  I love the idea of light(er) weight, but also want durrability.  This will be a truck camping tent so weight, though considered, is less an issue than durrability. 

Is there another option that I am missing with cabalas synthetic?

I don't know about the reviews, the one I have is very durable and I'm pretty rough with it.  With natural materials, you can also get holes plus fun stuff like mold and rot and more prone to leaking.  I have a smaller one than mentioned here, but I can roll up to the site and set it up myself in about 20 minutes without breaking a sweat.  When I roll it up, it doesn't have to be perfectly dry or clean.

With synthetic, you also get benefits like windows, screens doors and windows, pockets, easy to use poles, hooks to hang lights and dry cords, insect and rodent proof and other stuff found in normal tents.

I have six seasons in mine and I can't think of any wear and I use it during hunting season and another week during the summer.

They don't have the same old-timey feeling to them, but man are they easier to take care of and set up.  I don't know that they are much lighter, they still weigh a ton.

  I sold my wall tent canvas wall tent after about 12 hours of scrubbing off the mold after I had put it away completely dry. With the Alaknak or synthetic tent you just need to buy the roof protector or do what we did to ours and cover the entire tent with a tarp which should be done anyway it helps with any condensation. If I had the time  and the space like a barn to hang my wall tent up after each use I might consider going back to canvas but storing and caring for the Alaknak can’t get much easier than that.

[ghosthunter]

I have two 10 x 12.

I have spent so far 120 days in the tents and been in several heavy rain storms.

I think you need to first have a conversation with self.

How important is canvas weight to you?
Will you really be in severe  conditions?
Do you really need a steel frame or can aluminum work?
Will you always have help setting up or on your own?
Do you have a place to dry out the canvas tent after use?

One of mine is made by Reliable Tent and Awnwing . 5oz canvas duck
Aluminum frame
One door
One window.
Snap in floor
 Very well made.

My other
Tent Shop bought used from a buddy.
10 oz Canvas duck
Two windows
Two doors
Heavy vinyl floor.
Steel frame

The first tent is easy to set up and is a quarter of the weight of the 2 nd.

I prefer the aluminum frame to the steel because of weight and because the rafters are two part rather than one long rafter. Way easy to transport. The aluminum frame stay together better during set up than the steel.

I prefer one door over two in fowl weather as the single door seems just snugger on the frame.

I use a dog stove in one a cylinder in the other and I like the square Dog stoves better.

I think the average guy could get along with a plastic tarp floor and ground tarp just fine.

I think the stitching on door zippers is better on the Reliable tent than the Tent Shop Tent.

The Reliable tent came with quality stakes better than what came with the tent shop tent. So much better I got another set to have the same for both tents.

I like the heavy tie down loops at eaves o. Reliable Tent better.

The first tent has a tie in bug screen I ordered. The 2  d tent bug screen at both doors is sewen in. I like the sewn in better.

I prefer the the stove jack to the right inside door.

Both tents could be set up without frame and only Ridge pole.

I do t like the way the stove jack flap ties up out of the way on either tent.

The Reliable tent was 10x12 . But the Tent Shop tent was actually 11 x12.

[Rainier10]

I have a bravo supergrade and love it.

Main tent is 15x15 with 5’ walls.

Zipper doors on both ends and a stove pipe hole on opposite corners. This way you can roll the tent out on the frame and always have the door facing the right way and have an option of where to put the stove.

Then I have a three sided 15x9, wish I would have gone 15x10 so I didn’t have one set of 4’6” pieces and all the rest 5’, lesson learned. The 15x9 attaches to the 15x15 at the open side and the door goes out. This is our cooking area. I can close the door on the main tent and just heat that area or open the door and heat the whole thing.

I got a door panel piece to add onto the 15x9 so it can be a stand alone cookshack if i don’t have room to set the whole thing up 15x24 or a spike camp tent.

Both tents have removable floor and high wind belt sewn over the tie down loops.

I use 20” long Fence T posts as stakes and ratchet motorcycle straps to tie it down.

I have a 16x25 White nylon snow fly that covers the whole thing.

I heat it with a cylinder stove, outfitter is the size I think.

I have had it for 15 years and absolutely love it.

Only regret is not making that cook shack 10x15 so all the parts interchanged.

[pawpaw1934]

Bravo by far!  Outstanding quality. Outstanding service.  All tents will keep you dry if they hold up....Never had a bit of mold on my tents as they were put away dry...if you have put them away dry and they molded...you were too busy admiring your big bull rack!!!!  Nothing molds without water. IF you want the best, call John at Bravo.

[trophyhunt]

It was bone dry when I put it away, problem I think was I had it stored in my garage just off the concrete floor.

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Funny I just saw this thread.  I just set up our main 12x18 tent up in the snow to further engineer the woodstove I built. We purchased this canvas wall tent with 9x12 cook shack from John at BRAVO Manufacturing.  I put it up myself under an hour with the kiddos running in and around. We used this last archery season in Idaho for three weeks in the back country. Snow slide and all the extras John would upgrade to. Cant be more happy! As I've stated before about this setup. Pay once cry once...........As for size this is the perfect size.  You can always add more rooms and or extentions.

[Twispriver]

I have a Montana Canvas with the Realight material on the sidewalls which cuts quite a bit of weight. I bought it used 20 years ago and it is still in great shape - five foot sidewalls are a must and if you're buying custom you can put the windows and stove jack where you want them. I also have a Rainier that is also very old and the cotton thread along the zippers is starting to fail but I've got more than my money's worth out of it. For short stays I have a Cabelas BigHorn III and I like the portability of that setup very much but it's cramped compared to the wall tents.

[Buzz2401]

  We have a 25 year old 14x24 that was made by some lady in Puyallup, a 10 year old 12x14 Montana and a two year old 14x16 Davis.   They are all 10oz canvas. Only one with a hole is the Montana but it isn't to bad.  None leak and haven't had any mildew issues.  I don't think you can really go wrong with any of them. Find a company that makes them in America and has the features you want.  We went with Davis on the last one because it was the most "Bang for Buck" and it is just our cook tent.  I think it was less then $1100 with poles ropes and stakes. 

[WapitiTalk1]

The Wall Tent shop out of Montana.

[Bigshooter]

After owning a Cabelas synthetic wall tent I can't imagine going back to canvas.

After using my buddies cabelas synthetic I dont know why anyone would waste money on one.

[huntnnw]

id never own a canvas tent after owning a Montana canvas tent made in relite. 60% lighter, resistent to mold and mildew and will last 25-30 years or more