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dwalsdorf · 05-04-2005, 01:57 AM

Suerte:

It really depends on your use. If you only need a 3 season tent (and down here that really means a 2 season tent), then a lot of what is sold at Target/Wal-Mart/Academy does just fine. Also, are you going back to backpacking, or more car-camping? I can't believe how low the prices are on big tents right now. I have never owned a Coleman Tent, but I would think that such a "camplife" company would not want to be associated with a bad tent.

Don't let the store influence you--only the product. I recently bought a Eureka Getaway 9 at WM, and the only reason they were carrying that and other Eureka models was that those models were "discontinued". Does that make them cheap? No. But it does drop the price somewhat, and WM and others pick them up for their retail market. BTW, I paid $105 for my Eureka 10'x16'. It fits perfectly on Texas SP pads. Highly reccommend it if it fits your needs.

05-04-2005, 01:57 AM	#5
dwalsdorf Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 74	Re: Coleman Tent Suerte: It really depends on your use. If you only need a 3 season tent (and down here that really means a 2 season tent), then a lot of what is sold at Target/Wal-Mart/Academy does just fine. Also, are you going back to backpacking, or more car-camping? I can't believe how low the prices are on big tents right now. I have never owned a Coleman Tent, but I would think that such a "camplife" company would not want to be associated with a bad tent. Don't let the store influence you--only the product. I recently bought a Eureka Getaway 9 at WM, and the only reason they were carrying that and other Eureka models was that those models were "discontinued". Does that make them cheap? No. But it does drop the price somewhat, and WM and others pick them up for their retail market. BTW, I paid $105 for my Eureka 10'x16'. It fits perfectly on Texas SP pads. Highly reccommend it if it fits your needs. __________________ In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell...it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort. :asleep: