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What are the current styles of tents?
Home » Adventure Travel » Tent Camping » What are the current styles of tents?Posted by Your Guide on October 11, 2006 5:36 AM
There are two major kinds of tents that the different styles of tents fall into, ones that are made with rigid poles and the others are made with flexible poles. These two categories are very easy to distinguish because one is made with poles that are rigid and the other the poles are flexible - I know, its so simple. There are two designs of tents made with the rigid poles. The first is the cabin tent. They only have one "skin" (the material that makes the tent), are used mainly in the United States, and may have multiple rooms inside the tent. The second style of tent is the frame tent that may also have two or more rooms. The frame tent will have two skins, one being the outer layer that protects against rain and the inner that is sleeker for comfort inside the tent. These tents may have an awning on either side or possibly windows as well.
There are four basic styles of tents when using flexible poles. The first and most common is the dome tent. The flexible poles are stretch across the top using the tautness of the material to make a circular ceiling on the tent. Dome tents can be extremely small for use for two people or big enough to fit 8 people inside them. The next style of tent is a tunnel tent. The name says it all and is usually made for two people to sleep side by side. There is more space given with a tunnel tent but always require the use of string and pegs which may cause an extra step for those that have difficulty even setting up a dome tent. The two other styles of tents are made for specific purposes. The first is the geodesic tent, which is just like a dome tent, but with a couple extra poles that give more stability - these are made for snow conditions. The last is the single-hoop tents, which are extremely easy to set up, and are made for just a couple people, possibly only one.
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