Tents For Sale

Separate groundsheets allow loadsharing when backpacking, and may make it easier to pitch Tents For Sale and strike a tent, but they provide less protection against insects etc. getting into the sleeping area; also, if any constituent of a independent groundsheet protrudes from under the side walls, then it provides a ready path for moisture to flow into the tent.

Many tents which bag rigid steel poles are free-standing and do not miss guy ropes, though they may challenge pegs around the lowest butt of the fabric. These tents are usually so heavy (25 to 80 kg) that it takes a rather strong mistral to gust them away.