Camping Tent Brands - About Various Tents

This is a list of our choice of various tent manufacturers including the MSR Tent, North Face Tents, Kelty Camping Tents, Coleman Tents and more.....

Choosing a camping tent and needing some info on the various quality tents and some of the best tent manufacturers available? well, we hope this guide will provide useful info for you and your camping tent research venture.

Do various camping tent brands make a difference in quality?

We believe it does, longevity of a company is from success and experience for what works. If they sold poor quality tents consistently, they would have become bankrupt a long time ago.

Researching each model even if a brand has a great reputation will pay dividends when making sure a camping tent meets your camping needs. Each brand has various models that may or may not be suitable.

The longevity for tent manufacturers also proves they have made enough sales, sold tents that people want or need with relevant success.

The age of the internet provides us a way to review camping tent brands and models before we buy them to get an overall picture about what other customers have experienced.

Even the best tent brands have tent's that are not very suitable for camping trips, hiking or backpacking. No company ever offers 100% stock of products that everyone will be happy with and its insane to think any company can do that.

There are many camping tent brands (manufacturers), we provide examples of here, North Face Tents, Eureka Tents, Coleman Tents, MSR Tents.

The North Face brand was established in 1968 in Sanfransico, California, by Douglas Tomkins and Dick "Hap" Klopp. They created  an equipment retail store that eventually acquired the current name "The North Face". The name north face was chosen because the north face of a mountain in the northern hemisphere is generally the most difficult face to climb.

North face focus well on expedition tents. We have included some of the available North Face Tents below. ...

 

The North Face Big Fat Frog 24 Bx - 2 Person Tent (Spring 2010) Big Fat Frog 24 - 2 Person Tent by The North Face Tent brands, Features: DAC Press-Fit poles Lightweight - easy-to-use clip pitch system Comprehensive color-coded pitch system includes poles - canopy - and fly Fully taped bathtub floor and full-zip doors Convenient overhead pockets stow headlamps and fragile items Full mesh canopy for comfort and ventilation Huge poled vestibule with shelf for keeping gear dry Abundant gear loops Fly-only pitching Capacity: 2 Fabric: canopy: 70D 190T nylon ripstop Fabric: floor: 70D 190T nylon taffeta with 5000 mm PU coating Fabric: fly: 75D 190T polyester ripstop with 1500 mm PU coating Floor Area: 31 ft2 (2.9 m2) Poles: number: 4 diameter: 9.0 mm Stuffed Size: 22.5" x 7" (57 cm x 18 cm) Vestibule Area: 14.5 ft2 (1.3 m2) Weight: trail weight: 5 lbs 11 oz (2.58 kg) total weight: 6 lbs 7 oz (2.93 kg)

The North Face Debug Bivy (Fall 2009) Debug Bivy by The North Face Features: DAC Featherlite NSL poles Ultralight Twist Clip canopy pitch system Easy-to-use Ball Cap clips on brow pole ends Comprehensive color-coded pitch system Fully taped bathtub floor Guy-out at foot for attaching to a branch Poled mesh bivy for those warm buggy nights. Capacity: 1 Fabric: canopy: 20D polyester no-see-um mesh Fabric: floor: 70D 210T nylon taffeta with 5000 mm PU coating Floor Area: 18.5 ft2 (1.7 m2) Poles: number: 1 diameter: 8.5 mm - 9.0 mm Stuffed Size: 16.5' x 5" (42 cm x 13 cm) Weight: trail weight: 1 lb 2 oz (0.5 kg) total weight: 1 lb 10 oz (0.59 kg)

The North Face Quartz 22 Bx - 2 Person Tent (Spring 2010) Quartz 22 - 2 Person Tent by The North Face Features: Comprehensive color-coded pitch system includes - poles - canopy - and fly DAC Press-Fit poles Lightweight - easy-to-use clip pitch system Two partial vestibules and full-zip fabric doors Fully taped bathtub floor Convenient overhead pockets stow headlamps and fragile items Abundant gear loops Fly-only pitching Easy-to-use Ball Cap clips on brow pole ends Easy to pitch and use - the Quartz packs small and light. Capacity: 2 Fabric: canopy: 70D 190T nylon ripstop Fabric: floor: 70D 190T nylon taffeta with 5000 mm PU coating Fabric: fly: 70D 190T nylon ripstop with 1500 mm PU coating Floor Area: 33.5 ft2 (3.11 m2) Poles: number: 3 diameter: 9.0 mm Stuffed Size: 22" x 7" (56 cm x 18 cm) Vestibule Area: 8.6 ft2 (0.8 m2) Weight: trail weight: 4 lbs 9 oz (2.0 kg) total weight: 5 lbs 1 oz (2.28 kg)

Eureka! has a long history and begins prior to 1895, in Binghamton, NY, where the company still resides today. Then known as the Eureka! Tent Awning Company, its first wares were canvas products most notably, Conestoga wagon covers and horse blankets for nineteenth century American frontiersmen as well as American flags, store awnings, and, of course, camping tents. Eureka tents has a very interesting history.

The year 2004, world-famous adventurer and geophysicist Pasquale Scaturro and his international team of explorers completed the first-ever single, uninterrupted navigation of the entire Blue Nile. They used Eureka tents, the Eureka K-2 XT tents . For more info about the amazing trip of the blue nile...

Eureka have a wide range of camping tents available. We have included some of these below for you to research as examples....

The legendary Coleman's camping equipment journey started from a man named W.C. Coleman an entrepreneur with a lantern and vision over 100 yrs ago.

Coleman camping equipment is great quality for the cost. The coleman stove, lantern and coleman tents are bought in many countries now around the globe and the company continues to grow. Coleman don't offer the best quality tents but do not cost as much as some of the top tent brands available. You get what you pay for, and coleman provides well for the cash spent.

Kelty Gunnison 4.1 Tent The redesigned Gunnison 4 with its improved features is a freestanding, color-coded clip construction shelter that offers quick, two-pole setup and spacious quarters for a couple or a crowd.

Kelty Yellowstone 4 Tent The Yellowstone 4 is the cost-effective way to get back to nature. This freestanding dome design appeals to all types of campers with its easy set up and affordable price.

MSR Hubba Hubba Tent A Backpacker Magazine Editor's Choice Award and best-selling freestanding, 2 person tent, the MSR Hubba Hubba Tent is lightweight, super functional and incredibly versatile. With a unique MSR pole configuration, the Hubba Hubba provides extended interior space (room for two people and then some), two vestibules and two doors, so you won't have to step over anyone when getting out in the middle of the night. Set up with rain fly and footprint, the Hubba Hubba is a true 3-season tent weighing in just under 4 pounds, but when traveling fast and light, the Hubba Hubba can be set up with just footprint and fly, reducing the weight to under 3 pounds. For reliable, durable, and easy backpacking shelter.

MSR Ultralite Hubba 1 Person Tent The ultimate in solo living, the MSR Ultralight Hubba 1 Person Tent is a freestanding traveling penthouse suite. Weighting in at under 3 pounds, the Hubba utilizes a unique pole design, provides maximum interior space, a stay dry entrance, and a large vestibule for storing gear or every preparing food. Set up with rain fly and footprint, the Hubba is a true 3-season tent, but when traveling fast and light, the Hubba can be set up with just footprint and fly, reducing the weight to just 2 pounds. For reliable, durable, and easy-to-setup-by-yourself backpacking shelter.

There are many other high quality tent brands available, that cover the needs for backpacking, mountaineering, camping and hiking. We have provided examples of some quality tents above but would like to hear your choice of tent manufacturers.

Other brands include Vango Tents, Vaude Tents, Gelert Camping Tents, Wenzel Tent, Terra Nova Tents, Outwell Tents are but a few.

We believe the internet is a great resource for finding out the best products by offering each other feedback outside the retailers store (unbiased opinion).

We would appreciate your experience and advice for a tent and tent brands you have found to be high quality and what camping trip the tent was used for, conditions etc. Your tips and advice would be appreciated by our visitors to smart camping guide community. See the Tent Reviews page for details