Family Camping Tents – Camping Guide

Marwa Grimes

Family camping tents are a must-have if you are planing to go camping with your family. As a matter of fact, it could be really tricky if you don’t have all the information necessary to indicate that it is a good choice.

Buying family camping tents truly means planning ahead for a trip, which means that there are several options to choose from, not to mention the prevention of the possible mishaps. Here are a few tips to consider when looking for camping gear. Good family camping tents should have enough room for every family member. Thus, you need to consider around twenty five square feet for every adult and half this floor space for a child. This means that if there are four members in the family, the tents that meet your requirements should be at least eight square feet in size. The most popular family camping tents are the umbrella types that fold quite neatly and take very little storing space in the trunk. Moreover, such models weigh very little – not more than forty pounds – which makes them easy to carry and super suitable for most users.

As has been noted, the perfect material for umbrella tents is nylon. Then, other features to check when looking at a variety of family camping tents are windows and openings that allow for a good ventilation of the inside. The thing with tents is that they need to let enough air to enter inside while keeping insects out. Also, the “windows” of the tent should close during storms for instance. Another detail that should not be overlooked is the size and the importance of the awning. The seams of the family camping tents are very important too as they give you a clue about the quality of the product that you are buying.

Thus, most seams should have double stitches and up to ten such stitches per inch. The best waterproofing and extra-durability system is the one with the material folded back on itself. These is the so-called lap felled tent design and it is available with most good quality tents. Last but not least, you should know that the most advanced models have extra stitches at the stress corners.You can check the quality of the family camping tents before the trip as such by setting the tent up in the yard and dousing it with a hose in order to see whether there are any leaks at the seams. Fortunately this will not be the case!

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