How to choose Mountaineering Tent?

1. What is the purpose of Mountaineering Tent?

Mountaineering Tent refers to the need to spend the night on the mountain when climbing. It refers to one of the necessary equipment for some travel and exploration enthusiasts. Due to the strong wind in the mountain area, the tent inner tent must have sufficient insulation material, and the outer tent must have a high waterproof pressure coefficient to withstand some heavy rain or rainstorm, so that the surrounding of the tent will not seep into the rain. The fabric at the bottom of the tent is made of high density Water fabric, to ensure that the interior of the tent will not be affected by the humidity of the ground, the overall comprehensive durability of the tent is incomparable to ordinary tents.  

          

2. What are the use scenarios of Mountaineering Tent?

It is usually used in mountaineering and needs to spend the night on the mountain. It is one of the necessary equipment for some travel risk enthusiasts.  

3. How to choose Mountaineering Tent?

(1) Light weight, easy to carry. If you only go for outdoor hikes or take part in low altitude and low-intensity mountaineering activities in spring, summer and autumn, and hope that the lighter your backpack is, the better. You can choose a single-layer lightweight fabric, with only two cross-over poles supporting a double dome tent. This kind of tent usually weighs about two kilograms. It can prevent light rain or snow. It has screen doors or windows, and can prevent insects such as mosquitoes and flies. Good ventilation and low price. However, it has poor wind resistance and durability, so it can only be used in spring, summer and autumn, but not in harsh environment

(2) Good rain and snow proof performance, comfortable living. If you are just for leisure camping or driving hiking, and want to live more comfortable, do not care about the weight of the tent and whether it is easy to build or not, you can choose to have multiple tent poles to support, the interior is relatively large and spacious, using double-layer fabric structure, the outer layer is made of nylon and other materials with excellent rain and snow resistance, and the inner layer is made of balls and eggs made of materials with good ventilation and air permeability Shell, roof or hemispherical tent. This kind of tent has large internal space, good ventilation performance and strong living comfort. It is suitable for large number of people or family camping. But the biggest disadvantage of this kind of tent is poor wind resistance, heavy weight, complex construction, and difficult to carry, the price is more responsible.

(3) It has high strength, good wind resistance and thermal insulation performance, and can be used in harsh natural conditions. For example, when camping or climbing high-altitude mountains in winter, tents are required to be strong, strong in wind resistance, and able to withstand the test of gales of force 8 to 10. Besides, they should be light in weight, easy to carry and easy to build.

(4) Live within your means and choose within a reasonable price range. We only choose the most suitable one, not the most expensive one. We should consider the geographical environment and climate conditions of your destination, and how long you will spend in the tent. High quality and low price is our common pursuit. We should live within our means and consume moderately.

4. How to use Mountaineering Tent?

(1) When two people set up tent, they choose to camp under the tent with two trees close to each other. If they don't move the tent, they will not be able to move Two big stones are placed below, and the backpack is placed between the trees or stones. In this way, when sleeping at night, head up and feet on the bottom of the backpack fall asleep. In fact, this way, people fall asleep half standing. I camped on the hillside about 30 degrees at a time. After 4 hours, the soles of my feet were very uncomfortable, and I slept alternately with my left and right feet all night.

(2) If it is a better solution for one person, choose to camp with the side of the tent leaning against the tree or stone, and place the backpack in the middle of the tree or stone. In this way, the overall weight of the person is on the side of the backpack, and alternate side sleep at night can ensure better sleep effect.

(3) The tent pole is not in This possibility is that the awning and the pole are separated. Sometimes they are not. Sometimes, the members with the tent and the staff with the tent are scattered (this happened when some of my friends tried to wear them too much last year). The most common problem is that the awning pole is broken and damaged. In this case, we should be clear that the awning pole is actually a pole that supports several pieces of cloth, if you are not in the snow mountain When camping in windy weather, the strength requirement is not very high. Therefore, it is easy to find substitutes in the field. The best one is bamboo, which has toughness and strength. If you can't find it, use a knife to cut a wood branch with similar length and thickness. The principle is to find new branches instead of old ones, and to find wet branches instead of dry ones. Such branches have greater toughness. What's more, I saw another post that introduced one of the methods to prevent lightning stroke in the field. One of the methods was to set up the metal tent pole and insert it at a place about 10 meters away from the tent as a lightning rod. Obviously, if you want to camp at this time, you have to replace the tent pole with a branch.

(4) If the camp area is too small, of course, it is smaller than the area at the bottom of the tent or there are too many stones at the bottom, which cannot be cleaned up. This situation is relatively complex and should be flexibly applied according to the geographical conditions at that time.

(5) If the bottom is uneven, and there is no thicker mat, it is easy to tie bad debts. Generally, you can find dead grass or leaves to fill the bottom.

(6) If the camp area is too small to be cleaned up, there is no way but to open the tent and sleep where it is. The key is not to hang the bottom of the tent to avoid crushing the bottom cloth.

(7) This kind of situation is quite special. Once I camped at the top of the mountain. I found a flat land when I looked around. A big stone protruded from the middle of the mountain. I dug it with a knife and took root under it. I had to sleep. Obviously, if the tent is pressed directly on the stone, the hanging cloth is easy to tear. The method is to tighten the awning pole as much as possible when supporting the tent, and even find some stones to press the awning pole to make it bend more widely. As a result, the cloth at the bottom of the tent is not opened, and the cloth will not collapse very tightly when pressed on the underlying stone. At that time, when I was sleeping with my companion, the stone was lying in the middle, and they all slept on their side. Of course, if the bending degree is too large for fear of breaking the tent pole, branches can be used as above instead.

             

5.What do you care about when choosing a Mountaineering Tent?

(1) What is the difference between Mountaineering Tent and ordinary tent?

Tents for outdoor sports can be divided into two categories: 3-season tents (for general outdoor activities) and 4-season tents (for winter / Mountaineering). Let's describe in detail the differences between the two types of tents.

First of all, let's first introduce the three season account. This kind of tent is usually lighter and is generally used in the mild climate of spring, summer and autumn. Three season accounts usually perform well in the wind and rain, but the design features also make it difficult for them to cope with excessive snowfall. If a three season tent can barely support an inch of snow above it, when the snow reaches 10 inches, the whole structure of the tent will collapse. There is also a kind of tent for warm weather, which is very light and thin, and usually has a capacity of one or two people, and often uses a large area of mesh fabric to enhance ventilation. This kind of tent can be used in spring, summer and autumn, but generally speaking, due to its design features, it is most suitable for warm and humid weather.

Stronger tents usually add one or two struts to make the support system more resistant to stronger winds or thicker snow layers. The shape of the tent is usually designed as a smooth dome to minimize the flat part on the top of the tent and prevent excessive snow. However, the height of the tent is slightly lower than that of the ordinary tent, generally no more than 130cm. Such height design can reduce the resistance of high mountain wind. Of course, these winter / climbing tents are also suitable for relatively mild climate conditions. It's just that their extra support rods and thick cold resistant fabric make them heavier than the three season tents.

(2) Do mountaineering tents generally cost more?

Yes, because mountaineering tents are outdoor products. Outdoor products can protect our lives when we are exploring in the wild. So mountaineering tents are more expensive than ordinary tents.