Trekking LAB

Tent is the hiker’s home, the choice of this must be done carefully to avoid disagreeable situations.

Usually they are catalogued based on the employment for which they have been thoughts.
Here a list of main categories of tents you can found, I’ve omitted from this list tents not thoughts for hiking and trekking (like family tents ):

• Three-seasons tents, designed for mountain activities in summer, spring and fall seasons, not useful in winter.
• Four-seasons tents, usually they differ form three-seasons for more resistant poles designed to support the heavy snow and high winds
• Expedition tents, are designed for extreme conditions and base camps
• Lightweight tent, the best of engineering, are light but resistant to every weathers
• Bivy tents, minimalist, practically a cover for your sleeping bag

Once understood in which category will be our future tent, we will start to compare all models on the market, our choice will be based on several characteristics, the more important are: weight, dimensions, waterproof and, why not, the price.

Weight: remember that the tent will be on your shoulders for all the time you’ll walk, tents with separable shelters are better because you can divide it with who walks with you.

Dimensions: don’t care what says manufacturers,they are very generous when they have to declare how many people a tent contains. Vestibules can be usefuls to store the backpack, mountain boot, trekking poles and other things.

Waterproof: it comes measured in milimeter millimeter of water column the fabric resists, usually we have two values, one for the fly and one for the floor. I suggest you, if you are an hiker, at least 3000 mm for the fly and 4000 mm for the floor.

Price: the only way to safe money is choose a tent that you really need, don’t buy an expensive expedition tent to play in the garden with your childrens!

Ad ogni trekking la sua tenda