The TRUTH About Camping Tent Materials

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The best camping tent material depends a lot on how you'll use it. In this camping gear review video we'll cover everything you need to know about popular camping tent fabrics including durability, comfort, sustainability, and weight.
Whether it's your first tent or your fifth, choosing the right tent material can be confusing. There are so many options these days with from canvas to synthetics like nylon, polyester, and Dyneema. After watching this you'll know when to use what and get some helpful tips along the way.
So which one will you get? Let us know in the comments!
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CHAPTERS
00:00 How To Choose
01:32 Canvas Tents
03:35 Nylon Tents
06:13 Polyester Tents
09:44 Dyneema Tents
10:29 Canvas vs Nylon Tents
11:26 Canvas vs Polyester Tents
12:31 Nylon vs Polyester Tents
13:34 Recommendations

Пікірлер: 49

@outdoorempirecom Жыл бұрын

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@LostInIce4 8 ай бұрын

I just bought a 1.5 person pollycotton tent. Fantastic in the wind, rain and snow. Zero condensation even in extreme cold.

@outdoorempirecom 8 ай бұрын

Nice! I'd like to try one of the blended material tents, I've heard good things.

@SURVIVINGANIMALJOHAN 4 ай бұрын

I have an ozark trail 4 person, and I was amazed that it wasn’t that bad under the rain, yesterday I slept well and it was rainy and windy! So impressed for the price. I think it’s nylon since I have some reparations that my dog provoked, I saw some tiny holes but I slept just fine, so incredible

@ShimodaLife 3 ай бұрын

I love your "I was 11 when I bought this tent" anecdote. A fantastic back-story! Enjoyed the entire video, and learned some things. Cheers from Japan.

@outdoorempirecom 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for joining from Japan. I bought that tent as a kid in Boy Scouts and still use it on occasion. Cheers to you!

@lamarwilliams185 5 ай бұрын

A lot of good info. Many videos worth watching!!!!

@outdoorempirecom 5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@brendafly5216 Жыл бұрын

Love hearing about your experiences with the polyester tent! Overall, really good information regarding tent comparisons and contrasts.

@outdoorempirecom Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@OrlandoKissimmeeHomes Жыл бұрын

Great info. Thank you

@outdoorempirecom Жыл бұрын

You bet! Thanks for tuning in.

@rhondabryant6873 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I grew up camping in a canvas tent that my Grandparents used to camp in. Would like to get back to camping, but I was so worried about needing to get “the right tent” but also not wanting to spend a fortune in case we only go a few times, haha! Thank you for “permission” to start cheap. 🎉

@outdoorempirecom 3 ай бұрын

You can absolutely start cheap! I got a bunch of other videos on budget friendly camping gear.

@ariasd2006 7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much. My fiancé and I just moved to an outdoorsy area on the west coast and want to get into camping. We want to have some hybrid between bush craft and backpack camping, with a focus on being stationary and comfortable, but also able to do some light hiking. We’ll most likely buy a canvas tent to start.

@outdoorempirecom 7 ай бұрын

That's awesome, I hope you enjoy getting outdoors and camping! A canvas tent will be great for car camping and bushcraft stuff, but I'd avoid canvas for backpacking. The weight and bulk won't make for a pleasant experience. Ideally a guy needs a lightweight synthetic backpacking tent and a nice canvas car camping tent. I'd start with whatever you think you'll realistically do more. Cheers!

@franny5295 6 ай бұрын

I finally got my springbar traveler tent. I'm gonna use a planar diesel heater. The two together are about the same cost as the highliner, maybe a little more, but I can't fight with a wood stove at night. I needed something to stay warm that I could turn on and go to bed and wake up with it still going 😁 You've been a big help in my picking so thank you!

@outdoorempirecom 6 ай бұрын

Good stuff! I've never used a diesel heater but I'm curious about it. You'll have to come back and share how it goes.

@franny5295 6 ай бұрын

@@outdoorempirecom I sure will!

@christinemurphy7204 11 ай бұрын

That helped! Thanks

@outdoorempirecom 11 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it! My pleasure.

@tentingaroundflorida 7 ай бұрын

Colman dome 3 person was my first tent. Had it for 20 years. Now i camp year round and got a canvas tent

@outdoorempirecom 7 ай бұрын

Nice! With all the fancy tents these days I think we often forget an inexpensive polyester dome tent did the trick just fine for many years.

@joeo7257 Ай бұрын

Polyester is cheap. Every year I buy one in the fall to use as a shed for my RV in Arizona. By spring it is failed and torn. Cheap and disposable. No remote hope to reuse it next year.

@outdoorempirecom Ай бұрын

There are different grades of polyester, but indeed they do break down, especially in prolonged installations in the sun.

@johnwix7935 Жыл бұрын

great vid

@outdoorempirecom Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@chrisLife7 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the information

@outdoorempirecom 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@chrisLife7 11 ай бұрын

@@outdoorempirecom You’re welcome

@donaldwortham2409 Жыл бұрын

If you were to guess. What would be the longevity of good quality of each if you had to live in one. I know canvas probably best just wondering months days or years of each if you can guess

@outdoorempirecom Жыл бұрын

Oh man, I'm not sure my guess would even be within the realm of possibility for each. Sun is a tent's worst enemy no matter the material and all else the same I'd estimate that a nylon tent would break down first. Then polyester would get brittle and lose its waterproofing. Then eventually a cotton canvas tent's fibers would degrade and get too thin to keep water out too. Depends on the climate too.

@abdula3535 Жыл бұрын

Very informative video, thank you for sharing. I want to buy 6m bell tent and I can only see two materials tents in my local camping shop. The first is cotton 3000mm and the second is polyester 5000mm. Is canvas the same as poly cotton? I only care about heavy rain and last longer in winter because weather in Middle East in winter will be raining and never snow. I'll camp for one month no need to concerne about weight nether size matters. What do you recommend for me Mr?

@outdoorempirecom Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful and thanks for reaching out! As far as I know, canvas is most commonly made of cotton, like what I referred to in the video. But it makes sense that there would be some polyester-cotton hybrid materials out there that are advertised as canvas too. If the material you are looking at is 100% polyester, I'd probably avoid that because it will likely be less comfortable inside and may not last as long as canvas. A true poly-cotton material could be interesting if it adds greater waterproofing as the 5000mm implies, but I don't have any direct experience with that type of tent so I can't say for sure. If the cotton material is cotton duck canvas that has been treated with some kind of silicone based waterproofing treatment, I'd probably lean towards that. That's what these tent companies do here in the US, but not sure where you're from. If it's straight cotton with a loose weave and no waterproofing treatment, I might go for that 5000mm rated material as long as it's a cotton-poly blend. Good luck to you sir!

@donaldwortham2409 Жыл бұрын

Springbar tents out of Utah U.S.A. has good canvas tents. Another good company is Kodiak canvas tents. people say Springbar better but I don't know. I have a small Kodiak tent. It has a thick floor and the canvas is real good treated and waterproof. I've heard about the polycotton hybrid but never used any.

@abdula3535 Жыл бұрын

@@donaldwortham2409 Polycooton material gives you the best of both worlds and it looks and feels natural not synthetic. It's breathble, worm on cold day, water proof, quit on windy day, and good looking when you tight up your tent (not sagging nether fluffy).

@MrMakto 4 ай бұрын

Melting factor on Nylon and polyester. Camp with fire!

@outdoorempirecom 4 ай бұрын

Indeed.

@Mannyox Ай бұрын

any recommendations with tents that DONT have prop65, im in cali trying to buy a tent and for some reason there filles with chemicals that cause cancer

@outdoorempirecom 8 күн бұрын

Good question. But nope, I got nothin right now.

@skippyify 12 күн бұрын

If your tent does not leak, tear, or get blown away that's the best one

@outdoorempirecom 8 күн бұрын

The best!

@ferryvantichelen6521 Жыл бұрын

One thing I missed in the overview: how f-ed am I when I am (or god forbid my kids are) sleeping inside and the tent catches on fire?

@outdoorempirecom Жыл бұрын

Interesting question I haven't thought about too seriously. I can't imagine you'd be that much better off in any of these, but I suppose the cotton canvas would burn a bit slower and you'd have more space to maneuver and escape, but the synthetics would go up quick perhaps before you could really react and hopefully before you caught fire. I really don't know!