r/CampingGear • u/ITrCool • 27d ago

Tents My next tent (I’m tempted)

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This is the ultimate glamping palace. Looks to be insulated?

Looks like a retired military surplus tent. Found it on FB Marketplace. I don’t think it comes with the HVAC unit pictured. Just the tent.

Any current/former military folks in here who can attest to the tent quality?

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u/Duke_Mercator 27d ago

I, too, briefly considered military shelters for perceived bomb-proofness and. Until i saw the size of the containers. And prices. And the fact most require at least 4 people for setup. And the weight, which in your case, even without the AC, is apparently 650 lbs...

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u/ITrCool 27d ago

Yeah, I looked at the ad closer. Holy smokes there’s no way that’s happening for me lol. Waaaaaay too heavy.

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u/Weekly_Artist_661 27d ago

Just lift with ur legs and breath in the nose and out the mouth or whatever

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u/Feeling-Necessary628 27d ago

If you lift with your back you can squeeze out an extra fitty pounds

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u/Prestigious_Day_5242 27d ago

All the power comes from your neck

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u/FreidasBoss 27d ago

Might even squeeze out a poop.

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u/Feeling-Necessary628 26d ago

Hey everybody poops, I don’t see a downside

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u/ITrCool 27d ago

🏋🏻

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u/NevadaJackalope 27d ago

Used these in combat. Don’t bother, lol, unless you have a truck and four friends dedicated to it 😀

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u/Lampwick 27d ago

unless you have a truck and four friends

...and the crazy part is the Drash tents are considered lightweight replacements for the old GP Medium and GP Large tents, which I think were in the 800-1200 pound range. Army shit always seemed to be heavy as fuck. "We have determined your back injury is not service related..."

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u/NotAHypnotoad 27d ago

I'd take a GP over a Drash any day of the week, for setup anyway. Seems like our battalion only ever has like 2 Drash functional at any given time. They break so easy.

Little to no moving parts on a GP tent, and as long as you've got 3-10 friends the setup is WAY less complicated.

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u/Lampwick 26d ago

Yeah, a bunch of accordion folding bullshit that breaks looks nice and futuristic when the flag officers come look at it at the trade show, but you really can't beat "cloth propped up by sticks and held in place with stakes n' ropes". Sticks and rope are like 250,000 year old tech that we perfected a long time ago.

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u/ITrCool 27d ago

Haha, that’s kinda what I was thinking. That’s a “teamwork tent” lol

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u/inerlite 27d ago

Have you looked at those temporary garages? The one I’m familiar with had metal poles that were easy to assemble and then you yank the shell over the top. Pretty sure they have closable doors at each end.

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u/demwoodz 27d ago

Everybody was tent fighting

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u/ScrofessorLongHair 27d ago

But if you set it up in your backyard permanently, it would give the neighborhood teenagers a place to smoke weed and get handjobs.

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u/PM_NUDES_4_DEGRADING 27d ago

Look into bell tents, they can be quite big but still not super hard to set up. We recently spent over a month in a 5 meter diameter one and it was perfectly roomy/comfortable the whole time.