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[–] [email protected] 65 points 9 months ago (3 children)

$3,000 will get you a really nice regular tent

Why spend it on a tiny little swag that sits on your ute back, I can do that already lol

[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Depending on your requirements (e.g. are you planning on camping in hardcore places or just regular spots in fair weather), you could get not only the tent but all the rest of the camping gear as well for that price.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You can get a good tent for $50, or a tarp and some rope for $30. You can get all your camping stuff for $1000. Less is more with camping.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

That walmart tent you buy for 50 aint a good tent, and will either leak like a sieve in the rain, or be so unbreathable as to become an unlivable humidity drenched hotbox from your perspiration and body heat.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

You can certainly get a decent one for <$300 though. Which is an order of magnitude less than $3000.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

https://www.amazon.com/Coleman-Sundome-3-Person-Dome-Tent/dp/B019N9W6EQ

These will last 20 years. They haven't even changed the design.

Also, why are you camping in crazy ass weather? Like I said, a tarp is even cheaper and better when it's hot.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Weather is a thing that happens when you're outdoors.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have the 2 person version of that tent. It's me through down pours and wind. The only thing more expensive tents have is easy of set up and tear down.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I know. This other dude doesn't. Expensive camping gear is just lighter by a few oz. Just carry less.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

If you're taking that shitty truck, from early reports, you aren't going to anywhere hardcore. Maybe the park down the street.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago

500 dollars will get you a really nice regular tent.

3000 will get you a fucking glampers dream setup.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Ok, but like... You're talking about people who'd waste money on buying a "cyber" truck in the first place. At that point it's like people buying Apple products; it's less about having the best possible version of the thing and more about having something from Tesla/Musk.