Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: imtim83
The Eureka Timberline looks nice but it seems to good to be true for it to be only $100 it seems? Is it a high quality tent? I am asking because I didn't think you could get one for $100. Does it handle snow ? Its only a 3 season tent I see. I do know that Eureka makes good tents though but just curious why go with Eureka instead rather than Northface, etc ?
I've carried a Eureka Timberline 10 miles over the Apalachian trail through 6 inches of snow and slept in it, completley dry. That tent will be as hard core as you are. I dont know what you're expecting a "year round" tent to be as opposed to a "3 season" tent. Tents hold in warm air in cold weather and stop the wind and rain. That's it. I repeat. It's as official of a tent for the Boyscouts of America as there ever was and I gaurentee that they've put it through more hardcore nonsense than you could in several lifetimes. I have slept in hundreds, some as old as 25 years. They come in 2 man and 4 man models... even though I consider the 4 man to be 2+gear. You can spend more on a tent with the same capacity, but I'd consider it to be a major waste. You sure won't get any better durability. You might loose weight or get a more stylish tent, but you simply can't beat the timberline
so.... yeah, used it in snow... hurricanes.... atop blufs adjoining the chesapeake bay during wintertime with negative windchills.... I'd swear on that tent any day of the week :beer: