01-22-2019, 07:40 PM
I also have the Cabela’s five side tent as ChalkCreekUt and I confirm those advantages and add that it has a feature that I particularly like that all of the others that I know about don't have and would be my buying decision should I ever need to replace it which seems unlikely because I've used it plenty and it shows no signs of wear or tear or weakness.
That advantage is I like the configuration of the windows with a 360 degree view from anywhere inside when the blinds are open. No getting up to peer out of one and look both ways and go to another with maneuvering around things. Instead, simply look any direction from your fishing seat without getting up or disrupting your fishing.
Tolerance of strong wind is another reason for my selection of a five sided tent over a square tent (though six sides would also have this advantage, those don't have the window configuration I like). Specifically, wind flows better around a round object than a square object. Five sides makes a tent closer to round than four sides and that makes it noticeably sturdier in the wind than my friend's four sided tent which tends to flap considerably with a lot of motion and noise in the wind while being in mine gives the impression that there is hardly any wind until I get out.
I also like that it is tall.
Lighting: I especially like that it is black and with the blinds up, it is much darker inside than any other tent I've experienced. On that, the fishing department manager told me that a customer has used this tent as a photographic dark room. I like the darkness to better see into the depths of the water and not have my eyes seeing unnatural colored lighting as filtered through colored fabric. I like to see true colors when selecting lures and looking at fish, so I appreciate the more natural lighting. I can chose the amount of light from outdoors with the blinds from nearly full darkness in bright sunlight to plenty of light.
I use anchors of the style that is used for ice climbing which are super quick to screw in with just one hand to be using all tie down locations for that sudden strong unexpected wind out of nowhere because that's the difference between distroying your tent and it holding up, so I recommend anchoring each tie down along with this choice of tent.
Ice Fishing Tent Tip: The hubs are appropriately tight and this is good except that that can cause fatigue fractures in plastic components due to friction. When you get your tent, set it up and spray each hub with a dry film clean lubricant of the sort that does not collect dirt.
[signature]
That advantage is I like the configuration of the windows with a 360 degree view from anywhere inside when the blinds are open. No getting up to peer out of one and look both ways and go to another with maneuvering around things. Instead, simply look any direction from your fishing seat without getting up or disrupting your fishing.
Tolerance of strong wind is another reason for my selection of a five sided tent over a square tent (though six sides would also have this advantage, those don't have the window configuration I like). Specifically, wind flows better around a round object than a square object. Five sides makes a tent closer to round than four sides and that makes it noticeably sturdier in the wind than my friend's four sided tent which tends to flap considerably with a lot of motion and noise in the wind while being in mine gives the impression that there is hardly any wind until I get out.
I also like that it is tall.
Lighting: I especially like that it is black and with the blinds up, it is much darker inside than any other tent I've experienced. On that, the fishing department manager told me that a customer has used this tent as a photographic dark room. I like the darkness to better see into the depths of the water and not have my eyes seeing unnatural colored lighting as filtered through colored fabric. I like to see true colors when selecting lures and looking at fish, so I appreciate the more natural lighting. I can chose the amount of light from outdoors with the blinds from nearly full darkness in bright sunlight to plenty of light.
I use anchors of the style that is used for ice climbing which are super quick to screw in with just one hand to be using all tie down locations for that sudden strong unexpected wind out of nowhere because that's the difference between distroying your tent and it holding up, so I recommend anchoring each tie down along with this choice of tent.
Ice Fishing Tent Tip: The hubs are appropriately tight and this is good except that that can cause fatigue fractures in plastic components due to friction. When you get your tent, set it up and spray each hub with a dry film clean lubricant of the sort that does not collect dirt.
[signature]