What Makes Up a Modern Tent

Designs of tents advance rapidly due to the increasing demand for tents all year round. Thin fabric and vinyl supported by metal frames in various forms and shapes are slowly replacing traditional types with thick leather covering, such as chums and lavvu. Modern tents are now outclassing the old models and beginning to interest more campers through their exciting features.

Modern tents have flysheets used to protect the actual tent from water permeation when it rains. This outermost layer is waterproof and custom-fit with the actual tent fabric. Not only does it protect the inside of the tent from rain and moisture outside, but flysheets also collect condensate forming inside the tent and provide surface that allows it to flow through the ground. Most tents have extra poles designed to keep the two layers from making contact and sharing moisture.

Unlike traditional tents that only provide overhead covering, modern tents have ground sheet and footprint. This serves as the underfoot covering where users can step on comfortably without making direct contact with the ground. Footprint keeps the ground sheet, which is normally an absorbent fabric, from touching the ground and absorbing moisture. Together, they prevent vapors from entering the inner tent.

Vestibule is also a flaunted feature of tents today. This is a structure outside the tent that serves as entrance. Usually floorless but covered, this can also serve as storage for utensils, cooking equipment and raw foods. It provides adequate space for activities that cannot be done in the inner tent. It also allows tent users to clean off before entering the main room. Most tent rental places offer tent with vestibule for a higher price because of its extra features.

Air vents, which maintain the condition of air in the tent, are now available in some modern tents, too. Unlike traditional closed tents where carbon dioxide and vapors exhaled by the users are trapped and condensed into moisture, modern tents with vents allow the vapors to condense on the flysheet instead—an added feature promoted in tent rental.

Poles are common to all tents as they hoist the fabric to create a living space. But modern tents today no longer use single pole as in chums but some are designed with several poles and lateral framing membranes. This structural support gives the tent a well-designed shape and form, making tent rental quite expensive.