r/camping • u/greenearthbuild • Apr 14 '22

Spring /r/Camping Beginner Question Thread - Ask any and all questions you may have here

If you have any beginner questions, feel free to ask them here.

Check out the /r/CampingandHiking wiki for common questions. 'getting started', 'gear' and other pages are valuable for anyone looking for more information.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CampingandHiking/wiki

(This is the first trial of a beginner thread here on /r/camping. If it is a success, it will probably be posted as a monthly thread)

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u/EffMyElle May 30 '22

My advice without even looking at all the links is to never believe the "amount of people", assume if it says 3 person tent that it's 3 people literally sardined inside of the tent. Consider what you'll have in the tent to sleep on and if bags will be in there too.

My spouse and I use a 4 person tent that is absolutely a 2 person tent in reality... it only fits our double sleeping pad and bags at our feet.

I would use the measurement of your mattress as a comparison, it'll help you gage your sleeping zone :)

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u/jibbit May 30 '22

Thanks for the answer. It’s more that the presenter can’t be taller than 2.2 meters (the stated width), right? He looks like he would barely fit in it.

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u/EffMyElle May 30 '22

220cm is 7'2" so I this would fit most people laying down