I think that the whole floorless vs. traditional style tent opinions are just that, opinions. Personally I think it’s all in what you’re comfort level allows. When I first started mountain hunting (sheep and goats), I wouldn’t have dreamed of taking a floorless shelter, then about 6 years ago I took the plunge and did a late Oct. goat hunt on Kodiak with a Seek Outside LBO. My buddy on that trip was carrying a four season, two person, mountain hardware tent and I figured that if the LBO failed miserably, I could bunk up with him. We did end up getting some pretty bad weather, with two days of heavy winds and rain and really nothing to give us protection from the storm, while spiked at 4,000’. Needless to say, the LBO handled it great and totally cemented my confidence with floorless shelters. I have been on over a half a dozen goat and sheep hunts since, some solo, and have only used floorless shelters (most of which are cuben fiber), and only once did I have an issue. On one Kodiak hunt, 5” of rain fell over that many days. Over 3” of that fell over the course of about 12-16 hours and I had water running through my shelter. During that time there was either running or standing water everywhere, even having a bomber, traditional style tent wouldn’t have been enough to keep me from getting wet under those conditions.
I have continued, and will continue to use floorless shelters/tarps for all my mountain hunts, but I feel comfortable with them, along with the comfort of carrying a shelter that weighs ounces as opposed to pounds.
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