Floorless Vs. Floor

[CO_jakrabt]

Me and 2 buddies are going up August 26-Sept 4. to the Brooks for caribou. Debating my tipi with stove or Cabelas West Wind for shelter. Give me feedback on personal experiences using either or both.
TIA

 

[soggybtmboys]

Me and 2 buddies are going up August 26-Sept 4. to the Brooks for caribou. Debating my tipi with stove or Cabelas West Wind for shelter. Give me feedback on personal experiences using either or both.
TIA

We hunted the North side of the Brooks in 2018, roughly same time period. It rained everyday in some form, one day it rained 26 hours. Tundra is a spongy thing, try and get on some gravel or non tussock spot that's level. The day it hit 70 degrees, the skeeters were insane. Everyone in our group had floored tents, kept the bugs out, and kept water from run ing under the tent. However, you gotta keep diligent on popping your boots off or you'll have a mess in your tent.

If you are heading to the North side, burnable wood will be sparse and pretty much limited to scrubby willow in drainages and it will all be wet or damp.

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[1shotgear]

A floored tent would be a much better option than a tipi/stove setup for that time of year. You will either have heavy rain, heavy bugs, or both for most of the trip. We have been running the Stone Glacier Skyscraper as our primary floored shelter for the past few years and have had great results!

 

[NUGGET]

Floored tents are always better than floorless. The only advantage to floorless is you get to shame people who have tents with floors.

 

[Jagger0502]

Floored tents are always better than floorless. The only advantage to floorless is you get to shame people who have tents with floors.

haha. This is so true and I run floorless in most cases. we do think it’s the best thing since sliced bread.

but in a lot of cases a floored tent is a better option. This one seems like it. unless you want a stove, which isn’t necessary for the temp that time of the year. A floored tent is a good option. If it was me... I would run a floorless but have a nest in it if I wasn’t worried about weight which is essentially a floored tent. Nice thing about this option if you do take the stove is you can be in the tent and dry your gear out Incase of rain and have the nest which is basically a floored tent inside.

 

[soggybtmboys]

Which unit or area of the Brooks are you guys going?

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[CO_jakrabt]

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Which unit or area of the Brooks are you guys going?

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[mooster]

haha. This is so true and I run floorless in most cases. we do think it’s the best thing since sliced bread.

but in a lot of cases a floored tent is a better option. This one seems like it. unless you want a stove, which isn’t necessary for the temp that time of the year. A floored tent is a good option. If it was me... I would run a floorless but have a nest in it if I wasn’t worried about weight which is essentially a floored tent. Nice thing about this option if you do take the stove is you can be in the tent and dry your gear out Incase of rain and have the nest which is basically a floored tent inside.

Agree with these points. Last year bou hunting we burned dead brush. For a tipi stove it was perfect size, just break w/hands vs sawing. A stove is the bomb for drying out and to knock off the chill. Also enjoy not taking boots off going in&out the tent. Irregular ground is also no problem for the tipi. Head height of tipi for standing, hanging wet socks etc.

 

[mcseal2]

We are headed up caribou hunting if the virus does not stop us. We chose to take a Cabelas alaskan guide tent instead of our 8 man Seek tipi. I heard some horror stories about the wind and tipis in caribou country. I’d hate to have wind destroy our shelter. I love the tipi for most hunts but up there we will likely be dropped where we don’t have any windbreak to set the tipi behind.

 

[soggybtmboys]

Take some 10" cyclone stakes with you. We got hit with 50 mph wind one night and glad we had them for the corners and rain flys.

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[mooster]

agree on the cyclone stakes, we needed them in Kotz last year, but were fine once we installed them (we didn't initially).

 

[Ono]

We are headed up caribou hunting if the virus does not stop us. We chose to take a Cabelas alaskan guide tent instead of our 8 man Seek tipi. I heard some horror stories about the wind and tipis in caribou country. I’d hate to have wind destroy our shelter. I love the tipi for most hunts but up there we will likely be dropped where we don’t have any windbreak to set the tipi behind.

That is what I took up, ak guide. Worked great with cyclone stakes.

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[mcseal2]

I have a dozen Kifaru 18” SST stakes and the rest are 10” cyclones.

 

[shanny28757]

we took a 12 man tipi (no stove) last year to the brooks range. ground was extremely soft so sand/snow stakes or something bigger than the regular ones provided were a must. there is little to no wood around so i wouldn't bother with a stove - plus it wasn't cold enough when we were there to need it. bugs didn't really get into the tipi any worse than a floored tent.

Just be smart about where you pitch. If you put your tent in a hole, it will fill with water no matter if there's a floor or not.