I don't have quite the experience that a lot of other members do but I also vote for the Cabelas Alaskan 6 man w/ aluminum poles. Personally only used it a few nights but the wind blew hard enough to blow the sides in a couple times and the tent just shook it off. If your thinking of buying another tent later I would just suck up the extra cost now and buy the one you want instead of doing it twice. Plus Cabelas runs specials on those tents every so often and you can save a pretty penny if you stay persistent.