Hey Roksliders,
Please welcome Tom Mansfield, owner of Mansfield Outdoors. Tom is the exclusive American distributor of the Swedish Tentipi, Nordic Tipi, Tentstoves and accessories.
I've been working with Tom the last month to become familiar with his unique line of hunting tents and accessories.
First, although I use lightweight silnylon single-wall hunting tents a lot, many of you know I also have an affinity to canvas tents for a variety of reasons, one being lack of condensation, and another is durability.
Thread after thread appears on Rokslide about the pesky condensation problem of tents that don't breath, yet canvas tents have little if any problem in that area. That is why you'll still see me using them in a variety of situations. Here is my old go-to Army tent. 67 years old and still has a few seasons left in it.
Tom has worked hard to bring the advantages of lightweight canvas tipi tents to the U.S. This is not the heavy canvas you're probably thinking of, but a much lighter thinner fabric perfect for our style of hunting. Like much of our top mountaineering gear, the best originates in Europe and the line of Mansfield tents borrows from that proven test bed. His Zirkon, Safir, Onyx lines offer something for just about every western backcountry hunter. Every tent is also offered in a lightweight nylon option, too.
I see the canvas line very applicable to base campers, or multi-member backpacking trips. If weight is the deciding factor, then the nylon line is your huckleberry.
Mansfield Outdoors is now an official Rokslide sponsor and offers a huge line of tipitents, both canvas and nylon. Tom's website is very thorough and interesting, so grab a cup before you click the link. You'll want to stay a while (wait till you see the stove-less options!). Tom will also be publishing some articles on Rokslide and we're arranging some testing by our staff in the coming months. I have a feeling Roksliders will be very happy to know this company exists.
Website: Mansfield Outdoors
Please welcome Tom Mansfield, owner of Mansfield Outdoors. Tom is the exclusive American distributor of the Swedish Tentipi, Nordic Tipi, Tentstoves and accessories.
I've been working with Tom the last month to become familiar with his unique line of hunting tents and accessories.
First, although I use lightweight silnylon single-wall hunting tents a lot, many of you know I also have an affinity to canvas tents for a variety of reasons, one being lack of condensation, and another is durability.
Thread after thread appears on Rokslide about the pesky condensation problem of tents that don't breath, yet canvas tents have little if any problem in that area. That is why you'll still see me using them in a variety of situations. Here is my old go-to Army tent. 67 years old and still has a few seasons left in it.
Tom has worked hard to bring the advantages of lightweight canvas tipi tents to the U.S. This is not the heavy canvas you're probably thinking of, but a much lighter thinner fabric perfect for our style of hunting. Like much of our top mountaineering gear, the best originates in Europe and the line of Mansfield tents borrows from that proven test bed. His Zirkon, Safir, Onyx lines offer something for just about every western backcountry hunter. Every tent is also offered in a lightweight nylon option, too.
I see the canvas line very applicable to base campers, or multi-member backpacking trips. If weight is the deciding factor, then the nylon line is your huckleberry.
Mansfield Outdoors is now an official Rokslide sponsor and offers a huge line of tipitents, both canvas and nylon. Tom's website is very thorough and interesting, so grab a cup before you click the link. You'll want to stay a while (wait till you see the stove-less options!). Tom will also be publishing some articles on Rokslide and we're arranging some testing by our staff in the coming months. I have a feeling Roksliders will be very happy to know this company exists.
Website: Mansfield Outdoors
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