Tips for building camping tents

Camping tents can be used in park lawns, tourist attractions, grass music festivals, and trekking. Nowadays, more and more people like to hike, so learning to set up tents quickly is an essential skill for every outdoor enthusiast.

How to set up a camping tent? Is it as simple as putting a mosquito net? Of course not! Let me share with you the relevant precautions for camping tents.

First of all, it should be noted that you must correctly assess whether the tent you are carrying is suitable before going out. It is necessary to choose a tent with a suitable weight and style according to the traveling environment and transportation.

Choose tents according to the waterproof index. A tent with a waterproof index of 800-1200 can prevent light to moderate rain; a tent with 1500-3000 can prevent moderate to heavy rain. Tents above 3000 are generally treated with high-temperature/cold-resistant technologies, and can basically be used in various environments. For recreational tents used in parks, the waterproof index is less than 1000. The waterproof index of family camping tents must be above 2000; the waterproof index of mountain tents must be above 5000.

The double-deck camping tent weighs about 3-3.5kg and is about 1.8-2 meters wide. It can accommodate 3-4 people for leisure, so it is suitable for self-driving tours, park picnics, short-distance team hikes and other activities. The advantages of this tent are large capacity, larger resting space, and the double-layer structure can better protect against wind, rain and heat.

Alpine tents are suitable for use in higher altitude areas and have good waterproof and windproof performance. Alpine tents are generally single-layer structure, so the weight is generally lighter than double-layer camping tents, generally about 2kg. Because it is more portable, walking activities in various environments are also suitable as personal equipment.

Different alpine environments have different requirements for various indexes of tents. For example, tents used in snowy mountain environments require higher requirements for waterproof, windproof index, and fabric thickness. As far as the ordinary mountain environment is concerned, a waterproof index of 3000-5000 is sufficient.

To build a tent, you must first choose a suitable location so that you can rest in the tent safely. Of course, if you are setting up a tent in the park, there is not much consideration, as long as the park allows you to set up tents on the grass.

Sandy beaches, lawns, forest clearings, and flat mountains are the best choices, while rocky beaches and canyon flats are dangerous places. The tent site can avoid dangerous situations such as rising rivers, canyons, torrents, mountain rocks, dead branches in the forest, and mosquitoes, snakes and ants.

When setting up a tent on the beach, consider the high tide and not too close to the water. When setting up a tent by the river, you can judge the safe height by observing the distribution of vegetation. The places where vegetation is bare or soiled are often the height that can be submerged by mountain torrents. When setting up a tent in the forest, pay attention to whether the trees overhead have large dead branches. When setting up a tent on a mountain ridge, it is necessary to observe whether there is any loose rock falling.