Today is June 29 2012. That makes 1 year ago today that I threw my Red Embark tent and bought the strangely small Ozark Trail tent. Throwing the red embark away was a huge mistake! I have never had a tent as good as it. I am sorry I threw you away last year, i still miss you.

    Today I was looking on line to see if there was any Red embark tents like the one in the picture above. I couldn't find anything except this.

.From what I can see it is identical to my old embark. I did some reading and found out that it is pretty much the same, only blue. The door is the same, the back window, the way the rain fly is connected, the size, even the poles are the same.The reason I mentioned the poles is because the pole running on the sides is grey instead of black. I also found out that it is the Greatland's 7X9 2-3 person backpacking tent.

I have been doing some thinking about the Orange Embark 4 person tent. Last summer I hated it, I wanted no part of it. Just seeing it made me sick. Well that was almost one year ago and now I realized that the tent's   one and only problem is that it water squeezes through the zipper on the door when it rains out. If you read my last post, your probably thinking, "Oh Yeah, mister tent expert, what about the broken pole." Well I fit all the poles back together and when the tents set up, there under pressure so the won't fall apart on you when you are sleeping. Over the past month, I have come to really like the Orange Embark. It Stinks when it rains because right under the gets wet but when it's nice out, you would have no way of knowing that it leaks through a small part of uncovered zipper. No it will never be as good as my red embark but its good for what its is.

Now there's proof that this isn't a quality tent! I was taking this tent down this afternoon, and when I was, the one of the poles cords snapped in half. Well that's just great. Now what do I do? Play Harry Potter with my broken tent pole or (magic wand)?  

This is a picture that I took of my orange Embark, and green Coleman tent set up side by side. Now out of the two, I prefer the Coleman sun
dome over the Embark tent for three reasons. Reason 1, on my first night in the embark, I noticed that there was a small hole punched in the floor. On my first night in the Coleman, there wasn't a hole in the floor. Reason 2, The Embark leaks water through the door when it rains. The Coleman doesn't. And finally, reason number 3, The Coleman seems to be much stronger in the wind, and is easier to set up.

   So after reading this, I'm sure that you have second thoughts about buying the Embark. If you aren't, I will just tell you straight out, DON'T DO IT! It was a waste of  $60.

How to set up the MOTOTENT

This is the MOTOTENT. I have seen videos on youtube, such as this, that show how great this tent is. From what I've seen, people like it also referred to it as "The only motorcycle tent you'l ever need. This quick video demonstrates how to set up the MOTOTENT with a salesman who really likes the MOTOTENT. In other videos I have seen, They show the MOTOTENT in a sever thunderstorm with a man and his bike staying perfectly dry inside.

  The MOTOTENT has two sections inside, a garage where you can park your motorcycle, and a place for you to sleep in. No I do not have one or would suggest it to you when I don't know how good it rely is, but from what I have seen, people look pretty happy with it.

The Coleman can hold up to four people max, but I would only recommend three people if you have claustrophobia. These are some pictures that I took on my first tent adventure out in the Coleman. The Coleman is pretty roomy when you are sleeping in it alone but when you have two dogs with you, that's something else. I like the Coleman and I think that it is a good choice for picky tenters... like me. But I don't like the fact that it doesn't have a net that hangs from the top of the tent.