1. What kind of camper are you?

The first thing to consider is how you do most of your camping. Are you more of a backcountry camper or more of a car camper? You can certainly pitch a lightweight, no-frills backcountry tent in a car campground. But you won’t want to lug a heavy car camping tent into the backcountry.If you can only afford one tent, opt for the kind that best suits your camping style the majority of the time.

2.How many people do you need your tent to hold?

Most tents specify 2-person, 4-person, 6-person, etc. Stick to this system if you are a backcountry camper and shopping for a backcountry tent. Note that a 2-person tent is likely to fit two adults sleeping side by side, and pretty much nothing else. Perhaps some gear, but no room for your packs. If you are a couple looking for a car camping tent, you’ll be more comfortable in a tent that advertises itself as 4-person. A family with 1-2 kids will likely want a 6-person tent.

Take into consideration what size your family will be five years from now. Are you planning to have kids? Get a dog? Make sure you think about the future when you think about tent size so your tent can grow with you.Also consider the amount of gear you might need to store inside the tent in the event of bad weather. This is less of an issue if you’re car camping because odds are you’ll prefer to just stow gear inside your car, not your tent. But it’s something to think about in the backcountry.

3. What weather will you camp in?

Backcountry tents typically advertise as 3-season (spring, summer and autumn) or 4-season (add winter). So what’s the diff? A 3-season tent will have more mesh fabric and a 4-season tent will have more solid fabric. Good-quality backcountry tents, if properly treated, will keep you dry in a downpour even if it is raining sideways.

Car camping tents might not be rated according to seasons, in which case you’ll have to use other cues to determine how weather-worthy a tent is.

In the Pacific Northwest, be sure to get a tent that can handle rain. Pay attention to the tent’s rain fly, which is the waterproof cover designed to fit over the roof of your tent. Some tents have only partial rain flies. Personally, I would stay away from partial rain flies and only buy a tent with a full rain fly, or at least one that offers great coverage. (See the various partial rain flies above and notice how some offer more coverage than others, especially if staked out a bit.)  You can seam seal any tent to make it even more water-resistant, but it’s important to try and prevent water from touching the walls of your tent in the first place. That is a rain fly’s job. If there is no sign of rain in the forecast, you could leave the fly off entirely for stargazing and ventilation.

If you can, get a tent that has a footprint that’s made to go with the tent. It should be the exact same size as the floor of the tent (or ever so slightly smaller). Ideally, the footprint will have gromets that secure it to the tent bottom via the tent poles.  Sure, you can place a tent on top of a random groundcloth or even a blue tarp, and I’ve done this in a pinch, but there’s a risk in doing so. If it rains, water will collect onto that tarp and start to accumulate around and under your tent. And that would be bad. Also, a footprint takes the fall if there’s morning dew; it’s much easier to dry out the footprint than the whole tent. A footprint also protects the bottom of your tent from dirt, sharp rocks that could rip it, etc.

4. What tent shape do you want?

 Some car campers are more partial to certain tent shapes over others.

Nearly every tent I’ve owned thus far has been afreestanding dome tent. (Freestanding just means the tent can be assembled without the use of stakes, which I found to be advantageous when setting up camp atop sandstone in Utah.) Dome tents are nice because their aerodynamic shape is good at shedding wind and rain. They’re a cinch to assemble and can be made more solid by staking the corners and/or rain fly to the ground (if you’re on ground you can drive a stake into). Many do not offer enough headroom for an adult to stand up in them. (The popular REI Camp Dome is a perfect example of a freestanding dome-style tent).

The hoop or tunnel-shaped tents are popular in weight-conscious backcountry models because they maximize headroom where you’d use it most and are made to withstand wind and rain. (The Marmot Eclipse 2P is an example of a hoop tent).

Cabin-style tents are popular among family car campers. Some are so spacious they have multiple rooms, and most are tall enough for you to stand up in them. Most modern cabin-style tents are freestanding. Does your family sleep on cots? Then you’ll want a cabin tent 

 5. What extra features do you want? Which ones can you live without?

One of the reasons gear companies are continually debuting new tents is that they keep making them better, sturdier, lighter and prettier to look at. With all the shiny, cool features that tents offer, it’s a good idea to figure out which features you actually care about.

I bought my 2-person MSR Hubba Hubba ten years ago (the month it debuted), and they made a few big improvements to the following year’s model, including a second door. I didn’t know how badly I’d want that second door until I got married a few years later and was suddenly sharing my tent with someone over 6 feet tall.

When shopping for a new tent that you hope will last for years, think about which features are important to you now, and might become important to you if your camping style or family size evolves in the future.

Doors. This is where you enter and exit a tent. Every tent is going to have one door, and some have two. If you have a smaller tent where floorspace and headroom is at a premium, a second door becomes even more of a benefit because it’s a real pain to be crawling over people in order to get out of the tent to use the bathroom. A seemingly minor detail of the door to consider is how it zips to open and close. I once had a tent that zipped open only from the top, meaning I had to essentially unzip it all the way to enter or exit the tent, or even to place an item outside the tent. This was mildly annoying all the time, but it was pure hell in mosquito country! I prefer a tent door that zips open from the bottom.

Vestibule. Aw, vestibule envy. It’s a very real affliction among campers who don’t own premium tents by manufacturers like Hilleberg and Exped. The vestibule is the covered or even fully-enclosed area just outside the tent itself, usually outside the main door. Vestibules are sheltered by the rain fly when it’s staked out. Some tent vestibules are only big enough to store your hiking boots and keep them dry from the rain. Others are big enough to sit in, shelter your backpacks, or even shelter your golden retriever. We’re getting a dog in the near future, and so a generous vestibule is on my “must have” list for our next car camping tent.

Pockets and a Gear Loft. Where will you stow your keys, wallet, headlamp and water bottle when in your tent? Internal mesh pockets are key to keeping things handy and organized, and the more the merrier as far as I’m concerned. Some tents also come with what’s called a “gear loft” which is this mesh shelf thing that is part of the ceiling, creating a nice flat space to store things that don’t fit in the side pockets. Some gear lofts are removable.

Ease of Setup. How long does it take to pitch the tent? Will it need more than one person’s involvement? Does it almost require a degree in engineering? If you are the type of person that wants assembly to be very straightforward and simple, these are great questions to settle before you make a purchase.

Height and Head Room. The overall shape of tent you purchase will influence this (see above). But perhaps someone in your family is above average height – you’ll want to make sure the tent is long enough for that person while they are lying down. If you prefer sleeping on a cot to a pad, you’ll need a tent that can accommodate that, like a cabin-style tent.

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