Your camping gear setup

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Getting ready to do some summer camping, though it would be interesting to see other peoples setup's.

Recently switched to an ez up tent matched up with cheap big 5 pop ups. No more tent poles for me and enough room to stand and put the dog kennel in the tent. I can put it up in a couple of minutes by myself.


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I ownly own two tents. A three people (Ferrino Stardust) and two people (Camp Minima SL). I am more into climbing than camping... so I guess any of mine would be in the small side for everyone else. I do own a camper though... so I don't pitch tents too often.

Mikel
 
Kodiak canvas tent. 10x10 floor with 6’9” height. A blessing for me at 6’5”
Sets up pretty quick, very wind resistant. My wife and I use cots and sleeping pads. Mr Heater for the chilly weather. Nice and cozy.
Got rid of the Coleman stove and bought a nicer, two burner stand up stove. Much better.
Still need to get a pop up canopy.

 
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Opposite of the big camping tents, but the only "camping" I do is while backpacking.
They don't have much room, particularly with a mesh inner for when the bugs are out, but I've been using a pair of 'mids. They're strictly for sleeping in, so the lack of space rarely bothers me. I'm still sometimes tempted by a larger tent, though!
My current "tent" for warm weather in the Southeast with lots of bugs and rain, is a MLD Solomid XL...
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..which doubles as my bomb shelter for high winds and/or high altitude(but with a bathtub floor and/or bivy), since 40mph wind doesn't begin to phase it.
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My minimalist(~11oz with floor and stakes!) shelter for cooler weather, which also made it out to UT and CO early this year, is a little ZPacks Hexamid Pocket Tarp a friend gave me. Turns out it can weather storms quite well with the opening pitched toward a cliff, or big tree or rock, especially if the windward side is staked directly to the ground. It's an interesting shelter-even bighorn sheep think so...
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that EZ UP shelter/cube is nice, but looks like it would be bulky and pretty heavy at 18# for just the tent cube alone. It's also is pretty expensive. Looks like I will keep using my old Eureka Outfitter 6 man tent. Takes a bit of time to set up, but it's roomy and sturdy.
 
For 1 person, I currently use a Big Agnes Fly Creek HV UL2. If 2 people, we use a Big Agnes Copper Spur 3 Platinum. (Both backpacking ultralight tents) If car camping and I want to stand up, an REI Kingdom Dome 4.
 
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