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How important do you find being freestanding while 'wild' camping? Current tent i'm planning to take to balkans ain't freestanding.
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Well, its not the be-all and end-all. It's just nice to not have to rely on stakes if theres not room in a tight space (small clearings/hiding), or you camp on hard ground (rocks/someones garage) or sand/gravel (beaches). I was thankful of it a couple of times last time I was out, but I probably could have rigged something up without it as long as the weather wasn't actually bad.
I guess its just added versatility, and I don't want two tents, and can't justify an extra £200 to save .7kilo that i'll undoubtedly replace with some other equipment anyway :)Then again i've gotten used to carrying a trekking pole with me for propping up the bike/trekking, and so carrying another one and a pole-less tent would also work out for me. As long as I don't have to camp in any of the above situations.
Kidneys
cuben is the shit. Although it isn't freestanding :(