Does this tent require a footpad?
321017
no footpad required. It helps having any kind of bedding pad under your sleeping bag though just for some added comfort.
321018
It doesn't come with a footprint. The bottom of the tent (and the first 2-3 inches of the sides) are a similar material to the rainfly, but above that is mesh. I just use a tarp beneath mine, with the excess tucked under (the tent has an unusual shape to it) and that works just fine. I have not tried it without one yet, and I suspect that (at least in the super wet area I live in) doing so might not go great.
321019
Hi Rich, strictly speaking, no- the tent has its own self-contained floor. But a footprint is always a good idea to prolong to lifetime of your tent. You should also consider the environment where you will be using it- a soft forest floor is one thing, but the hard scrabble of a mountain environment is another. I use a homemade footprint that I cut from inexpensive plastic sheeting, and then used a grommet kit to match the grommets of the tent.
2097051
The foot print matches the tent perfectly, so you don't have any weird bulges or anything. We chose to go with the foot print over the tarp and were very pleased. With a tarp, the stake holes don't align perfectly, so you may have to bunch it up in certain places and such, where this was not an issue at all with the footprint.
1299825
No, the porch has no floor; we just use it as a shady place to set up our chairs. The rest of the tent is floored, however.
1028578
They do have a foot plate with holes in it for tent stake use. They are large and sturdy enough to hold a weight. There are no holes in the legs but for the height adjustment holes.
2213363
So long as you dont have a supersize sleeping pad, you should be able to place your pad inside the tent both in length and width.
633230
Yes, the whole tent has a floor. I also like that it has a solid cover to seal up the screen porch to make one big tent or 2 big rooms tent. At least mine does.
320916
Like others have said, no footprint. However, the bag is very forgiving. They don't make you fold up the tent like it came from the assembly line to fit like other tents I've owned. If you are in a hurry or feeling lazy there is a lot of room for slop in the bag.
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It has rubber caps on the legs, but 2 of the caps keep falling off mine. If you can figure out a way to keep the caps on, and don't move the cot when there is weight on it, your tent floor should be fine. If you are still worried, cut an X-slit in 6 tennis balls, and stick them on the feet. Like people do for walkers. :)
219980
Nope, and you wouldn't want to.The cot is made to attach to the tent with zippers. The tent itself has no floor - the cot is the floor.For much less money you could buy just a tent. And there are no cots that can be attached to this tent without extensive alterations.
170196
Yes, mine has clear padded feet on the bottom--one in each of the four corners. I have had mine over a year and am very pleased with it.
2101169
It's not a tent...it's a canopy and has no sides. It does come with stakes, but in loose sand, they probably won't work well.
1809398
Yes , this tent needs to be stakedDown . It comes with multiple guy lines but they are not needed unless you encounter high winds . I use it for my two sons with no problems .
1101342
Yes it is made much like a regular tent. Would recommend padding as there is no cushion.
1798547
This tent came with no footprint. The design is such that the seams are part way up the sidewall, so you could go without one. I recently used an Alps two-person tent on a boundary water canoe trip with no footprint and we had no issues. It rained a couple of nights, no downpours.
860005
the tent itself is freestanding but the fly needs stakes to hold it out in position. I slept in a pretty heavy rain last summer on my Boundary Waters trip and stayed dry. Nice tent.
1530153
No, it does not have a floor. We like it that way because it avoids dragging all the outdoor dirt into the tent and accumulating. The tent is working very well for us and we recommend it.
1215694
Get footprint! For 2 reasons I can think of immediately:(1) Keep your main tent clean, less weighted by earth condensation. Otherwise you'll carry muddy tent.(2) Enable to clean footprint only, not entire tent.