Eureka Tetragon 5 Adventure 7- by 5-Foot Two-Person Tent

Eureka! Tetragon Tents are ready to tackle the rugged outdoors! This popular Tetragon series offers exceptional value for car camping, base camp or 3-season backpacking. With side windows for venting, clear windows (one on each side) in the fly, built-in mud mat and hinged gear loft organizer, these are far superior to ordinary dome tents. It's got it all: Self-supporting, 2-pole dome design for fast and easy set-up; Hooded fly front and rear permits venting in any weather; Zippered roof vent for increased air circulation; Side opening door for easy entry; Clips quickly and easily attach tent to frame sections; Sewn-in floor; Walls and floor: 70-denier nylon taffeta; Fly: 75-denier StormShield polyester; Netting: 40-denier no-see-um mesh; Poles: 7.9 mm (Tet. 5) Make your camping experience an enjoyable one! Order Today! Please Note: This item is shipped directly from the factory. Please allow an extra 2-4 weeks for delivery... sorry no express shipping available. We are unable to ship factory direct items to Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Puerto Rico or APO or FPO addresses. Description- Tetragon; Size-7 x 5 x 4' h; Sleeps- 2; Size Packed-5 x 25; Sq. Feet. 35; Weight-6 lbs., 3 ozs. Color-Green Eureka! Tetragon 5 Tent, Green
Customer Review: Great Tent for packpacking for two
I have used this tent on four backpacking trips and it is awesome for the money. It is 1) lightweight 2) very fast to set up 3) very sturdy in moderately high winds 4) reliable zipper, etc. 5) strong poles When alone I can fit my entire backpack and my 6'1" self easily inside (if taller than this you'll need to sleep diagonally). The gear loft overhead is nice, and you can sit up for changing clothes. Have shared it with another person on one winter packpack trip (recently in Shenendoah Nat Park) and there was plenty of room for sleeping for two without being on top of each other. I've been rained on only once, slightly, and it kept me dry. On one backpack trip with 11 people to Mount Mitchell, mine seemed to be the only tent that didn't have condensation all over the top of it in the early AM. I do recommend buying some of the inexpensive aluminum pole stakes at REI or similar, to replace the metal ones it comes with, if you want to save a few ounces more weight. Overall outstanding value.
Customer Review: Tent
Can't complain - I plan to waterproof this tent, but it was very easy to set up (without looking at the instructions) and fits nicely in its carrying bag. It's not the lightest tent, but for short backpacking trips or car camping it should be great. For the price, it's a good deal.

Longboards, funboards, shortboards, fish--there's no good or bad type. The kind of board you ride depends on many things, such as wave conditions and your size, stance, experience, and physical fitness.

Shortboards

There are several kinds of shortboards but the most familiar is the thruster. The standard design is tri-fin with a narrow nose and tail, and under 7 feet. These boards can't be beat for high performance surfing. Great for tricks and fast entries into quick breaking waves, this is what most people want to ride if they can. After spending a few years on the "big" boards, getting into better shape and learning how to judge waves, I got a 6' 8" thruster. This board really opened up surfing for me. Not only was it easier to transport (I could chuck it in the back of the car), but I could get into a lot more waves than before.

Longboards

These are surfboards over 9 feet. Longboards are what most surfers start out on. It's what I learned on. Some surfers don't ever leave them. If you're fortunate enough to surf long enough, it's probably what you'll end up on. My first surfboard was a 9' 6". I surfed it at the same beach for a year and half. My second board was a 9-foot Pearson Arrow and a little more narrow. I used it for several years even while trying other types of boards. You can't beat a longboard for paddle and glide. If I jump on a longboard now I feel like I'm sailing after a few strokes. But longboards don't make as fast an entry as something shorter. I got tired of watching shorter boards get most of the rides on certain days while my longboard crashed into my head/chest/other body part. I needed a smaller board for those conditions.

Funboards, Eggs, Hybrids

Endless Internet threads debate what to call these, but to me these surfboards are just mini-longboards. Their shape is similar to a longboard and they're usually between 7 and 9 feet. I had a couple of these, one was an epoxy and the other was so mangled it became a decoration in my backyard. For me these made good transitional boards to shortboards. I prematurely made the switch from the 9-foot longboard I mentioned earlier to a 6' 10" thruster, and it didn't work so well for me. I ended using an 8-foot funboard most of the time.

Fishboards

Shorter even than many shortboards, most fishboards are under 6 feet. These are my favorite surfboards. I have a couple of them. One is a 5' 11" twinzer fish that I surf when it's small and the entry's not too fast. The other is a 5' 9" quad fish, with a shape somewhere between a thruster and a fish. It's the best, most versatile board I've ever had. It's not as high performance as your hotshot 6' 2" thruster, but it paddles better and I can't do those really fancy tricks anyway. I have not yet tried and epoxy (lighter and stronger surfboard construction) fish. I have tried other epoxy boards and wasn't thrilled by the feel of them but I think it might work for a fish.

Guns

These are long boards....sometimes up to 12 ft, with narrow noses and tails. They're for big 15+ foot waves and not for me - no thanks. I'll take 6 foot and clean, no matter how many co-workers/relatives/strangers ask me if I surf Mavericks. If you're crazy enough, these boards are for you.

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