Looking for suggestions on best wall tent company and suggestions on tent for 4 people and stove.

Whatever brand you choose you are looking at a 12x16 foot print at least. Any smaller and you will be cramped for space. I run a 12x12 Kodiak and it’s an excellent tent. Davis and Montana are American made and quality. Fwiw.

I have a 16 x 20 Montana Canvas

Internal frame joint kit from kwik Kamp

Conduit poles from home depot

Kwik Kamp stove and pipe


30 yrs old now


You will never regret the extra room of the 16x20 or larger

I have a 8'x9' Kodiak Canvas that works great for 2 people, and it is samll enough that we can pack it in the wilderness on horses. I also have a Kodiak 10'x10' that we use when there are more than 2 people. I see some really good deals on their 10x14 options if that is what you are looking for.

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The 2 that I have are the flex bow style, and I do like them. I haven't used their cabin style.

Cant help on what brand. But I have a 14x14 canvas girl scout tent. Yes still has the logo on it! Fits 4 people just fine with a stove I built from an old air compressor. Made internal frame from conduit. I put a stove jack out the back wall instead of the roof. I run a tarp on the roof and didn't want a hole to leak. It makes it a little harder to keep the stove pipe on during wind. Make a conduit holder for it.
Might need to go bigger if u want a table and chairs inside or have messy people with u. Plastic bins under cots keep stuff organized. Only time u will say I wish I had a smaller tent is if its only you or your stove is too small.

Montana canvas, Davis tent, Elk mountain tents, Kodiak canvas tents are awesome because they are easy to put up and they have a vinyl floor. The Kodiak tents do not hold up well in heavy snow we have had several collapse over the years. If there is going to be 4 of you a larger 16x20 tent is going to be good for cots and all your gear to be able to stay inside with you.

My boys hunt elk in Wyoming. They have a canvas tent with cots and no floor. They can roll over and pee without getting out. Big plus. But this summer they bought cabins outside Dubois so its more tolerable.

I would go with 16x20 as long as you are not packing it on your back. In the winter, by myself I use a 10x12x4 and it is "adequate" . I sure would not want 4 people in there.

A cabin outside of Dubois !!! Beautiful country. Cheap too

I have a 12 by 14 Montana canvas with the internal frame. It is what I use out in the desert cat and coyote trapping. I stay for a month to a month and a half. I built my own stove also have a 6 foot table large cooler small wooden table for cooking on a chair and an oversized cot. It fills up the inside. I would think a 16 by 20 would be way more comfortable with four people.

I’ve got a Reliable Tent and Tipi brand wall tent. 12x16 I believe it is no floor it’s been darn good. Made in Billings MT I believe.

I have a Yukon Bell tent by Elk Mountain Tents. I really like the circular Bell tent design with just a center pole and tie out ropes all around the tent. Much easier to put up, especially by yourself. I've got the 16' version and it is a lot of room for myself and the wife, with a stove, cots and small table when we use it for elk camp. It isn't made of the same material as their other tents though, unfortunately it is made of a lighter material. So far still completely waterproof, but it has only had a little over a month of use cumulative. Unfortunately the pole they use with it is a little lightweight and last time I used it the pole bent in half and collapsed with only 4-5" of wet snow on it. Luckily the wife happened to be in camp (she didn't feel like hunting in the blowing wet snow) and was able to prop it up off the stove until I got back to camp and cut a center pole out of a 6" tree. If she wouldn't have been there it would have collapsed onto the stove and ruined the tent. I am going to make a new center pole out of heavier pipe for this fall.

Alaska tent and tarp 14x16 is a good size for 4 people and a stove if you are going by boat or snow machine. I use them for our youth camp, get 16 in there in the summer. We are not glamping though.

Not a tent, but I had a 10x14 shed I used at my place, with bunks and stove, I've had 3 people in it and that was barely tolerable, it was good for my son and myself...definitely would not want 4 in there...

I have a Davis 12x16 and with 4 people and a stove there is no extra room but the Davis tent is very nice and well built

Questions:

1. WIll this tent always be used for 4 people? If not, you might think about a smaller tent, say 12x14, which will handle three or less just fine. If you've got the $$, a "cook shack" or smaller tent could be added to the front (or back) for added living space and/or cooking area.

2. Will this tent be used when bugs are an issue? If not, do you need windows with screens?

Back in the mid to later 80s I ordered a 12x14 wall tent from the Colorado Tent Company. Had windows with screening installed plus a back window. It has served us very well over the years and continues to do so. I understand one of the fellas from this company formed the Davis Tent Company. From what I've seen and heard the tents coming out of there are still of high quality. Davis has a good website, check it out. https://www.davistent.com/

This tent at deer camp with 4-dog woodstove:





and summer time:



run an air conditioner when it gets warm



if there's electric, we plug in . . if not we run a Honda generator out the back and "muffle" it as much as possible



If only used for winter camp, there is another tent company that I highly recommend for quality and getting exactly what you want. Spring Valley Lodges in northern Illinois. Jim Fairchild makes excellent tents to your specs. https://www.springvalleylodges.com/

At deer camp, this one measures 12x17. This was Susan's tent when we met in '99.





And same tent at rendezvous all gussied up:



Lots of things to consider. Keep it simple. And most of all . . be sure you pack it dry and keep the mice out of it. It should last you many, many years.

I'll second Spring Valley for a traditional, canvas tent. Here's ours at rendezvous. Pretty sure its 12x14, with a matching fly. In real nasty weather, we'll put the fly over the tent.

I am liking my Davis Tent company

I have had it a year now.

I went with a 12x12 Go tent because I wanted one I could put up and take down myself

I have talked with spring valley and have some of their other canvas goods they make nice stuff also.





I also have the Davis cot , that is not the davis cot in the picture that is a different brand that is wider and longer but also creeks a bit

you want larger than 12x12 for 4 guys cots and gear 12x16 probably but you will also have 4 people to help set it up.

this last week was the first time I have had any help setting up or taking down or anyone staying with me , my son and I were camping till yesterday with friends.

Davis tent

I like 2 smaller over 1 big one

I have a canvas cabin tent like a Kodak only from sears 1950s , wife and I its perfect, elk camp its that and 2 12x 14 , 1 cook one for sleeoing especially if they snore and the old sears tent for us.

I have an 8x12, big enough for one person in the winter, heats easy. It's seen better days, it's about 35 years old. I got it with a special mildew proof treatment, glad I did.
The other option you want to be sure to get is turf flaps around the bottom, so that you can seal it off with snow or whatever else you have available.
Also, make sure the stove jack is on the end you enter from. It's nice if you have a sheet of plywood to put under where you sleep, just helps keep your sleeping area tidy. During the winter, if you can get half a bale of wood chip for the ground (except near the stove) it helps to keep things clean and dry.

I bought an alaknak from cabelas. 12x12. Two guys can be comfortable in it for several weeks in cold weather. I wouldn't want more people than that. Stove takes up space. I like it better than canvas. Keeps you dry in lots of rain. Holds up to wind. Snow slides off good. Light weight. As in very light. Poles and all. I have used mine alot. No issues. I did buy the roof protector to keep sparks from burning holes in the roof. It works. Like any tent you go through a lot of wood in cold weather.