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Anyone use a Cabelas Instinct Alaska Guide Tent? #1289244905/31/18 | |
RAS Campfire Outfitter | |
OP RAS Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,147 Likes: 14 | If so, what is your opinion of them? And are they better than the regular Alaskan Guide Model that they have had for years? I am thinking of getting this one. Thank you https:/ "...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica. |
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Re: Anyone use a Cabelas Instinct Alaska Guide Tent? RAS#1289247605/31/18 | |
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 FatCity67 Campfire Ranger Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 20,017 Likes: 32 | Better than the Guide model not as good as the XWT model they had a few years ago. "Maybe we're all happy." "Go to the sporting goods store. From the files, obtain form 4473. These will contain descriptions of weapons and lists of private ownership." |
Re: Anyone use a Cabelas Instinct Alaska Guide Tent? RAS#1289249305/31/18 | |
KC Campfire Tracker | |
KC Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 6,989 Likes: 3 | I have the 6-man Instinct with aluminum poles and have used it on a couple of week-long Alaska hunts. The 6-man size is just right for two guys with cots. We put our stove on a small table in the vestibule. I switched out the steel tent pegs for big solid aluminum pegs and cut about 1.5# off the weight. My tent now weighs less than 25#. That's important when you're flying and paying for baggage. The 8-man size has more room but weighs more. The old style Cabelas Alaska Guide 8-man tent weighs about 80#. That's too heavy unless you're shipping via air freight both ways. IMHO a tent that bomb proof is not necessary in the lower 48. KC Wind in my hair, Sun on my face, I gazed at the wide open spaces, And I was at home. |
Re: Anyone use a Cabelas Instinct Alaska Guide Tent? RAS#1289251505/31/18 | |
tedthorn Campfire Outfitter | |
tedthorn Campfire Outfitter Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 10,899 Likes: 3 | I have the outback lodge and like it Maker of the Frankenstud Sling Keeper |
Re: Anyone use a Cabelas Instinct Alaska Guide Tent? RAS#1289263605/31/18 | |
R ro1459 Campfire Regular | |
ro1459 Campfire Regular R Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,781 | I also have the six man and again it is just right for two people with cots. I use it during the third season in Colorado. I use a big Mr Buddy and it keeps the tent very warm all night. You have to have the heater on low or it gets too hot. I use one tank of propane every four days. I also use it as my base tent so weight is not an issue, but I also changed out the heavy steel tent pegs. Somehow they have designed this tent so that it does not sweat inside the tent. It sweats between the fly and outside of the tent causing a thin layer of ice to develop on the outside...helping the tent stay warmer. Also, the design is such that a heavy wind does not affect the tent at all and heavy snow is no problem. Love this tent. I also have a Davis Tent's outfitters tent and use this one over that one. I had it for three years and love it. |
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Re: Anyone use a Cabelas Instinct Alaska Guide Tent? RAS#1289266605/31/18 | |
DMc Campfire 'Bwana | |
DMc Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 42,850 Likes: 142 | Buy Travis' tent. Make Gitmo Great Again!! |
Re: Anyone use a Cabelas Instinct Alaska Guide Tent? RAS#1289278105/31/18 | |
1minute Campfire 'Bwana | |
1minute Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,019 Likes: 30 | Have 4, 6, and 8 man. The eight is tall and wide enough that I've had really severe wind flatten it. Broke a couple poles, but did not damage the tent or fly. The six will sleep 3 with room for some gear. We don't take cots or a heater, relying instead on good sleeping bags. I have done some cooking in the six when heavy winds were blowing, but really do not like to run flames in nylon tents. The six took some heavy wind and rain in Alaska that destroyed a neighboring camp of 4 other tents about a quarter mile away. Do get some wider stakes capable of holding, perhaps with a rock on top, in sandy soils. Still, when selecting a campsite, I urge one to take advantage of any sort of wind break be it a depression or even an island of shrubs only a few feet tall. Mother Nature can be a bitch. 1Minute |
Re: Anyone use a Cabelas Instinct Alaska Guide Tent? RAS#1289292305/31/18 | |
SockPuppet Campfire Outfitter | |
SockPuppet Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 10,068 | If the new Instinct model is an improvement I'll have to check it out. Have an older Alaskan Guide 4-Man and it's bomber. Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~ |
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