Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting Any downside to a wall tent with two doors?

I can see where it would be nice if putting two tents back to back and also for extra ventilation in warmer weather. Any downsides?

No.

+1 on that.

Myself, i would not want a door on each end, just get the Cook Shack addition and do it that way, that is what i did, it works great. JMO

Kevin

Have two doors would make setting it up easier with a internal frame. You could set the whole frame up, the just pull the works over the top.

The real downside is, any tent without two......

Lotsa reason to have two doors,not any I can think of not to.
Hot day you can get a breeze going. Extra escape if fire or ? gets in tent. You can tandem two together of needed. When one door zipper gets worn with age, you can tie that door shut and use the other.

and it's easier to sneak in the whores without the neighbors seein'.....grin

GreatWaputi:

With two doors you give up the use of the end wall because it's a corridor instead of a work space. The tent becomes less efficient from for space utilization.

A good way to put two wall tents together is to set them up with the doors facing each other and span the distance with 1" EMT then cover the space with a tarp. Here's an example using canvas gable tents.



KC

The reason I ask is because I just snagged a 14x16 Kirkham's (AAA Tent & Awning) that has doors on both ends and I'm trying to decide whether to keep it or my Davis 14x16. Both have features I really like, but I can't afford to keep both.

The Kirkham's has been used twice and has just about every extra they offer (doors on both ends with screens and their buckled Uintah storm door closure, windows in both side walls, extended eaves, internal frame kit with snow poles, and a factory rain fly). Both tents are the same size on paper, but the finished size of the Kirkham's is noticeably bigger than my Davis. Both have Sunforger treated canvas and the Kirkham's is also fire-retardant. My Davis has three windows (back and both side walls), a screened front door, Colorado door, and internal frame. The biggest differences are the doors on both ends of the Kirkham's and the way the internal frames are set up, with Davis having the better frame, IMO.

I wasn't really looking for another tent, but couldn't pass up the Kirkham's for what I paid ($600.00). Now I just gotta make a decision as to which one to keep. Right now I'm leaning toward the Kirkham's, and it doesn't hurt that they're local.

Unless one of those doors is zippered with a fly over it, it's going to be drafty, and like KC said you loose the end wall area for beds, cooking, storage etc.

Both doors are zippered and both have an outer buckled flap (Uintah door) that covers the zippers. Just thinking out loud, but just because you have two doors, doesn't mean you have to use both doors all the time.

Well then it's a matter of choosing which tent you like the best, and going from there.
Frankly I don't think you can have to many tents. I have 3 wall tents, an army squad tent with the liner, and two smaller tents that can be used to pack in a spike camp or stay in when traveling lite, and not going someplace the camper can go.

If you use 2 doors --- your tent is way too big. A screened window with a canvas flap (my flap is held down with velcro) is an okay option though.

That's the hard part..

If they're both paid for, it's easy... Keep em both!!

yeah, right........ a 9x12 with 2 cots, stove, gear and saddles/tack? Too big, huh?

The only downside to any Wall Tents is putting them up and taking them down. Tent having two door wouldn't have any down falls that i could think of.

Interesting you mention the putting up and taking down part. I just got back from a 10-day hunt where a buddy and I stayed in my wall tent. A good friend who also went on the hunt just recently purchased a Fleetwood Scorpion trailer (basically a tent trailer attached to an ATV trailer) and bragged the entire time about how easy it was to set up and take down.

They rolled into camp one day while we were out hunting, so I didn't see the set up, but the day we left, we both started breaking camp at the same time and we were done and had everything loaded in the truck and on the trailer an easy 15 minutes ahead of them. My buddy and I have set up camp and tore it down enough times together that we pretty much have it down to a science. Still not much fun, but well worth it once everything is set up and ready to go.

Ever camp with guys with trailers/campers and notice everyone tends to congregate in the wall tent(s)?

My wall tent is about 12'x 14'. No frame, just an EMT ridge pole and up rights and 1/2" EMT For the wall poles.
I set it up and take it down myself. I'm 5'-5" anddon't weigh 150 lbs. Having two doors makes it nice that I don't have to run around the front when I'm working on the back.Once the tent is set up you DON"T HAVE to use both doors if the back of the tent needs to be used.

Having two doors and not needing one of them is a wholelot better than having one and needing two.

If used duirng the summer, on a hot day, you will really enjoy being able to have a breeze thru the tent.