Tent or Camper?

Do you prefer a tent or a camper? I think there are pros and cons to both. For us, it's nice to have a tent when we want to go camping back in the deep woods where a camper can't go. However, a camper is nice because of the accommodations such as beds, toilets, showers, etc.

We have used campers before but have never owned one, yet we're looking into it. We've camped via tent for years. What do you prefer?

 

Agreed! The Winnebago is super nice! Oh my! I'm not sure that I would ever want to leave the camping site! In fact, I may just set it up at my house! Lol...since we live in the country, it's almost like camping out every night!

 

When I camp....I camp. When I go to a hotel, motel, cottage, camper trailer...I do that.

But when I camp...I camp.

 

We have a small camper. We stay outside & only go in at night.

 

I guess it depends on the purpose.

If I'm specifically going camping to be out in the woods, then definitely a tent!

But if I'm going on a long trip and just trying to avoid spending on hotels, then I would go for a camper for all the comforts while on the road.

 

...and then there is glamping!

 

I camped overnight in a tent my very first time ever just a couple of weeks ago. I have to admit it was ok and more memorable then the camping trailers. I, however, have to say that the trailers for my lifestyle better. I can't stand not having running water and/or air when its hot outside!

 

The thing about camping is that you can do just about anything you can imagine.

BUT - to go into the interior where there are fewer humans than wildlife...awe...that's a whole different forest. It's really hard to drag a trailer through the pristine lakes and streams where only a canoe can go. There is no place to park beside a bull moose foraging in the lake.

 

All my life camping has been strickly done in a tent. I didn't think it was camping if you did it any other way, but that was when we were just occasional campers! Now that we are considering going full-time in an rv, a fifth wheel seems like the perfect fit for us. With a fifth wheel, you have the height of a real home when standing in the livingroom, and the coziness of a camper in the bedroom. I personally can't wait to begin our full-time lie o the road!

 

I have never camped in a camper. I know that the husband wants a smaller one, something that we can just kind of hook up and go if we want to leave for extended periods. As of now, I prefer a tent, but I do know that we plan on having a few more children, and in that case, we will definitely be changing to a camper!

 

I like a tent if it is just me, but I really only use it at two places.

I have taken it to my daughter's and used it as an extra bedroom and as a place to occupy the kids during the day. I really like MacGyver's use of a wooden platform base and might build one at her house so I am up off the ground.

I take the tent to a campground near my mothers nursing home (which is another state), spend the day with her, and return to the tent to sleep. That campground has a nice raised platform for tents already in place - see the attached picture.

My tent is very easy to set up and take down as it is an instant tent - just extend the legs and click into place.

 

While I am in the market for a camper, I don't know that I'd be willing to drag it out for just a weekend trip. I've had popups and I remember all the hassle of setting them up. I know a travel trailer doesn't necessarily have beds to pull out and canvas to mess with, but with a camper there's plenty to deal with that you don't get in a tent. Leveling, plumbing, heat, A/C, etc... Yeah, the conveniences are nice but there's something to the simplicity of a tent that really appeals to me. The hardest part of setting my tent up is staking it out. After that, it takes about two minutes to have a place to sleep. A tent can also go where RVs can't - another plus.

 

A tenter I is and a tenter I'll probably be.
Big, small, huge, large, dome, walled, whatever it be -
I think I'll stay.

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....I don't know for sure....but I sort of thought myself as being and old bear. At one time they called me Baloo.

I'm staying out of this one.