We were sent up a mountain with only a sheet of cloth and a few natural materials to make a waterproof tent. Being on the rugged west coast of New Zealand's South Island, we were likely to come across ...

I've spent the last few months trying to figure out why my big family tent was leaking. Not the most geeky of questions you may think, but over the course of my investigation I've become something of ...

If you’re someone who likes to camp, you know the value of a good tent. But if you’re camping with others, be it friends or family, you’re going to want one with a little room. And few tents are more ...

One the one hand, it is possible to patch a tent s waterproof polyurethane coating, or even re-coat the entire tent. Kenyon makes a product called Recoat 3 ($8 for a tin that covers 75 square feet; ...

It’s interesting to see all the innovations in tents these days. Case in point: Black Diamond’s new-for-this-year Lighthouse ($369; www.bdel.com). It’s a single-wall tent, but doesn’t even pretend ...

Use it for backyard parties, extra storage, or even for camping.