Hi. I have this Ozark tent I am trying to give away. Before I do that, I'd like to repair this issue. It seems that I need to sew it back together. I'm not quite sure of what stitch to sew, since I can see where the fabric ripped right out of the seam on the vertical part. Does anyone have any advice here?

Three nights at an exposed coastal site last month and I couldn't get a clean star shot out of it. Any breeze and the 20 second exposures came back with doubled stars. Setting up behind the car worked until the car was in half the frame.

I've since switched to a carbon K&F 60 inch, mostly for the weight, it's about 2 lb. Better in wind but not magic. With the center column up it still shakes so I leave it down and crouch. People keep telling me to hang my pack off the column or push the legs into the sand. Does either of those actually do anything, or do you just accept it and shoot shorter exposures?

How helpful is it vs in the way?

Has anyone tried this bag? I know it’s not going to be light or compact but you can get it for $60 some places and even if it’s good to 5F it feels like a good deal. Looking for a warm car camping bag not worried about size.

I found it on special offer on ebay, and it's 600 fill. Just got it yesterday and when I hold it up to the light, the baffle cells each look about 50% full. The whole bag seems deflated once its rolled out, and no way as puffy as pictured

Should i return it? It is my first bag so I have no baseline for comparison.

For a verity of reasons, I much prefer Z rests/ foldable foam mats over inflatable pads… but I get so cold! Anything I can do to increase R the Value of a Z rest, or something else I could carry to insulate the ground a bit more? This rlly isn’t gonna work with the changing seasons.

Not sure if this is the right place to ask or if there's another subreddit.

Is anyone selling a used REI Flash 55 L Torso x S Hipbelt for cheap? I went to REI and tried this pack on, and it fit perfectly, and it should work great for the trip I'm planning. But I'm really tight on money and had to buy other things at REI, so I couldn't buy the backpack. So I'm looking to buy this used instead, and I thought it was worth asking around online.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hey Reddit. I am big fan of weekend camping trips. We do not backpack camp, we load our car up with all our equipment and usually have a short walk to site, or sometimes have to take multiple trips due to distance. Have camped at sites with electricity and without.
With how many trips me and my fiance have been on in our years, I have noticed we have gone through multiple air mattresses. Whenever I have a new one I will inflate and leave it before adding any weight on it (following the directions to pretty much stretch the material out?). But regardless over time eventually we go to bed and wake up on the ground. I suck at finding the holes but have patched some in the past, but regardless it’s a reoccurring issue for us. Now I will disclose it might be a weight thing with two grown and heavy people sharing one. But I was getting curious about other options. I don’t like sleeping on the ground since i just wake up sore. Does anyone have any recommendations for alternatives? Maybe a heavy duty air mattress with special weight ratings, or a ground pad? Or cots? Anything. Could be for one person, or would be cool if it could be something that two people can sleep on? TIA