Yah I am choosing to go with a bell tent (here comes more brow beatings)... I live in Seattle and so for the type of camping we do when we car camp it is a good option. I have also heard that they perform very well on the playa so its a win win. I am planning to build a shade structure over and in f...

lol... again your quick wit is appreciated. No, the 8 hours was spent researching alternatives, cost, manufacture, stretch rate, grommets, clips, repairing, joining, attaching, reviews, options... just to name a few. The question was left with was whether or not Aluminet, having never ACTUALLY used ...

Very clever response. I appreciate the time you took to offer your insight. I have spent the last 3 days, a total of probably 8 hours, researching this very product. I reasoned out the very answer that some other very helpful people confirmed for me. Being I have never been ... I just wanted to make...

GOT IT! Thats what I figured I would hear. There was someone on the interwebs that commented that the sidewalls of his aluminet structure blocked the dust from blowing around. Seemed unlikely to me... thanks for clearing it up!

!!!WARNING!!! I am a virgin burner... with lots of outdoors experience !!!WARNING!!! (translation I think I know a lot more about stuff... than I probably actually know) I have done some searching and reading here and haven't come across an answer... So my question is... what kind of wind and sandst...