I'm doing the same thing, virgin and giving it all a good whack by reading the many helpful replies here. I'm going with 8ft height because it will give me over a foot of clearance between top shade cloth and top of Kodiak tent. Cheers to the golden suggestion of two guy lines per corner, didn't kno...

Dude, we are doing nearly the EXACT same thing right down to the Kodiak. This thread was exactly what I needed. I'm a virgin so this is one big crapshoot for me. Thanks to eldergeek for that picture, I'm planning on using the tee connectors and a middle leg like that. Really appreciate the diagram. ...

Super helpful! I think next step is to draw a mockup design and share for critique. You've definitely convinced me to do angled side walls, and that opens up some new possibilities.

This is an incredibly helpful thread for virgins like me planning their first conduit structure. I am planning a 10x10 conduit cube around my tent and was thinking of using grommeted aluminet panels for the walls. The thinking was if I use aluminet my walls could be vertical as the material will let...

Holy cow those replies are helpful, thank you all.

First burn this year so can't comment on playa durability but I did test mine at Joshua tree this weekend and it was very nice. I'm tall and could stand comfortably. Suggest getting the one that has the gear organizer as it's a nice feature. Thanks to others who clarified that the included stakes ar...