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Dome Tent:- Due to their light-weight and trouble-free setup, dome tents are a mainstay of backpackers. Dome tents are self-supporting, and do not need to be staked down in order to be compiled. They can even be completely set up inside or on concrete. However, after one has set up a dome tent, it should be staked down to prevent a strong wind from blowing away the tent. The dome tent has the ideal shape for adverse weather conditions-it's sloping profile is aerodynamic, and sheds wind and rain better than any other design. The outer edges of a dome tent, where the walls angle into the floor, are ideal for storage. The early dome tent design consisted of a freestanding dome with a hexagonal base. Though this design didn't offer much greater floor space than the previously used other tents, the dome shape was easier to assemble and provided more headroom. Contemporary dome tents are rectangular or square domes and use only two pole sections to support them. Though this design may not have quite the strength of a hexagonal dome, it has greater usable floor space for a similar sized tent because of the parallel walls.
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