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Originally Posted by Drewski Canuck

If you have NEVER set up a wall tent, please do get an internal frame kit.

We spent many trips figuring out a system to put up a wall tent with poles. You can easily waste a few hours gathering poles on site, and you will struggle getting the tent up with a pole system with just 2 people. The bigger the tent, the harder it is to make poles work.

I can set up a 12 x 14 with 5 foot walls by myself with the internal frame kit. You will never do that with bush poles.

Next, how many people do you expect, are you cooking in the tent, and is everyone on cots?

With tables in the tent for cooking, expect 3 cots at most.

A Wood Stove and firewood for the stove inside the tent in rainy weather takes up alot of room.

I like a 12' x 14' but with a bigger group a bigger tent is the answer, but there is a tradeoff on ease of use.

Drewski

Totally agree - done it both ways for many years - internal frame is so easy and no messing around.