Pop up camping tents are becoming more popular with casual campers and now even accepted by the experts. Add a cot and you’re almost glamping! A pop up camping tent on a cot provides convenience plus the luxury of being off the ground. Camping on cots in army-style, open-air, canvas platform tents is the norm […]
Seen and read: Lifehacks to make summer camp more comfortable. Here are a couple of pictures from Camp Scouthaven in Freedom, NY which is about an hour from Buffalo. Folks coming back to Scouting after 30 years as Scout Leaders say the pop up mosquito nets on cots are a gamechanger as they still have flashbacks […]
Seen and read in the Goshen Scout Reservation rules: You can swat a skeeter but since ALL spiders are supposed to be left alone, having your own mosquito tent may just convince a reluctant kid to actually look forward to attending Goshen! Goshen Scout Reservation is located on 4000+ acres around Lake Merriweather in Virginia. […]
The SansBug pop up screen tent for use as a reptile enclosure is a much cheaper alternative to a glass tank which is small, heavy and prone to cracking. The SansBug has fiberglass poles which are lighter than the steel rods (which can also rust) in a grow tent. Bearded dragons taking refuge inside a […]
“A few photos from Scout Summer Camp Ransburg in Bloomington, Indiana. Thanks for keeping the boys spider free when they slept. The SansBugs worked great! I loved watching the sunset through the tents.” — Colleen Martin Camp Ransburg is located on the banks of Lake Monroe in Hoosier National Forest. It’s close to Bloomington, IN […]
Even a malaria expert needs protection from mosquitoes in Africa. Dr. Amy Bei, a Harvard-trained, Yale professor who speaks a gazillion languages spends her time between Dakar, Senegal and New Haven, CT. When she’s not fighting malaria, she grows and roasts her own coffee in Senegal, knits and weaves, and is working on her pilot […]
It’s that time of the year when the earth springs into life again… but this year there is expected to be a little more activity. A dozen states from NY to IL and south to GA will see billions of cicadas emerge this month or next after spending 17 years underground. They will mate, lay […]
Seen and Read: We’re thrilled that the SansBug mesh tent is being used as a butterfly cage to house monarch caterpillars. Much larger than butterfly habitat cages specifically made for the purpose, the 1-person SansBug insect tent can house more than a dozen milkweed plants. Monarch butterflies with their familiar orange and black pattern are […]
A truck tent made specifically for that purpose is a good concept but they are expensive. The SansBug instant pop up tent is so much easier, quicker and cheaper. Plus, you don’t need half an hour to tear down and set up everytime you move the truck. There are hordes of sandflies, horseflies, black flies […]
Which is the best tent for Scouts? You need one that can be used both on a cot within the canvas tent (or bunk beds in Adirondacks) at summer camp and on the ground as a stand-alone tent. Full (or mostly) mesh for the scorching summers. Full coverage rain fly all the way to the […]
