Why Yurt Living?

[MT Rod]

I have to agree with you about wall tents being way cheaper, but that is in every way.

I have worked for and with many outfitters in MT, and they use a lot of wall tents, and they replace a lot of wall tents. They typically use them a month or 6 weeks a year and most are replaced within 5 years to the tune of $1,000.00+.

They have zero

insulation

, and they are a sail when the wind blows. They way they are framed if there is wind you are catching it from one side or the other, and I have seen several that had split due to a heavy wind and a few years use. Safety pins or an hour or so with a sewing awl, but it makes a weird pucker in the side of your tent so it doesn't hang the same after.

I have known several people in Montana who lived for several years, winter and all a tepee, but I don't know any who have lived more than a short time in a wall tent. I'm not saying it has never happened, but I don't know them and I have never heard of them.

Of those living in tepees, they all look back at it nostalgically, but none have told me it was practical, not even one. They all said it was an adventure they tried, or that it was an economic decision. Heat, access issues, insulation, flooring, wind protection, a yurt has it over a tepee in all these areas.

Comparing a wall tent with a tepee, that is a whole different discussion.

I think I'll take the yurt, but it has its own set of issues, or we wouldn't be reading this forum, right?

Rod
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