I’ve had a dome tent for nearly a decade and it still works fine. It’s not my go to tent but it is easy to use.
It probably cost $50 new.
Tents are cheap: www.aussiedisposals.com.au/…/dome-tents.html
$40. And these tents likely won’t survive multiple uses anyway.
They are still grubs for leaving them behind.
Cypher@lemmy.world 1 day ago
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 1 day ago
I too have a tent I bought for 40$, lasted me 8 treks, 36 nights, still going strong. Although I haven’t trekked in 3 years due to life. But the tent is still fine last I checked a year ago.
Salvo@aussie.zone 1 day ago
The equivalent tent nowadays would be $600-$1200
The bottom end is taken over by crap that I wouldn’t let my dog sleep in and the top end are for prosumer/competitive cross country hikers.
Mid range pricing is either cheap crap (rebranded by scammers) or last years model or expensive product.
This relates to camping equipment and also hardware and electronics.
CameronDev@programming.dev 1 day ago
I’m guessing (given you have at least 2 tents) you’re treating it properly and taking care of it though, which inebriated festival goers probably aren’t.
And $50 a decade ago bought you a much better tent than today, there is some absolute garbage out there now.
SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 1 day ago
ban single use gear
CameronDev@programming.dev 18 hours ago
What if we just move the tents outside the environment?
TimePencil@infosec.exchange 9 hours ago
@CameronDev
It's one of those rare occasions where it would be better for the environment if "festival tents" were made out of "cardboard" or "cardboard derivatives..."
@SenatorCollins
CameronDev@programming.dev 8 hours ago
Eh, that still wastes the energy used to process the material, so still unideal. But probably better?
Could change the model so that the festival provides the tents for $0 (or some tiny fee), but with a $500 bond. Trash the tent, lose $500, look after it and it gets re-used next festival.