See why the SansBug is the best tent for scouts. In some units, every Scout has one so it seems like the SansBug is standard camp issue. Some Scouts even prefer sleeping in the critter-filled open-air canvas tents to using their backpacking tents since they enjoy having their own protected coccoon.
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 tents on wooden platforms 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. […]
“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 […]
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. After having spent 17 years underground, a dozen states from NY to IL and south to GA will see billions of cicadas emerge this month or next. They will mate, […]
Which is the best tent for Scouts? One that can be used as a stand-alone tent and which can also lay on a cot in canvas tents and bunk beds in Adirondacks. It should be full (or mostly) mesh for the scorching summers and have a full-coverage rain fly all the way to the ground […]
Going through the packing list for scout summer camp? Don’t forget bug netting! Which do you prefer: kissing bug, assassin bug or vampire bug? All three actually refer to the same bug; the triatomine which tends to bite humans on the face and lips while they are sleeping! As if the motionless daddy long legs […]
Summer camp provides an amazing outdoor adventure for youth to grow, learn, be responsible and have fun! Plus spending time outdoors improves mental health and physical wellbeing. Kids who grow up having access to more green space had a lower risk of mental disorders later in life. However, sleeping with gigantic wold spiders can be […]
Hello SansBug, Our leaders and I would like to thank you for helping us out with such a great product. The mosquito tents kept the bugs out at Camp Sequassen and saved the leaders from having to do bug sweeps each night. We did a overnight canoe trip to Curatole Island in which we had […]
“Last year, I was looking for mosquito netting to help my son Jacob deal with the pending Boy Scout summer camp we were going to attend at Resica Falls Scout Reservation (he’s very afraid of spiders), and I came across several YouTube videos that explained the SansBug and how it worked. In particular the picture […]
