Hi Marty, they’re pretty beefy once fully staked out. In the video we don’t have it staked out so it does cant and lean under pressure. Once staked out on all guy points it will hold up under normal wind conditions. All of these tall (standing height) family camping tents compromise some wind strength for the comfort of standing up inside. If you regularly camp in high wind, then I’d suggest a shorter low profile backpacking tent or mountaineering style tent. The Big house 4 is a little shorter in height than the 6 so you’ll get a little more wind coverage. You can also angle the corners (ideally a back corner) into the wind for a little more deflection. I trust the BA line for normal windy ‘family camping’ and beach camping conditions. I wouldn’t necessarily take it above tree line or plan to use it in extreme storm conditions. I believe a few of the new updated ‘23 MSR family style tents (Habiscape or Habitude) will feature the Easton Syclone poles, and we’ve been really impressed with their strength and resilience in wind and snow loads across a number of mountaineering and backpacking tents. Our Access winter rental tents use these new Easton poles and they’re next level. Let us know if you have any other questions and happy camping!
Thanks for making this video!
You bet, Mike! Glad you enjoyed it. Happy camping!
great review! thanks :)
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed! Happy camping.
Any idea what type of winds this can withstand? Big Agnes makes good stuff but this is looking a little flimsy.
Hi Marty, they’re pretty beefy once fully staked out. In the video we don’t have it staked out so it does cant and lean under pressure. Once staked out on all guy points it will hold up under normal wind conditions. All of these tall (standing height) family camping tents compromise some wind strength for the comfort of standing up inside. If you regularly camp in high wind, then I’d suggest a shorter low profile backpacking tent or mountaineering style tent. The Big house 4 is a little shorter in height than the 6 so you’ll get a little more wind coverage. You can also angle the corners (ideally a back corner) into the wind for a little more deflection. I trust the BA line for normal windy ‘family camping’ and beach camping conditions. I wouldn’t necessarily take it above tree line or plan to use it in extreme storm conditions. I believe a few of the new updated ‘23 MSR family style tents (Habiscape or Habitude) will feature the Easton Syclone poles, and we’ve been really impressed with their strength and resilience in wind and snow loads across a number of mountaineering and backpacking tents. Our Access winter rental tents use these new Easton poles and they’re next level. Let us know if you have any other questions and happy camping!
Thank you.