When I found out that Snowtrekker Tents, a small canvas tent company based in western Wisconsin, was releasing a portable sauna tent last fall, I had to try it. Outside columnist Wes Siler raves ...

I had no idea the pool of canvas tent manufacturers would be so small. OL staff writer Laura Lancaster and I each tested a canvas tent to get an idea for the experience, as neither of us had actually ...

but is much thinner than the fabrics used for most other canvas tents. That helps the tent body pack up small, something aided by the steeply-sloped roof, short side walls, and floorless design.

The canvas fabric for each tent is still cut ... A floor is sewn into the bottom, and the tent is small enough that it packs down to fit conveniently into the trunk of a car.

References to canvas tents date as far back as the 1700s ... So far the market for his Clarry Pellet Stoves has been small. “Most guys don’t buy more than two,” he said.