What is a bivouac tent?

I want a bivouac or easy put up tent to travel around the world in, what tent is the best for all climates and is also easy to put up and take down. thank you

I want to make a tent that goes over the opened lift gate (hatchback?) of my minivan. The ones I've seen are expensive, and I have an old tent, plus a couple of old tent flies and some mesh screen. The tent acts as an extension of the van and allows...

We have apocalypse level mosquitoes where I live and I am fed up with losing so much of our outdoor summer time. Screening in our deck is NOT an option, so we're looking for ways to create a detached screen room for not a ton of money. (ie. looking to...

We are going our first tent camping next weekend and were given this big old Quictent family camping tent. The tent is nice and big, the kids camped out last night to try out but they had to wake up with rain in the tent this morning. The tent is leaking...

Starting in a month, my girlfriend and I will be living for the summer in a 10x16, two room Kelty tent we bought on craigslist. We will be living/working on a farm outside of Olympia, WA. We'd love any advice/experience you might have on long-term tent...

I got a free new REI tent, but it doesn't come with poles. The tent just says "Quarter Dome, year of 2007". We went into REI but the tent is too old for them to support. I emailed Tent Pole Technologies for their opinion and was told that only...

Has anyone used the Coleman "Instant Up Tent " ? It is a new product in their lineup. Six months ago a small vendor was displaying a fairly durable and expensive line of tents at Costco that look similar in design to the new Coleman Instant...

Inspired by McDonald's, the sheriff of Arizona's Maricopa County on Monday had a sign made that touts the fact that more than 430,000 inmates have been "served" by his controversial "Tent City" jail. "Why would anyone call for...