A lot of people are saying this is the best thing in zombie defense since the Zombie Survival Guide. And many of you know how I feel about that little piece of literature.
The benefits of this tent are in fact great, but security is so often false.
First off the obvious point of sleeping above the ground is great! I often suggest to people that sleeping in trees or upper levels of a house are in fact the rule when it comes to sleeping after the fall. But here also is the danger, see the man in the photo? How the tent is just above his head? If he reaches his arms up he can reach the tent? Yep, therein lies the problem. Unless you have can climb high enough into each of the trees to make it so the tallest undead cannot reach you this tent is useless.
Next is the problem so many survivors have to face. Putting yourself away from the zombies is awesome, but what after that? How much food do you have in that tent? Enough to wait for someone else to come kill all those zombies that are going to keep collecting under the tent? Once up there, there is no getting down so you better have the weapons and gear to be able to fight your way down.
Finally, it is always questionable how zombies hunt. By sight, sound, smell, instinct driving them toward living flesh? Not really that much a question, the undead seem to hunt with unnatural drive but in fact they use the very natural senses all humans have but are too busy thinking to pay attention to. This is why a zombie can see, hear and smell its prey miles away. It is fully using the senses living humans so often take for granted. So based on that it is possible for the undead to slip under the tent completely unnoticed. But it is also possible for snoring or body odor to make sure there is a nice rotting surprise waiting for the would be tree campers waiting when they wake up. Now this is always going to be an issue wherever you sleep that isn't a sheltered building, which is why having a route of escape in the morning is always important. So if you put the tent high enough, and have a way of escape if you get stuck up there, than sleeping in a tent is going to offer a much better rest than up in a tree. Just beware the dangerous that thinking you are safe add to the ever deadly wasteland after the fall.
Stay vigilant, may the infection never reach you, and those close to you have the resolve to do what is needed should you be so unfortunate, Mike D.
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