Originally Posted by
alan s
I use a two-person tent. The extra room is great for bags.
There are a couple of problems with using a larger tent than the number of people you have. The more volume in the tent, the colder the tent is going to be. Tents don’t offer much insulation but they do trap a little heat from our breath. But if you have more volume (and only one breath), you have to heat up that volume. There is also more surface area to dissipate the heat.
The other problem is bringing bags into the tent. My bags contain food and I
never take food into my tent. I don’t want any late night visitors looking for something to eat. My bags stay outside either on the bike or hanging from a tree. If available, my bags go into a bear box which are available at a few campgrounds here in Colorado.