This is the last major field test before transitioning to production. It was an excellent test. We experienced conditions not encountered before with heavy hail one afternoon high in the Rockies and wind conditions approaching hurricane force one night in the Oklahoma desert. We got experience using an electric cooler vs. ice and there were a few details we had changed to improve setup. We did not go looking for the winds we were subjected to one night in the Oklahoma panh

The design of the Cumberland's tent had to fit within an envelope of requirements . Provide as much living volume as possible for 4...

Our third field test had camping at 8 different campgrounds. These included Maumelle Park near Little Rock Arkansas, Camp Billy Joe for...

The first field test was 2 nights, but provided conditions that generated some improvement. The first night was in Montgomery Bell State...

One night, field testing in the Davis Mountains State Park in Texas, the temperature was perfect; the air dry, still, and silent. The moonless sky was dark and full of stars. My campground neighbors were inside their RVs and shut down their generators, some still using their satellite TVs. I was scanning the stars with binoculars before climbing into the tent. (I think of the camper as a tent.) The Cumberland's big windows were zipped In the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend NP

An early goal was to make setting up the Cumberland as easy as possible, and it still is. One person working alone will get the...

Cumberland started with a concept for a tent camper that would be easy to tow, have a large living volume relative to its weight and towing size and be a comfortable tent for enjoying the outdoors. We then designed it and built a few prototypes. The design was CAD based. CAD was particularly useful for generating tent surfaces and patterns. Though much thought and effort went into the design, it had to be proven in the field and tested in as many different conditions a