I have always wanted to get one as I am a traditionalist at heart (Duluth Packs, chuck box, wool clothing).  Frost River makes a canvas one (very nice) , but is way too heavy and expensive.  Cook Custom Sewing makes one in nylon (   (You need to Login or Register).  Since the tent technology is very old (single wall, etc) is it a pipe dream to use one?  I only do summer camping for a week at a time.  Thanks.

I kinda like the idea but it seems to me bugs would get to be an issue. I also can't see staying dry on a dirt floor in a good rain. Back when these were in common use they would dig a trench around the tent to funnel water away. Obviously that isn't kosher anymore so I think, unless you get an absolutely perfect spot or you have some sort of an in with God to be certain it won't rain on you trip, you're going to get wet.
But then again, I'm saying this as someone who's never used one of these tents. Closest I've come is an old wall tent we stayed in at Boy Scout camp as a kid. Lots of water flowed under those tents but we slept on cots so as long as we kept our gear off the ground we were ok.

For 1 week a year it sounds a bit excessive.  I'd get one for winter camping if I could afford to.

Traditional?  Traditional is no tent.  Crawl under the canoe with a tarp over you & ground sheet under.

I stopped packing a tent near 10 years ago.  I use a tarp & bivvy sack when appropriate.  Less weight.  More versatile.

I saw someone using one of these on my last trip.  I was quite impressed.  With the ground cloth, I think it would be pretty cool.

I have started to run a CCS lean plus. A week trip in it so far. We stayed dry in heavy rains, the sod cloth and tarp did the trick. When I say heavy it was, the rain not the shelter. A nice switch up to the backpacking tents that I am use to, even if sil nylon is there common strand. Set up is a little longer, good noggin knot exercise to boot. The Baker tent wings were missed, but i have not decided yet if the addition is worth the little mass they would add. The open air feel without the bugs was nice. Quiet too, as the mid summer humm was pretty much absence as was the substantial duration of nightly de-bugging patrol, that was a nice surprise. I think it will double as a great cooking tarp in the future for those bigger groups when boy starts bringing friends...anyways the boy likes it and that good enough for me!
So no it is not a pipe dream, what pinch me...nope I am not dreaming.

I'm in OK shape for tents and saving for a solo canoe but if I was in tent markit, I think I would go for the CCS Lean, with screen (I think they dropped the no screen model) and thier ground cloth - which is inside and on top of teh skirts around the edge and turned up walls of tent.  Too many folks I respect have said it's a great tent - lightweight and strom worthy.  I was warned by CCS folks at Copia it takes a while to learn speedy set up and that you must become profecient at the truckers hitch.

Another CCS Lean 1+ user here.
It has become my first choice shelter for all my camping activities.

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I don't use the Baker tent, but my " rig"  of choice is sorta the same thing. A dry-fly with a solo tent for a " ground cloth/bug screen" is pretty close, but the advantage too my mind, is that if conditions warrant, I can separate the sleeping arrangements from the " tarp" one.

I can see why the CCS Lean is a popular choice among us ground dwellers, if that's not a concern of yours.

Anyone who has used ropes and had them loosen or found it hard to get extra slack out of, would be well served learning/using the Truckers Hitch. All my tarp/food pack knots are made with it. The mechanical advantage you gain, slight as it maybe, really makes a difference over a knot without one IMHO.