I have only one canvas tent, in orange. It breathes much better than the nylon/plastic materials. You must keep another material over the tent to keep the sun off (white/sand- light colors) and reflect the heat. Under trees is not always easy and bird crap or sap from the tree is not easy to get off the tent either. Much heavier to carry, more space to pack, lasts longer, harder to damage, heavier zippers and materials are better, just the absolute need to be dried for 3-4 days and absolutely dry before packing or it will rot within a month...needs to be treated to be more waterproofed and do not touch it inside if it is already wet from rain, it'll start to drip too. If you have no waterproofing, it helps a bit to soak the tent in any type of clothes softener from the wash machine type. Let dry and re-pack. Fixing tears or holes with a sewing machine and waterproof again is easy as in replacing the zippers and tent stake loops. Seldom used but a preferred tent to bug-out with. Gary