Why do you use a Cotton Tent?

I see in your posts, that a lot of you use cotton tents.

I grew up in them and I know about the comfort of this tents, off course, and I own the german boy scout tent "Kohte", that is a lavvu for 6 persons in four portable parts, where I can light a well sized fire inside, and that is the main reason for me to use a cotton tent now a days.

(If you are interested, you can see it at YouTube in the video "Kohtenaufbau auf Zeit" it costs round about 500€ by the way. Perhaps somebody is able to integrate this 5 minutes video here, unfortunately I can't do this.)

But I see, that you use cotton tents which you can't heat with an open fire.

Do You use them, because you own them since decades, and they simply don't brake?

Do you prefere them because British people usually are very traditional, and especially you?

Or do you use them, because you don't get any problems with condensation inside?

Or what are the reasons, why you use this traditional types of tents?

ALL of the reasons you mentioned are why i prefer a canvas tent

draw backs are the weight and the drying /maintenance

When I use a tent I tend to go for canvas but depending on where I'm going and who I'm going with I often take a bivy or make a little shelter.

Because I'm a luddite! , lol!

More seriously, have used both in the past, and would only go back in a polyester tent for ultimate compactness or lightness, now. Neither of which is a priority to me. The little lavvu goes compact enough when solo.

And because they smell nice ! (especially 50 year old cotton tents)