Mountain Hardwear Hammerhead 2 Tent 2-Person 3-Season - 2009 BCS

The head of the Copper Spur UL2 is 10" wider than the foot. That gives each person 26" of room where you need it most. A Therm-a-Rest is 20" wide x 2 is 40" & you have an extra 12" left over. The tapered floor is 52" @ the head & 42" @ the foot. Each person has their own door & vestibule. Very comfortable for two.

maughanwe. Yes, the tent is a little heavy compared to other 2-person tents on the market. But, it is arguable whether or not those tents are as versatile as the Hammerhead 2/3. For Spring '11, the Hammerhead's utilize a removable fabric panel in the roof of the tent to create one of the only truly convertible tents on the market. Because of this fabric panel and the overall design of the tent you do gain a little weight but you also gain what I would call edge season versatility. Going to the desert on the spring time and it might snow? No problem. Going to the high country over Labor Day and the weather is forecast to be less than perfect? No problem. Without going with a much heavier and durable 4-season tent you get true three season versatility out of the slightly heavier Hammerhead design. Again, as I mentioned earlier, in the S'11 version of the Hammerhead, the convertible fabric panel is removable! I hope this info helps.

I agree with Jeff entirely. Even though it's a larger and heavier version of what you're looking for in a 2-person tent, just to give you a perspective on the differences, we use our Hammerhead 3 for short hikes where total load weight isn't as important a factor,some winter trips and for car camping. Great bombproof tent, but yes, a bit too far on the heavy side. MHW makes some fine gear, including some great lightweight tents, but I'm again with Jeff on the two suggestions he's offered from Big Agnes. In fact, our 3-person "backpacking" tent is the Big Agnes Copper Spur UL3. The weight differential between the two tents is noticeable. Another alternative I could suggest would be the MSR Carbon Reflex 2. A little pricier, but one of the lightest in its class @ under 3lbs w/o the footprint.

In my opinion this tent is heavy. There are many other 2-person tents that weigh two & three pounds less. In fact there are three person tents that weigh less. Check out the Copper Spur UL2 & Emerald Mountain SL2 made by Big Agnes. Here are the links to them:

http://www.bigagnes.com/Products/Detail/Tent/CopperSpurUL2

http://www.bigagnes.com/Products/Detail/Tent/EmeraldMountainSL2

Rob. I just pulled this info off the Mountain Hardwear site. It is under the "Specs" tab on the HH3 page. The material specs are current. So, the canopy is made with a combo of ripstop and mesh. The details are below:

Canopy = 68D Polyester Ripstop with a DWR and 20D Nylon Knit Mesh.

Fly = 75D 190T Polyester Taffeta with a 1500mm Polyester Urethane coating and DWR for waterproofness.

I hope this info helps!

Hey Chris, all of the mesh can be covered by flaps that zip up (inside) to create a fully enclosed tent. The fly will then do its job keeping the weather out. Because of the configuration of this tent and the multiple ways you can arange the flaps, it works great in summer - full mesh - all the way into winter -fully zipped up with fly. It's rated as a 3 season tent but is definitely burly enough to handle basic winter conditions...think of it as a 3.5 season tent. There are many venting options as well that will allow you to manage interior condensation in the colder temps.

Hope this helps

The fly covers all mesh on the tent.

Bkuti. If you are wondering whether or not you can zip the doors closed... you can. In other words, it has the mesh in the doors that can be zipped shut. Various things like the poles and zippers have been upgraded in the new version of the Hammerhead but the design remains the same. Why fix it if it ain't broke? Hope this info helps!