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

Dig the tent. Just took it out to Zaleski this past weekend and the mesh walls were a welcome relief during our heat advisory. Stayed nice and cool with the breeze in the evening. The tent is perfect for one person and a significant other or someone you're comfortable being in close quarters with. Slept just fine with my tent buddy. Haven't tested it's weatherproofness yet but the design seems nice and tight. The fly covers the entire tent (obvious in the photos above) and the little clips at the bottom allow you to pull the fly down snug against the tent walls. As I said, didn't use the fly so didn't get to use the vestibule but I did set it up for posterity's sake and it seemed plenty roomy. Enough for my muddy German Shepherd to curl up in. There's also a little clear plastic port hole which, while somewhat gimmicky, was kind of a cool feature. Gear slings along each wall, plenty of gear loops inside and the tent comes with guy lines. My only gripes (and they're minor) come from the fact that when I lay on my back, my toes touch the bottom end (I'm 6'1"). However, when I lay on my side it's fine. Really wasn't something that bothered me, just an observation. It also would have been nice if there were two doors, but there are plenty of two-door tents for around the same price. The fly also needs to be staked down at two points in order to be really snug which I found kind of counterintuitive to a quick set up if it began to pour in the middle of the night and I had to pull out the stakes and then reset them. Probably not that big a deal...But really, all in all, this is a great tent for a great price. Grab a compression sack and really save some space. Poles and stakes are nice and light and the color isn't so stark that you stand out in the woods. I'd recommend this tent to anyone.

First time set-up in the backyard was pretty straight forward. This is not a free-standing tent and requires 8-10 stakes. The tent is open and airy without the fly; well closed-in with the fly in place. The fly took some time to figure out on the first go-round, but I got the hang of it quickly. There is a nifty little plastic window on the fly to peek out to check on weather and critters in camp. At 6'2", I had to get on my hands and knees to enter thru the vestibule, not terrible, but not something I would like to do over and over... Looking forward to getting out in the wilderness with this tent.

This is my first non-freestanding tent, but went this direction due to weight and overall value (most tents this weight are much more $$$).
I highly recommend the factory footprint. There is enough room in the tent stuff bag to squeeze in the footprint.

This is one of three transactions with backcountry.com, each has been smooth and trouble-free with the product getting here via free shipping well before the estimated time frame, only taking 3 or 4 days to So California.

Pros:
Excellent Value
Lt. Weight
Ease of set-up
Option for Ultralight Fair Weather shelter using the factory footprint and fly.

Cons:
Not freestanding
Thin floor material (hence the lt. weight)

Yes, I would recommend this tent.

Just went packin at 10,000ft with some hard wind without a problem. My hiking buddy is 6'4" and managed to fit in there with me, and we parked the dog in the vestibule without issue. For such a featherweight tent, it sure sacks up against the weather!

My husband and I went backpacking last weekend, and I was great, comfy, only complaint is the side pockets seem to be stretched out by anything you put in them. My husband couldn't handle the size, he is 6' man and was not comfortable with so little room. The tent we received had some snags in the mess. All in all, I honestly would like a little bit more room. I will say it rained on whole day and night and the tent performed beautifully.