NEMO Equipment Inc. Gogo LE Solo Tent 1-Person 3-Season - 2009 BCS

Bought this off SandC for a decent price. It's a great bivy very well made and roomy. However, if you go searching the web to find reviews and videos before you buy be careful what you believe. Nemo has altered the design of this tent over and over looking for weight savings and such, so depending on the year of the model you receive, the features will not be true to what you read on Nemo's website or others. First of all and most dissapointing to me is the fact that Nemo eliminated the bottom grommet on this tent (on the foot end of the tent You can insert a stick to create a "swallowtail" effect, increasing airflow and keeping the tent taught and off your sleeping bag. Upon receiving the tent and assembling it I couldn't understand why there was no bottom grommet for which to place the other end of the stick. I figured it must have been a defect in manufacturing because there was simply nothing to hold the other end of the stick. I called Nemo and after a few days they called me back and told me that Nemo eliminated the bottom grommet feature to "save weight" I'm all for saving weight but come one people. I'd certainly lug around one extra grommet attached to the tent to be able to increase airflow in my tent significantly. I was told by the Nemo lady that you have to stick the other end of the stick into the ground, or if sleeping on a hard or rocky spot you simply could not use the swallowtail feature. I found this to be a very stupid decision on Nemo's behalf. Next I noticed that the pictures on Nemo's website were contradicting each other. On on photo of the tent it clearly shows the side door feature (which is an excellent idea on Nemo's behalf) but in the next photo of the tent, the side door simply doesn't exist! The lady told me that Nemo had put this photo up which is of the old Gogo Model to show the difference in models.....gee thanks for spelling that out on your website Nemo. The next problem I have with this tent is no big deal, but rather irritating to learn of after watching videos of the tent and reading reviews. The stuff sack included with the Gogo cannot be integrated into the tent like videos on the internet show. In the end the only problem I really have with the design of the tent is the lack of a grommet to insert the swallowtail stick into. What makes me very upset is Nemo's lack of responsibility and detail on their website. One should be able to look at a tent on a makers website and know that the features shown will be included with the tent. Also it wouldn't hurt to take close up detailed images of the features on the tent and explain to all visitors in the description of the tent that "if buying a previous model one can expect a difference in this feature, that feature...blah blah blah" The tent is great (except for the fact that some "uberlite" lunatic decided to butcher what was in my oppinion, one of the selling points of this tent. I love the product but I can't understand why getting accurate information on it has to be so akin to pulling teeth.

Bought this off SandC for a decent price. It's a great bivy very well made and roomy. However, if you go searching the web to find reviews and videos before you buy be careful what you believe. Nemo has altered the design of this tent over and over looking for weight savings and such, so depending on the year of the model you receive, the features will not be true to what you read on Nemo's website or others. First of all and most dissapointing to me is the fact that Nemo eliminated the bottom grommet on this tent (on the foot end of the tent You can insert a stick to create a "swallowtail" effect, increasing airflow and keeping the tent taught and off your sleeping bag. Upon receiving the tent and assembling it I couldn't understand why there was no bottom grommet for which to place the other end of the stick. I figured it must have been a defect in manufacturing because there was simply nothing to hold the other end of the stick. I called Nemo and after a few days they called me back and told me that Nemo eliminated the bottom grommet feature to "save weight" I'm all for saving weight but come one people. I'd certainly lug around one extra grommet attached to the tent to be able to increase airflow in my tent significantly. I was told by the Nemo lady that you have to stick the other end of the stick into the ground, or if sleeping on a hard or rocky spot you simply could not use the swallowtail feature. I found this to be a very stupid decision on Nemo's behalf. Next I noticed that the pictures on Nemo's website were contradicting each other. On on photo of the tent it clearly shows the side door feature (which is an excellent idea on Nemo's behalf) but in the next photo of the tent, the side door simply doesn't exist! The lady told me that Nemo had put this photo up which is of the old Gogo Model to show the difference in models.....gee thanks for spelling that out on your website Nemo. The next problem I have with this tent is no big deal, but rather irritating to learn of after watching videos of the tent and reading reviews. The stuff sack included with the Gogo cannot be integrated into the tent like videos on the internet show. In the end the only problem I really have with the design of the tent is the lack of a grommet to insert the swallowtail stick into. What makes me very upset is Nemo's lack of responsibility and detail on their website. One should be able to look at a tent on a makers website and know that the features shown will be included with the tent. Also it wouldn't hurt to take close up detailed images of the features on the tent and explain to all visitors in the description of the tent that "if buying a previous model one can expect a difference in this feature, that feature...blah blah blah" The tent is great (except for the fact that some "uberlite" lunatic decided to butcher what was in my oppinion, one of the selling points of this tent. I love the product but I can't understand why getting accurate information on it has to be so akin to pulling teeth.