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Black Diamond Guiding Light Tent 4-Person 3-Season

Black Diamond Guiding Light Tent 4-Person 3-Season

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Black Diamond Guiding Light Tent 4-Person 3-Season

The Guiding Light is the biggest tent in Black Diamond's Superlight line and an excellent choice for lightweight 3-season camping with a group of four. Its very breathable and highly water resistant EPIC canopy combines with a SilNylon floor to bring you this roomy tent for a weight of only 5lb 6oz. The Guiding Light tent packs down to 7 x 12in, and sets up in less than a minutes thanks to its single-wall design. Instead of sliding the poles through sleeves or clipping them into mini carabiners, they just set up inside this Black Diamond tent. In extremely bad weather, crawl in and set it up from the inside.

Bottom Line: The Black Diamond Guiding Light Tent holds four campers at a weight of only five and a half pounds.

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Rating for this product: 5

A GREAT 4PERSON TENT

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April 29, 2009

This tent would be great for family backpack trips cause it's light weight yet durable and easy to set up. I like the single wall construction unless you want to star gaze. I thought it held 4 adults quite nicely and I was able to stretch out at 6'1". This is a great tent and I would not hesitate to recomend this tent for variable conditions.

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Rating for this product: 5

Single wall really works

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May 30, 2009

Pitched this tent in the rain in Yosemite. Very light weight and despite the single wall kept the rain out. The bottom kept the water out. Seam-sealed it tho and it took a while to do it (lots of seams). Really light weight.

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Can someone point me to the vestibule that goes with this tent?

Can someone point me to the vestibule that goes with this tent? Thanks

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June 30, 2009

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Backcountry doesn't carry it, but REI and CampSaver do!

http://www.rei.com/product/735322
http://www.campsaver.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=bld0093

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July 1, 2009

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Yosemite

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June 30, 2009

single wall tent - sudden downpour - no problem

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Rating for this product: 5

Solid as a rock!

By: Backcountry.com Employee
September 17, 2009

I used this tent while camping in Capital Reef. It was hot during the day. Having the doors open on each end kept the tent nice and cool when we wanted to hang out in the shade. At night, a cold front came in, along with rain and some strong winds. This tent was dry as a bone and hardly moved with the wind. I slept like a rock.

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Rating for this product: 5

Bibler Knows

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September 16, 2008

Great Tent-No complaints, and I complain about everything

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Is this big enough to sleep 2 adults and 3 kids aged 8 - 12?

Is this big enough to sleep 2 adults and 3 kids aged 8 - 12?

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June 6, 2008

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It will be tight. Ours holds two adults, two kids (4 & 6) and a 60 lb golden retriever. Any bags touching the sidewalls will be damp in the morning from condensation. Also, sealing the seams is an absolute pain in the butt!!

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September 16, 2008

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Rating for this product: 5

A fine shelter for four

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December 8, 2006

Ultra light and simple, yet total durable and tough as nails. The single wall construction worried me until 4 of us stayed bone dry thru a night of heavy casacde rain. It is the biggest and lightest tent I have ever owned. What a dream! Why didn't someone build this tent sooner?

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August 25, 2009

They did - It was called the Bibler Bombshelter. When Black Diamond bought Bibler a few years ago they have been slowly updating the materials on the tents and re-releasing them under different names.

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Rating for this product: 3

Guiding Light Tent

By: Backcountry.com Employee
May 13, 2009

This tent is made with a durable lightweight material, but is not the easiest tent to set up. With 5 poles that are all set up from the inside of the tent, there was definitely some confusion setting it up the first couple times around. I think this tent could also benefit from some larger storage pockets on the inside - the storage pockets it comes with are no more than 2-3 inches deep. Other than that, it's a good size, lightweight tent.

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Tech Specs:

Material:
EPIC with SilNylon floor 
Freestanding:
Yes 
Poles:
Pole Material:
DAC aluminum poles 
Doors:
Clip/ Sleeve:
Internal 
Floor Space:
86 x 79in, 47sq ft 
Interior Height:
42in 
Vestibule Space:
Vestibule available separately 
Seam Sealed:
No 
Bathtub Floor:
No 
Ventilation:
Mesh on doors 
Packed Size:
7 x 12in 
Weight:
5lb 6oz 
Recommended Use:
Ultralight camping with four people 
Warranty:
1 Year 
Country of Origin:
China 

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