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Kelty Ridge 2 Tent 2-Person 3-Season - 2008
The time has come. You have a few free days, so you and a friend are going to bag that peak you've been talking about for the last few months. You need to move fast and go far, so you pack the Kelty Ridge 2 tent and hit the trail. At only 4lb, it lets you move quickly up the mountain. Color-coded clips allow for quick and easy set up, while DAC Featherlite poles stand up strong when the winds come a-blowin'. Stash your headlamp and toothbrush in the internal storage pockets for quick access, and listen to the sweet sound of noiseless zipper pulls as you close the fly. Taped seams on the body and fly inspire dry dreams, and plenty of mesh ventilation keeps things from getting too steamy inside.
Bottom Line: The time has come for some serious backpacking. Seriously. We're serious.
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Kelty Ridge 2
By: Michael Wellman
November 18, 2008
This tent is well worth buying. The weight is wonderful, the space is good for 2 people and gear under the vestibules. The flashlight loop is handy. One odd point was that only one door had a tie to hold it when you rolled the door open. It came with really nice stakes which was unexpected. I had bought a set of groundhogs to go with it but there was no need for them once I got the tent. Vents well. Packs up smaller than specs; I think it is about 19in long by 6 1/2in. Well worth the buy.
how does it do in the rain i've read its bad and a little
how does it do in the rain i've read its bad and a little bit of wind will mess up the entire thing, but maybe he just set it up wrong...
By: dtgkcmo
December 27, 2008
I have the same question for Michael...did he experience any percipitation with this tent? The other review I found said it was horribly leaky.
By: jay spurgeon
January 2, 2009
So, I pitched the tent in my backyard over the weekend and we slept through a thunderstorm. The only things that got wet were my baby boy's diaper and my gear outside of the tent. I need to trim my ghetto footprint because water ran off of the rain fly and onto the footprint as I tried to prevent. But, the rain fly did a good job of keeping us dry. I told some people I camped out and asked God for rain so I could test the tent. Their response was, "Was that the night of the big thunderstorm?" So, God answered faithfully and the tent did good. I hope this helps.
By: Michael Wellman
May 28, 2009
Setting Up
By: Michael Wellman
June 20, 2009
The pic is a little blurry but the tent has a nice vent system as one vestibule is larger than the other and the noseeum mesh works great. On my wife's first backpacking trip she needed to rest and we stopped and set this up along the trail in a very short time without the fly and she was able to rest her feet without buggers bothering her. Interesting convenience. I used it this night with my wife and our 3 month old between us. So, you could say 2.5 person tent. Paired up with the MSR groundhog, this tent is a lightweight beast. Anyways... great tent.
kelty ridge2
By: travis
July 5, 2009
i have put this tent throguh rain , sleet , snow, highwind, and 100 degree plus weather for weeks at a time. It is easy to set up without much fuss. On super rainy days and nights condinsation would build up kinda heavy on the inside of the fly but never reached the mesh and ran down the side. winds at twenty to thirty miles an hour just kinda dented in a wall just a little other then that it stayed taught.it has vents on the top they work pretty got on super hot days but if the breeze stop it tends to heat like an oven but i guess thats like any other tent.
Over all i love this tent it is super light and packable. i just wish it was a little bigger.
One of the best tents
By: sam ramirez
June 6, 2009
I live, camp and hike in Idaho. I'm not a serious hiker/camper like some of the people I go with but I go all year round with this tent. I've done about 40 trips in this tent and it is still in the same condition as when I bought it. I've used other cheaper tents and they've gone the way of the dodo. I spent a lot of money on this one and it has been well worth it. Although it isn't super light, it's durability makes up for it.
It's also not a 4 season tent, but I've been in 10 below zero at night in it and it performed just as well as other 4 season tents.
I love the TV antenna poles that fold up easy and are very light weight.
The fly is unbelievable as it provides large spaces outside the living space but out of the rain and snow so you can keep your boots and the ground around the tent dry. A few trips I went on had torrential rain - heavy enough that the sound was deafening in the tent - and not one leak.
I thought I was crazy for buying such an expensive tent but now after all this time, I wouldn't take any other tent with me on a hike/camp.
Change me.
Tech Specs:
- Material:
- [Fly] 30D 2000mm silicone ripstop nylon; [Floor] 1800mm PU nylon taffeta; [Wall] 33D ripstop nylon
- Freestanding:
- Yes
- Poles:
- 2
- Pole Material:
- DAC Featherlite NSL
- Doors:
- 2
- Clip / Sleeve:
- Clip
- Floor Space:
- 86 x 54in (218 x 137cm), 28sq ft (2.6sq m)
- Interior Height:
- 40in (102cm)
- Vestibule Space:
- 17.9sq ft (1.7sq m)
- Packed Size:
- 8 x 26in (20 x 66cm)
- Seam Sealed:
- Yes
- Ventilation:
- Mesh walls
- Weight:
- 4lb (1800g)
- Recommended Use:
- 3-Season backpacking
- Manufacturer Warranty:
- 1 Year
- Country of Origin:
- China
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