Big Agnes Seedhouse SL2 Super Light Tent: 2-Person 3-Season

easy set up/tear down. lightweight, love the tent; highly recommended.

Easy on the back--Easy setup and take down. Enough room for my pack and 75# Golden. This is the perfect light weight tent. Spend a little extra and get the 2 person--the extra room is well worth it at a very small weight differential

I have used it for a total of about 20 or 30 nights. Easy to set up and most importantly easy on the back. If you can count on good weather it is very light without the fly and still keeps the flying critters away.

The seedhouse is an awesome light tent. It is incredibly easy to set up, even by yourself and the all mesh interior is great for warmer summer nights. I have never had a problem with it in the rain either, I woke up just as dry as I had been before the rain.

Spent two months on the mississippi with this tent. I highly recommend this tent. It is light and easy to set up. It survived massive winds and kept me dry in some serious storms. Also, the company stands behind their stuff and they are friendly, attentive folks. Excellent size tent for one 6' guy with gear. more useable space than in similar lightweight tents. I did learn to use a titanium spork to prop open the top of the fly opening in a manner to allow air movement without letting rain in. Lightweight materials don't take well to much abuse - there are always tradeoffs if you want the lightest... Maybe check out the non- SL version of this tent if you need something to take a beating. I love this tent-I am taking this tent on my next trip hiking sections of the PCT.

I purchased this tent for solo backpacking. This tent was purchased for 3 reasons: it's large enough to fit myself (6' 2", 235 lbs) and my pack, it's well made so I won't get wet, and it's lightweight (tent and ground cloth total weight is less than 4 lbs). I've spent a total of 2 weeks in the tent and haven't got soaked in a downpour yet. Set-up is easy and I've got plenty of room to sit upright inside the tent.

I've taken this tent on a few trips since I purchased it on your website earlier this year and I'm quite impressed with it. I bought it because I don't need the fly on most nights and it's far nicer looking at the stars than a tent ceiling. I use it primarily as a luxury lightweight solo tent. It weighs 9 ounces more than the Seedhouse SL1, but the extra square footage is nice to have. While the inner mesh tent is free-standing, the fly does require stakes and guylines (included) to function properly. If I don't plan on using the fly but think that there is a remote possibility of precipitation, I'll go ahead and stake out the fly and then remove it. That way, I can throw on my headlamp at 3:00 A.M. and have the fly installed and cinched down in a little over a minute if necessary. The fly fits very well and helps the tent withstand significant winds with ease. The vestibule isn't huge, but it will fit a few pairs of boots or a small pack. The only thing I'm not crazy about is the entry. It can be a little awkward getting in and out with the fly on, particularly if it's raining. That's a small flaw in such an otherwise excellent tent though.

I set this thing up like a mad man, and it didn't take like 10 seconds, I love it. The bugs were on me in a flash right when I got off the bike, and couldn't think of anything but getting the tent pitched, and this thing was up in a flash. My skin thanks you Big Agnes. I recommend this to anyone that wants a light-weight, easy to setup tent while treking the back woods. 5 stars!

Super easy and quick to setup. I really like the mesh for viewing stars at night. Super light and the materials seem durable. If I could add one thing it would be some storage pockets for small gear items. But its a great tent.

The Seedhouse Tent was ranked high by Backpacker Magazine for its weight and ease of set up. Holds true at only four lbs, with footprint and stakes. Good value.

On a recent trip in New Zealand, the Seedhouse SL stood well in the wind and snow. The many guyouts held fast and the tent was sizable enough to accommodate a bit of gear. When the rains started, the tent worked as designed until the fly started to sag into the mesh wall allowing the fly to wet on me. So back to the guyouts pulling as taught as I could and the fly continued to sag. Three days of a deluge later, the fly was beyond guyout repair. Most of the water collected on the inside of the fly and ran down the mesh while the expensive ground cloth and the tent floor surrendered and joined the traitorous fly. My only savior was a hut on the next trail.

My 8th grade daughter loves her new tent and footprint. Super, super easy to assemble, and, of course, very light. With the footprint included, the tent only weights 4lbs. The tent is easily roomy enough for two. Since it is so light, she can carry the whole tent in her backpack, without having her tent mate share the load. She also finds the front entry much more efficient. She also likes the full mesh feature so she can see everything in every direction. It will also allow lots of air flow during those warm to very hot Texas days. Of course we compared many, many tents by price, weight and features. We are extremely pleased with our purchase and feel the Seedhouse SL2 was well worth the price. So of course we highly recommend this tent.

I just spent a week at 11,000 feet, south of Mt. Whitney at Cottonwood Lakes. I set up the tent with all its takes and bells and whistles for the first night, including fully extending the fly. I woke up to discover it had rained inside the tent--can we say condensation, boys and girls? This made little sense because along both lengths and the back width of the tent there is sufficient space for air to circulate. Further examination revealed that when the vestibule is CLOSED completely, there isn't enough circulation. For the rest of the week, I closed the vent 3/4 of the way. That kept dew and rain from coming through the no-see-um and allowed air to circulate through the tent and keep it dry. While it's certainly serviceable this way, Big Agnes needs to redesign the fly. If they shorten one side and lengthen the other and then stake the fly so the sides will be at 25 degree angle to the entrance (like the Kelty Vortex), then the air will flow through and condensation will be eliminated. One of the tent's best features that the fly fits perfectly. When staked out properly, no amount of tossing and turning puts the tent in contact with it. It's the size a solo tent should be. It's a little pricey, but worth it.

With the Seedhouse SL2, I got everything as advertised. Number one, the weight: inlcuding ground cover and minimum stakes (6) this tent is under 4 lbs. Number two, is size. This is a two-person tent. I found it spacious for one person, but only slightly cramped for two. Nice vestibule size. I mean it's not big enough for a backpack, but there's plenty of room for boots, and then some--space for keeping boots dryer when it rains sideways. Setup is better than the one-person version. The one-person relies on stakes to open up the foot of the tent, requiring an extra two stakes to setup. And, the one-person weight is *not* as advertised. I found only a 5-ounce difference between the one and two person models. Definitley not worth the loss of space and more difficult setup in my book. The tent performed very well under adverse conditions. The factory-seam-sealing kept everything dry inside during a three-hour down-pour, and the tent was solid during windy conditions (gusts to 30 and several guy-out points I hadn't used yet). Although the tent is well-ventilated (being an all mesh body), I did not find it too drafty (due to a well-engineered rain fly). After ten years and having lead over 50 backpack trips, and having owned seven other backpacking tents (including Sierra Designs, Marmot, REI and Eureka) I reccomend this as the best 3-season, 2-man backpacking tent I have seen yet.

Haven't used it yet but am very impressed with the quality of the tent. Can't wait to try it in the field.

Pro: Very light and easy to set up. Have not gotten a chance to take it out yet but it looks very well ventilated. Con: Could used some more pockets on the interior. The vestibule is a little small, but I guess that is why it's light.

Big Agnes has not only changed the way you sleep with their awesome Bag and Pad system. They actually have made a comfortable two person double wall tent that is as light as a single wall(the SL2 weighed out on my scale at just over 3 lbs )has twice the breathabilty, and won't break the pocketbook. I have taken on many a desert trip, and its great for bicycle touring. What do you expect from a company born and raised in Steamboat, Colorado !