Kelty Kelty Grand Mesa 2 Tent 2-Person 3-Season

It's a great tent. It has a tiny footprint so, fitting it into a tight flat spot is easy. It's ridiculously easy to set up. Get a compression sack for it and it shrinks down to a sleeping bag stuff sack size. My only complaint is that I use it high in the Colorado Rockies where it gets quite cold at night, and with the rainfly on, which helps keep the tent warm, my breath condenses on the inside of the tent and everything is a little wet in the morning. The one vent on the back of the tent just isn't quite enough to allow moisture to escape.

This tent is very reasonably priced and easy to set up. Definitely enough room for two people to sleep comfortably. I also bought the footprint which has helped to keep the bottom dry, but with the crazy Wyoming weather the tent doesn't do well with continuous moisture even though it's supposed to be a three season tent. Also I've only had mine for a week and the seems have started to tear.

For the price a great buy. I purchased the REI Quarter dome for more than double the price of the Grand Mesa and returned it. Quarter dome is a few ounces lighter but Mesa held up. On the first day on the A.T. my partner having decided that he would bring only a queen size sheet for his bedding. Temp. dropped to 50 deg. and he used the rain fly as a bivy until it started raining at which point we reattached the fly to the tent and waited out a four hour rain - no leaks, no moisture, dried quickly, etc... Great buy for a hundy! Rated a 4 because there are lighter tents out there.

The first trip was in May on Rock Island in Lake Michigan. We saw it all weatherwise. First night it thunderstormed and blew 30+ gusts out of south. Rained hard. Wind changed at night to NW. Tent was solid as a rock. Didn't make flapping noises and allowed very little breeze through tent. Next night was 39F and 30+ wind out of North. I was snug and warm. This tent met and exceeded all my expectations. Very light and easy to fit in the Kayak hatch.