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MSR Missing Link Tent 2-Person 3-Season

MSR Missing Link Tent 2-Person 3-Season

Rating for this product: 2 June 5, 2008

This seemed like a good idea with some pretty impressive features: very light but extremely roomy, side entry, using trekking poles for support and a front awning large enough to cook under in a rain! Unfortunately wind is a big factor. If you know were it is coming from it is tolerable, but the wind has a tendency to shift around. I made the mistake of orienting it such that the vertical front side ended up facing into a gale. It filled up like a spinnaker sail on an America's Cup yacht, pulling out most of the stakes and flinging my trekking poles yards away. I can't tell you how much fun it is to be sitting inside a flapping orange bag at 2 a.m. in a thunderstorm! I donated it to charity immediatley on my return.

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THE BEST (UNLESS BIG RAIN IS EXPECTED)

Black Diamond Lighthouse Tent 2-Person 3-Season

Black Diamond Lighthouse Tent 2-Person 3-Season

Rating for this product: 4 June 5, 2008

Pretty roomy for an extremely light tent. I also don't understand why the seams couldn't have been sealed at the factory (a nuisance), but after completing this chore I didn't have a problem in the Colorado high country. Condensation is a bit of a issue (as with any single layer tent), but tolerable. Setup is more difficult than with most of my tents because the poles are on the inside. (The pretty young gal in the store who told me that this was an asset because you could be sheltered inside the tent while setting it up had obviously never tried it. You can't do it from the inside.) Setup in a wind is also challenging. All things considered, this is my favorite tent (because of the light weight) when significant rain is not in the forecast. (The odd shower is not a problem.) When it does rain, because the tent is so taut, it sounds like you are inside a drum, but the tautness is an asset if it is windy.

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