Gear Review
MSR Twin Sisters Tent 2-Person 4-Season
Not a luxury winter retreat
By Chelsea Morgan
Ranked #1402 - Tents
May 9, 2009
I'm returning this product after an unpleasant night spent in it on a spring ski tour. At first the light weight and spacious interior aspects of the tent were appealing, but then the wind arrived. Despite digging a pit, building up 4 foot fortress walls, burying the stakes, and piling the skirts with snow the night in the twin sister was anxiety packed in blustery winds. Just as dinner was ready to eat a corner stake blew sending us scrambling to save it. After further reinforcement snow along the skirts, the interior shrank dramatically. Throughout the night we were subject to an indoor snow storm as the winds shook frozen condensation from the sides. In attempting to remove the twin sister from the snow the next morning the snow skirts ripped in several places. Overall this tent would work in emergency situations with a lot of extra work but don't expect a luxury retreat on a multi day tour with it.
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Change me.
2 Comments Last Reply: October 22, 2009 By: David Stancil
Unfortunately, you do get what you pay for...a 4 season tent for under $200 is not going to be a 4 star retreat. In fact, I would go so far as to say that you were naive enough to believe that this was anything more than a temporary solution to a chilly problem. It goes to show that P.T. Barnum was right..."A fool and his money are soon parted!"
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I would have to disagree, This thing only costs 200 because there is very little material involved as opposed to 8lb pole laiden 4 season tents with double entries, multiple zips, a FLOOR, and the need for extra guyline and stakes to guy it out in high wind situations.. To get the same stability as the pointed peak design that tents like the BD betalight, Twin Sisters, and Megalights have dome tents have to have tons of cross poles to support the weight of snow and to not really shed wind but to just be able based on shear flexibilty to stand up to it. This tent will shed it which means that if pitched right you should not have much bowing of the sides. I have had this thing in 50+ winds and it has not failed me yet.
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