Very Disappointed

By OPUS Ranked #421 - 4-Season Tents June 16, 2009

This is my fourth single wall tent, The previous three were in order, the Kelty Aero, a Sierra Design solo tent, Black Diamond lighthouse and now the Nano. The overall design of the Nano with its attached vestibule appeared to be an improvement over the black diamond and in some ways it is. It is larger and the ability to switch between a three season to a four season tent shaves a little weight. There are however two major flaws. One, the grommets that the poles set into are covered with flaps making it a little harder to get the poles in place compared to the black diamond but you do get used to it. The major problem compared to the previous single wall tents is the condensation. With out a doubt the Nano is the worst. Granted I am a warm sleeper but this tent is the worst. First time out was a clear 55 degree night, sleeping bag was a kelty down 45 degree bag. Condensation on the sil nylon was excessive and the inside wall of the tent fabric was covered with condensation. Again this was a dry night.
Second time out was a three night trip same temperature range. First night was clear, condensation was the same as the previous trip, Second night it started to rain and continued to for the next two days, Condensation was so bad I had to place towels around the interior perimeter of the tent to absorb the water running down the walls and that was the first night of rain., by the third night water was dripping from the poles and dripping from the sil nylon through the no seeum mesh into the tent. Nemo claims that this tent was designed to maximize air circulation there for reducing condensation, Theory is great but they might want to switch to different fabric. Of the four tents I have mentioned the black diamond has held up the best with consistent but minimal condensation and I have had the black diamond out in all conditions from zero degrees in the winter to multi day down pours in the summer and never had this level of condensation. As for the Nano well it will be donated to the boy scouts maybe they will have better luck with it.

View Details: NEMO Equipment Inc. Nano Tent 2-Person 4-Season

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