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Black Diamond HiLight Tent: 2-Person 3-Season

Item #BLD1187 | 5 in Stock
3 Star Rating

yeah pretty much ultralight

By Ranked #1353 - 3-Season Tents August 31, 2009

The tent itself is very very light, true. The thing that let me down is that most of the days i used it it gave me a good dose of water in the early morning :( I used it so sleep in the desert in northern México and it was great... but in the cloud-forest it was BAD. There is condensation and while I really thought it was just me.. i tried sleeping in different parts of the forest so I would get a more accurate reading of what really is the rating on this tent. I slept in the cloud forest in:

-A cave ( no bueno)
-Near a stream ( not that bad )
-Near a small artificial lake ( there was little ventilation but the condensation was still manageable)
- inside the cloud forest but in an open field (condensation was a layer of droplets some of them fell on my body and woke me up. )
-inside thick forest lowlands (good amount of condensation)
-" " " " highlands (condesation was kept to a minimum- a small layer of little droplets is my definition of minimum)

So if anything this is a super light tent... i had a thermarest which packed to TWICE the size of the actual tent so that made me happy. The assembly is super easy I don't know what's up with the other reviewers. I pretty much take what one guy said on those P90X infomercials that piss me off so much... anyways this tukrish guy says: "if you define easy as sitting in chair, then is not easy" hahahahhaha. So all of u haters of the bd hilight- don't be sitting in chairs. aight??

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Tech Specs:

Material:
[canopy] NanoShield (silicone-treated polyester), 100% ; [window] mesh; [floor] polyester, PU coating (2000mm) 
Freestanding:
yes 
Doors:
Number of Vestibules:
(optional vestibule sold separately) 
Poles:
2 1/2 
Pole Material:
DAC Featherlite 
Pole Attachment:
internal 
Floor Space:
27 sq ft 
Floor Dimensions:
82 x 50 in 
Interior Height:
40 in 
Vestibule Space:
(sold separately) 13 sq ft 
Packed Size:
6 x 9 in 
Ventilation:
mesh window 
Fast-pitch Option:
no 
Trail Weight:
2 lb 10 oz 
Recommended Use:
lightweight backpacking, trekking 
Manufacturer Warranty:
1 year 

Change me.