Great Tent

By Ricky Harper Ranked #677 - 3-Season Tents March 1, 2011

I love this tent from the moment I took it out of the shipping box. The only packaging was a stuff sac and a tag! No extra garbage. Putting the tent together was really easy. The poles are a nice color coded anodized aluminum. The tent material is really light weight, including the floor. I did not buy the foot print, but will be shortly. I would say it is a must have for protecting the floor unless you are camping on the beach.

The screen windows are well thought out and huge. I like how you can leave the triangular "moonroof" open, but still close all the other windows. One thing that did not make sense was the main front window, the flap only unzips on 2 sides, but it still works. I did not use the rain fly as the weather right now is clear and 70 at night, but I did attach it briefly just to make sure I knew how it works. The large pulls on the zippers are bright orange and easy to find/grab.

While this is a 3 person tent I bought it to primarily use as a 2 person tent with my son and a tent when kayaking the Everglades. The tent can be compressed pretty small, but as it is shipped, it is huge. That being said, it is nice to see a company provide a stuff sac that is large enough to fit a tent and all supplies in without having to spend forever trying to tight roll it.

The internal netting storage is pretty neat. There is a small and large mesh pocket on each side of the tent. Their are also three loops at the top for attaching the optional mesh storage net. I plan on buying that and the foot print before my next outing.

I did not pay the $300 MSRP and got for about half on steepandcheap. I doubt I would pay full price if that was the only option, but not because it isn't worth every penny... I just like my money.

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