Nicely designed, high-quality product

By Ari Drougas Ranked #50 - Family Camping Tents May 15, 2008

This is a great quality tent. Simple to erect, dreamy when it comes to floorspace and headroom, bursting with nice features (great ventilation, double huge vestibules, nice multiple mesh organization pockets to either side of either door, huge "stargazing" ceiling when the fly isn't on, and more).
It does have a big footprint...a full 10' by 10' without the fly guyed out, so you are going to be looking for a larger space in which to pitch it, but you already knew this because it's a 'family' tent, right? I seriously doubt I'll ever be packing this thing anywhere other than in the rear of the car, but if I was sure I had a good place to pitch it and if a few friends were willing to split the weight up by dividing all the various parts between packs, I would consider using it as a three-season 'base camp' sort of tent up in the actual wilderness, if the hike in to said base wasn't all that far. Don't plan on it though...with the footprint I am sure the whole bag weighs a good eighteen pounds. But...buy a pack animal, and you're set. :)
The "halo" pole are pretty ingenious, adding tons of headspace and making the tent a lot more rigid under the strain of moderate to heavy winds (which I've had in the three trips I've taken it on so far).
I would have to say this tent is worth every penny over bargain-brand family-sized tents - it is actually a bit smaller and lighter than many of them while sacrificing nothing and adding top-quality materials and craftsmanship. Treated right, this is obviously a piece of gear that will last for many, many years.

EDIT: To reply to Pauly below (Very late reply at that) yes, it's a two vestibule tent. Pictures don't show it, but the vestibules and doors on either side of the tent are identical.

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