Art Noll

Spent two months on the mississippi with this tent. I highly recommend this tent. It is light and easy to set up. It survived massive winds and kept me dry in some serious storms. Also, the company stands behind their stuff and they are friendly, attentive folks. Excellent size tent for one 6' guy with gear. more useable space than in similar lightweight tents. I did learn to use a titanium spork to prop open the top of the fly opening in a manner to allow air movement without letting rain in. Lightweight materials don't take well to much abuse - there are always tradeoffs if you want the lightest... Maybe check out the non- SL version of this tent if you need something to take a beating. I love this tent-I am taking this tent on my next trip hiking sections of the PCT.

Good Day, I Set this tent up indoors just to check it out. Warning, I’m no pro, and this is a quick, living-room-test, first impression: Tent is packaged in a slick translucent green bag, with a quick visual-cue instruction card and small, more thorough booklet, half Auf Deutch. Weight in the bag as delivered= 4lb.,15oz. Weight of everything minus the baggage= 4lb.,10 oz. Poles only= 1# 1oz. stakes only= 4 oz. Packs down to about 19”x6” The poles are about 19” long. The pole design looks excellent, with larger diameter tubing and removable machined aluminum connecting pieces. At 19” though, still hard to cram into a pack or pannier. When I first pulled the tent out of the bag, my first thought was, “I thought this was a green tent…?” Not that it should be judged by aesthetic concerns, but someone could have consulted a color wheel before producing such a mish-mosh of pukey hues. The tent is mostly screen, with dull blue and grey accents. The waxy translucent rip-stop fly is green with off-white panels which let a lot of light in. Setup is acceptably fast. This is not a two person tent, unless the campers are petite, or enjoy spending a good deal of time stacked horizontally-and who doesn’t? At six feet tall with a broad build, my head and feet both brushed against the inward sloped walls of the tent. This is not unusual in comparable tents I have tried. I don’t like it, but in this tent the fly should insure wicking is not a problem. Without staking, the perimeter of the floor is up in the air, especially along the longer dimension. This cuts into the already stingy width of the tent, but probably helps with keeping water off the seams. Lots of screen gives excellent visibility. With the fly on, Ventilation by convection appears to be highly dependant on being able to crack a door open –but it was pitched in my living room, so I don’t know. The fly was a bit cranky- at first it seemed excessively stretched, especially over the ends of the 3rd wing-out(?) roof pole. But the resulting generous vestibules on both sides of the tent are just tops and look like they would somewhat protect a good amount of gear. The vestibules do add a significantly to the footprint of the tent. Instructions recommend use of seam-seal, but I could not locate a seal that did not already have broad seam tape on it (?) The instructions also recommend use of a ground cloth or footprint to protect the tent. Why not include it then? $$? The booklet instructions refer to a method for stringing up an additional “internal guy” inside the tent for added strength. There appears to be loops in the tent to do so, but their diagrams and language escape my attention span. Also included with the tent is an unexplained black nylon strap with two metal grommets. Sorry guys, I’m not into that… So overall, a high quality tent. Requires staking. Light weight. Probably best billed as a large solo tent. Hope that helps. Be Well, Art

Good Day, I Set this tent up indoors just to check it out. Warning, I’m no pro, and this is a quick, living-room-test, first impression: Tent is packaged in a blue bag, with a mostly text instruction booklet. Weight in the bag as delivered= 4lb.,10oz. Weight of everything minus the baggage= 4lb.,6 oz. Poles only= 1 lb. stakes only= 3.5oz. Packs down to about 20”x5.5” The poles are about 19.5” long. Nice light DAC poles -at 19.5”though, still hard to cram into a pack or pannier. First impression is that the material looks substantial, in dark blue with light blue fly, reminiscent of my old Clip Flashlight. Inexplicably, the nylon loops on the fly came folded up and sealed in a small plastic bag, with a shiny gold twist-tie neatly wrapped (not twisted) around the hem to secure them. Bling Bags? Setup is super-fast. I only looked at the instructions just to make sure I was not missing something. This is questionable as a two person tent. Maybe if the two of you are married. Not if you’re having a spat. Okay, bad analogy… At six feet tall with a broad build, my head and feet both brushed against the inward sloped walls of the tent. This is not unusual in comparable tents I have tried. I don’t like it, and I worry that in the single-wall section of the tent, wicking could occur. The seamless bathtub floor is confidence-inspiring. The tent stands nicely without stakes, but near the doors the fly does need to be staked to insure ventilation. Visibility is good, with about half the tent in mesh. Less than half of the view, sky and environs, is blocked. The fly went on easy and fast. An innovative design with the half fly. Would be questionable in a wind driven sideways rain – you would have to be watchful when pitching the tent, which direction you point into the wind. The directions allude to the same precaution for achieving the required ventilation. The vestibules are a joke- the bottom of the fly is high off the ground and the area is small. If you put your boots there they would get filled in all but the lamest vertical drizzle. Luckily the tent is wider than most, so you could bring your gear inside… Instructions recommend use of seam-seal, but I could not locate a seal that did not already have broad seam tape on it(?) The instructions also recommend use of a ground cloth or footprint to protect the tent. Why not include it then? $$? So, I can’t believe the quality for the price-point. For just slightly more weight than the Clip Flashlight you have a freestander. You’re on your own testing it in a windstorm. Hope that helps. Be Well, Art