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Lightweight solo tent with efficient tunnel design and compact fold size
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Technical Details
- Two-hoop bivy-style tent for one sleeper (21.33 square foot area)- Ventilated with a large mesh roof; attached full coverage fly
- Zipper in roof cloth for easy entry/exit
- Includes two storage pockets and one flashlight loop
- Center height of 28 inches; weighs 2 pounds, 9 ounces
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By GC
Eureka Solataire poles break, even with careful use. I've been backpacking over 20 years and have used many ultralight tents. Replacement poles cannot be obtained. If the poles break, you are out of luck and will have to replace the entire tent. Eureka customer support will ignore you, the poles are a major flaw with this product, until Eureka upgrades the poles, do not buy this product.
By Stephen Arriola
I picked up this tent for a drive I was doing around the world. I didn't realize the tent required you to have plenty of soil to drive your stakes into. For 3 nights I could not use this tent because right below the soil was rock or the soil was too compact to drive the stakes into. I never once was able to use this tent. I threw it away and bought a normal tent and used that for the rest of the trip.
I'm sure this tent would be nice if it could be held up by the stakes or if they had clearly indicated you need to have lots of deep soil.
To any extent, be very careful about this tent. More often than not you will not be able use it (in my experience).
By Victoria L. Kerby (California USA)
I was not satisfied with this purchase at all - item not usable, broken poles and no instructions. I requested information to return the product and the seller
refused to let me return it. I am now dealing with Amazon to attempt to return this useless product and get a refund. I will NEVER purchase from this seller again.
By Kenneth E. Herrmann (Iowa City, Ia)
This tent is great for its price and purpose. I used this tent as a Ranger at Philmont (backpacking guide) in the rockies, spent at least 40 nights in this tent during that time, poles didn't break, kept out a couple really torrential downpours entirely, and was compact and lightweight.
Yes, the tent is not free standing, but even in some seriously rocky (not pure rock obviously, but it was in the rocky mountains) I was just fine. Did, however, take a few extra minutes to set the tent up but not a serious problem, it's a trade off for its weight.
I didn't use the stakes it came with as those were way to heavy, also you can get away with only using 7 stakes for this tent if you want to, just probably won't keep the rain out as well, I think I usually used 9 stakes total and that worked just fine.
Be careful with the poles, while I had no problem I saw several people who had broken there's, they used sticks in a clever way to hold it up
At about 6' I have no problem getting in and out of the tent, and for nice nights rolling back the fly is really nice and easy to put back on if it starts raining in the middle of night. It lets you get a good look at the starts. You can also just role back the fly for the door which is a little easier in the middle of the night.
Only real con to this tent is getting in when it's raining is pretty difficult and you're guaranteed to get some water in the tent/on you while trying to take your shoes and rain gear off, this isn't fun when its really pouring, but it happens.
Overall this tent is a good tent, and with it's price a great quality. Yea, there are tents out there of much better quality, but they also cost two to three times as much and you're not likely to find a full tent much lighter than this one. Will probably use for a second summer in 2010.
By Sharon Heath (Susanville, CA. USA)
This is Just the right sized tent, I'll bet I could even get my daughter in here too and she is taller than I. Although I read all about how you would have to store your gear outside. Hmmm. Those people must have been Giants, the floor length is 8 feet long and at least 1 and a 1/2 persons wide. I was able to put my pack in the foot end and over to the right, there was plenty of head room up by the door. As I do admit I am pretty small (5 foot tall and 130 pounds) but both myself and my backpack fit nice and snug in this tent, I might even have had enough room for a small Black cat heater, if I remember to turn it off while I slept. Now if I DID add my daughter THEN the Gear Goes Out... I only tested in the back yard. I did like the way it can go from all screen to enclosed. Only 2 things bothered me, One, it isn't free standing (bummer), and the other was how the center of the rain cover couln't be tightened taught to allow rain to shed. I like a tight tent. The poles are thin as mentioned by others, but if you are not a brute and take care they are just fine. I am not too sure about the stepping in part, my legs are pretty short and I don't have any trouble climbing backwards. Just wanted you all to know the size is just what I was looking for and I am a big fan of tub style floors, you can't always trench your tent. I was looking for something that would keep the water (and bugs)out and one review said she had awoke to several inches of snow and was dry and cozy... I believed her and can't wait to find out.
Please don't stop after a few reviews, they all have something to help, both good and negative are very helpful in choosing the right tent. I am looking forward to testing it in the rain and any other weather I can find... I want to thank all those who did leave reviews which made my descision easier. I appologize for not having more to say.
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