Advantages: Lightweight, robust, colour coded poles, reflective guy ropes Disadvantages: It's not true 4-season, small cooking area, lack of headroom
...to the wind and The North Face have made every effort to reduce its weight as much as possible without compromising on the strength.
It is easy to put up on your own (even in the dark when you're tired) due to the 3 x colour coded poles and flysheet loops. Eg. Put the red pole in the sleeve and attach the red flysheet loops to it. Two people can put it up in no time at all, with a little practice, which is good when it's blowing a gale. You can ... ...following information is from the NORTH FACE web-site:
Poles (3): 8.84 mm diameter
Weight: 4 lbs 14 oz (2.22 kg) with the stuffsack.
Canopy: 40 denier, 240T nylon ripstop.
Area: 35 sq ft (3.3 sq m).
Flysheet: 33 denier, 244T nylon with silicone and 1500 mm PU.
Vestibule Area : [front] 7 sq ft (0.7 sq m)
Floor : 70 denier, 210T nylon taffeta coated with 5000 mm PU. ...
Neviscat 05.09.2006
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Advantages: Easy pitching, good air circulation, lightweight, DAC poles, internal pockets, reflective guylines, compression sac. Disadvantages: The mesh door provides good air circulation but some times makes the tent too chilly.
I bought this fantastic tent just for £164.99 (the original price was £249.99) few months ago for two reasons; weight (2.2kg) and fantastic price. I used it several times at the Lakes and once in the mountain Olympos (Greece). Some pros were things like easy pitching, good air circulation, lightweight, fantastic DAC poles, internal pockets to store things like your head torch, reflective guylines (to avoid night accidents), and compression sac. However ... ...but some times that makes the tent too chilly. Once it was so windy and chilly that we finally slept with our heads at the tale of the tent and that had as result a very uncomfortable night. So, in cold weather make sure that you have a good sleeping bag (I recommend a 3-4 seasons bag). Moreover you should buy the ground sheet in order to protect your investment and also buy some extra pegs just in case because the tent is coming with the minimum ...
vasilispd 08.09.2008
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Advantages: Great wind resistance and great ultralight fly and footprint only pitching Disadvantages: seamtape on the fly peeled/crumbled and inside of the fly became sticky
...of the decline of The North Face's quality. I used it only one time and one time alone last year. When I inspected it before an upcoming trip I found the inside of the tentfly extremely sticky and the seamtape started to crumble and peel. This didn't happen to the other two tents in my closet. I put it away clean, dry and folded neatly and I can't think of a plausible explanation for it other than that the materials were hi-tech but of inferior quality. ...
Niko666 24.05.2007
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