I bought this tent for wilderness canoe tripping for two people, at just over 6lb it will be fine packed in the canoe, very small package really when a canoe is much larger than a backpack.. I would give it 5 stars if it was a Gunnison 3.3 but I'm not sending it back either, I just need to pay closer attention to what I'm actually ordering. In the end there isn't much difference anyway. One thing in purchasing this tent and the seeming higher cost to some other Kelty tents in this class, you have to realize that the footprint is included. That is a $44 feature you don't have to buy. And in case anyone is wondering, the footprint and tent fold up and fit quite well back into the pouch ! Features we liked about this tent were the front and rear doors and vestibules, easy setup, linked poles with shock cord, clip system, and reported to be a very dry tent in hard rain. All on the plus side to our purchase.
So we got the tent just yesterday before a really healthy rain storm, I had enough time to get it set up. It poured hard on this tent for most of the afternoon and most of the night, thunderstorms too and wind. It held up well and was completely dry inside this morning. That's all I need to know.
I specifically wanted a clip setup tent, not one where the poles go through tent sleeves. And I like the self interlocking pole system with center pivot of this design. I actually like the center clip better on this 3 than the 3.3 has, FWIW. It took me a while to set up the first time but going forward will be a breeze. I really took my time understanding the steps. Same with take down. It took me quite a while to take down, mostly because I was trying to be sure seams and flaps were dry. Not only did it pour last night but fog and high humidity this morning inhibited drying. Non the less, it all folded up easy and all fit back in the pouch, to include the footprint. I need a few more stakes maybe and a couple of poles if I want to elevate the front flap. Non essential to me but the wife might like it like that. They give you extra guy lines for high wind conditions but no stakes to stake them out. I see why, the tent is low profile, if your site is at all sheltered it isn't going anywhere. And on the 3 the rain fly is staked down already, so all corners are very well double staked out without guy lines added and staked out in between the corners as well.. I may set this up again out in the yard before our next canoe trip in Sept. Just for practice and to also set it up off the bird feeder flight path, the birds were making a mess out of it. We have many birds visiting our feeders all day long, so you can imagine how they bombarded the nice new tent .
Edit: I've set this up again, added some stakes and two trekking poles so we can extend the front vestibule. That turns out to be a great feature for us and by zipping the two zippers down about 6" and slanting the two poles out front so the flap matches the lean of the window screening in the front it's very weather proof but still vented this way. We are now less than two weeks away from our first canoe camping trip with this particular tent in Northern Maine, can't wait !
| 商品尺寸 | 226.06 x 124.46 x 187.96 cm; 3 公斤 |
|---|---|
| 颜色 | 灰色 |
| 尺寸 | 3 Person |
| 季节 | 3 季 |
| 包装清单 | Tent |
| 本商品是否包含电池 | 不是 |
| 是否需要电池 | 不是 |
| 适用性别 | 中性成人 |
| 型号年份 | 2017 |
| 门数 | 2 |
