Sierra Designs Convert 3 Tent Review

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(More customer reviews)We bought this tent for occasional snow trips and for car camping, the latter as it is roomy enough for a queen size air mattress. The first night out in Olympic National Park we were caught in a deluge--rain falling like walruses and whales, not cats and dogs. We successfully set up the tent without getting the interior wet, and stayed dry all night.
There are two air vent snoots near the top of the tent. In addition, the doors on each end have a rain shield, so they can be opened part way. As this four season tent is a single wall design, these features are essential to keeping the inside of the tent from developing condensation, and they work very well. Noseeum netting will still keep the bugs out while you're letting fresh air in. While we haven't exposed the tent to fierce winds, what wind we encountered has been shed smoothly.
The process of setting up the tent differs from that of typical tents. After laying out the tent, the hoop poles are inserted in their sleeves. Then someone must crawl inside the tent with the front-to-aft frame pole, and place the ends in their anchor points while arcing the pole across the ceiling. When taking down the tent, be careful not to pull on the hoop poles--they are shock-corded, and will separate into their sections if you do so. Instead, pull fabric down on the far end section, and then *push* it along to advance the pole outward--it helps to have someone else guide the free end to keep it from going into the mud or the brush.
If you are used to standard backpacking tents, the interior feels immense. Attachment points allow one to hang clothing items, lights, or a mesh storage area inside the tent. Normal sized occupants can sit up comfortably.
My only quibbles are that I find myself fumbling with the door zippers, as there are just too many. And the stuff sack seems rather flabby. But these are very minor concerns. We're quite satisfied with this well-conceived product.

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DECENT FEATURES of the Sierra Designs Convert 3 - 3 Person Tent PVC-free seam tape Superseal Floor Continuous pole sleeves Capped pole sleeve Reflective door trim and/or guy outs External/internal pitch Drizone single wall construction Hanging pockets Long floor length D doors Sew-free window Vent Grommet pole attachment Locking pole tips Intended Usage: We took Chris Warner's feedback from his K2 climb and created the Convert 3, a single-wall shelter featuring an internal- and external-pole configuration, super ventilation, and a zippered floor opening. The SPECS Trial Weight: 5 lbs 14 oz Packed Weight: 6 lbs 10 oz Number of Doors: 2 Interior Area: 46.5 ft2 Peak Height: 45" Floor Materials: 70D Nylon, 5000mm, Body: Drizone, 40D Nylon WPB Pole Type: DAC Featherlite NSL Height: 45" Width: 70"-62" Length: 84"-120" Season: 4 Capacity: 3 Packed Size: 24" x 7" Number of Poles: 3 Pole Diameter (Outer): 9.60 / 9.00 mm

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Trango 2 Tent - 2 Person by Mountain Hardwear Review

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(More customer reviews)This tent is on par with the North Face VE-series, and is extremely well made. Attention to details for durability and long-life were made for this tent. All of the stitching is excellently done, the durability of every pull, tab, wall, zipper, etc, show quality and durability. This tent is built for extremely harsh, cold conditions. The poles are incredibly well engineered (if not, over-engineered), as well as the clip system. No sleeves to catch the poles, rip, or cause problems setting up the tent. Every part of the tent, except the floor and fly are made of rip-stop nylon. This is, by far, the highest quality tent that I own. I gladly put my life in this tent's hands, on Winter trips. It is a true expedition tent - it doesn't get harder core than this.
However....
There are a couple compromises with this tent. First, it's HEAVY. Almost 9 lbs, out of the store. By the time you add a tarp/ground-cloth, guy-lines, stake ties, and other stakes, this baby hits 10+ lbs in a flash. Secondly, the stakes that come with it are great for solid ice and varied solid ground types, but they aren't good for softer snow and other types of anchor. My primary use is soft, dry snow environments, which often need a bigger stake than these little pokers, to hold in high wind. SMC-snow stakes are a must on a few of the corners for the environments I plan to use the tent in. Finally, the ability to pitch the fly without the tent seems great, but I question the necessity. I wish they hadn't put all of the clips under the fly, because they add weight and catch on the poles, when the tent is set up. Cute feature, but by the time you're buying a tent like this one, chances are pretty good that you have other, lighter, and more situation-appropriate tents to do the job of the fly-only feature.
This tent retains heat quite well, so I can't imagine using it in any season or environment, other than frozen. Just in the house, while prepping it for use, it was about 10 degrees F higher than the house temp, and that's without the fly. Body heat goes a long way. This tent would be severe overkill for warmer environments, unless really high winds or sustained, drenching rains were anticipated.

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214548 Features: Protect yourself from the weather beneath a taped, full-coverage nylon fly, with a silicone-coated outer and polyurethane coated inner; lightweight and strong, it sheds water easily thanks to its reduced porosity Get a great strength-to-weight ratio with Atlas Scandium XL poles are light and durable with an anodized finish for protection against corrosion and denting Store gear and boots out of the weather in one of the 2 dry-entry vestibules before you enter either of the 2 dual-canopy and mesh doors Store whatever you need to while you add support to the vestibules with the 2 tension shelves beneath the Evolution Tension Arch No fumbling in the night to the internal guyout system has reflective guy-out loops for the welded guy clip anchors; plus, reflective zipper pulls and starter point are easy to see in in minimal light Get plenty of fresh air through the mesh and canopy zippered thru vent See the world clearly through the SVX window, internal guy system, welded guy clip anchors, mesh storage pockets and Super-light buckles and webbing Fly, poles and footprint can be used without the tent body as an ultralight shelter Specifications: Capacity to suggested use: 2 person to 4-season Trail weight: 9 lb 2 oz Floor area to vestibule area: 41 sq ft to 11 + 54 sq ft Dimensions: 92 x 66 x 44 inches Number of poles to freestanding: 5 to yes Doors to windows to vestibules: 2 to 1 to 2 Floor to canopy to fly material: coated nylon taffeta to nylon ripstop to coated nylon taffeta Stuff size: 24 x 8 inches

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