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[Smeagle]

Ok simply putting it I need a new tent,last one was a nth face mtn25, I am after 4 season and can use it like my bedroom, I dont mind the weight around 3-3.5 ish give or take, even being a solo hiker, I have sus'd out some quality yet expensive brands and just wondering what people think/have... "Whats your 4 season tent?", "Has it withstood the crazy environment, or have you had to bail into the nearest hut for just a hail storm?", "Quick to set-up, in unforgivable conditions", "Is the ventelation is that good I could cook a family bbq? and yet the beers would be cold enough for icing on-top?", "Does my door jamm up in that ohh S***, I need to pee, where's the headlamp, wheres the paper, jumping on the spot, pushing the I NEED to dig a hole into the ground moment?", or simply "yeah, im not on a floating mattress due to the rain?" Im after your experience not the, "yeah dude it last's...I used it last week.... in my lounge room before I burnt it down routine.." and now yeah stuck for words just in need of a 4 season tent...

[icefest]

Have you seen the one on the market subforum?

[wayno]

http://www.gearbuyer.com/sc/hiking_camp ... index.html

http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/Backpacki ... ws/ratings

[alanoutgear]

Hilleberg Nammatj 2 - don't settle for less!!

[bernieq]

My 4-season 2+ person tent is a Wilderness Equipment 1st Arrow – it meets your criteria.

on top of PB before the storm (WE 1st Arrow tent) - Feb 2012

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It’s what I use when conditions are expected to be extreme – NZ, Tassie, winter, etc. Sharing with another person, the carry weight (dry) is about 1.75kg each. I’m very happy with it.

Ventilation is excellent, large and high vestibule is great for cooking in lousy weather, robust floor has been effective in bog conditions, very stable in gale-force wind, ample room for 2.

re wind : on top of Precipitous Bluff in seriously strong wind (ripping up over the bluff and attacking from all directions), the tent was fine with only one guy-rope tied down on each side (and there are another 4 guys!)

re ventilation : it’s a sloping tunnel with very large openings (if required) at both ends – even in still air, the slope aids circulation and keeps the inner drier than most tents.

re room : 3 is crowded (for emergency only, IMO) but 2 works well. The tent is long enough for a 6’ 4” (2m) tall person and wide enough to put your food (in storage bags) between the sleepers to discourage rodents eating their way into the tent. I have spent 36 hours weathered-in at Lake Oberon – the tent was all I could ask for - well, I could have asked for a good bottle of red, but no-one listens

re setup : reasonably quick – 3 pegs and 3 poles to thread. In dry conditions, you leave the inner attached to the outer. In the wet, the inner can be detached and packed up first (to keep dry) – easy to re-attach after pitching the fly first.