Light Weight Tents

No personal experience but did look this way before buying my last tent.
Only two down sides I see or read of are:
More condensation in a single wall tent and likely not as warm in extreme cold. Ie snow as a two layer winter style tent (which also has condensation issues)


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Originally Posted by Dicko

No personal experience but did look this way before buying my last tent.
Only two down sides I see or read of are:
More condensation in a single wall tent and likely not as warm in extreme cold. Ie snow as a two layer winter style tent (which also has condensation issues)


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Yep they definitely have a bit of condensation if you don’t set them up right.
On a nice night you can just leave the door open and that solves the condensation issue
There is a lot of room in them, I’m 6ft and I don’t touch the ends when lying down.
As to warmth, if you have a good sleeping bag it doesn’t matter. Whether it’s -2 or -4 inside the tent :)

Thanks for the feedback. They look pretty good and at the weight savings I am extremely tempted to go down this route.
Would you recommend going for a triplex? Most of my hunting is down solo, occasionally the missus comes, which is why I am thinking a duplex.
Do you know if there is much of a size difference in the footprint of the duplex vs triplex?

I just had a look at the duplex and thought wow for something so simple they sure have a price tag on them.... then realized the currency was USD!! Crazy. Maybe I'm just cheap.

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Originally Posted by odds0und

Thanks for the feedback. They look pretty good and at the weight savings I am extremely tempted to go down this route.
Would you recommend going for a triplex? Most of my hunting is down solo, occasionally the missus comes, which is why I am thinking a duplex.
Do you know if there is much of a size difference in the footprint of the duplex vs triplex?

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I mainly hunt with a mate, hardly ever solo so that’s why I went triplex
If your mainly solo go for the duplex
The triplex has a bigger footprint yes

Does the Zpack tent go alright in big winds / rain?
I've always thought the doors not zipping up looked a bit suspect?

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Originally Posted by Sika 8

Does the Zpack tent go alright in big winds / rain?
I've always thought the doors not zipping up looked a bit suspect?

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The new model zpack has zips.
They are a bit noisy in the wind I have broken a couple of the little clips from big wind now I just carry a spare just in case. Or small carabiner works :)
They were big winds though
Just try find a good campsite and your fine

Quite like the look of this tent, you can take the inner down while leaving the fly up if raining, that’s a big plus in my book.

https://www.kaviso.com/products/durs...ckpacking-tent

I bought a msr free lite 2 which is a very good lightweight tent but not very easy to take the inner down first if it’s raining.

Yep that Durston x-mid2 looks awesome
I would like to try the cuben fiber one of them :)