Thread: New tent needed

Originally Posted by 223nut

Guna go in and have a look at the macpac minaret next week and see what I think, sale is on for a while. Cheers for the advice and help guys

I've spent plenty of nights in Macpac Minarets and Olympuses in interesting places, they've always done the job.

I have an old Fairydown Assault alpine tent which will shrug off pretty much any weather you can throw at it but weighs 3.5kg, and a Mont Bell Chronos which weighs the same 2.4kg as a Minaret but I'm not sure how well it would stand up to a serious storm on the tops. More of a 3 season than proper alpine tent - inner clips to poles instead of threading through sleeves etc.

It depends what you'll be doing with it though, my tent needs have been dictated more by mountaineering than hunting but not everyone needs a tent to handle alpine use.

Originally Posted by GravelBen

I have an old Fairydown Assault alpine tent which will shrug off pretty much any weather you can throw at it but weighs 3.5kg, .

Yeah I have an Exped Venus II it's a really well built and sturdy tent with lots of good features, storage, room for 2, and a ton of attachment points for guys etc. But it weighs 3 kg with everything.