ALPS Mountaineering Extreme 2 Tent: 2-Person 3-Season
ALPS Mountaineering Extreme 2 Tent: 2-Person 3-Season
CUSTOMER REVIEW
Finally an affordable tent that exceeds its quality to cost ratio. I'm a firm believer in "you pay for what you get". Granted there are deals that can be had out there. And this is one of them. I purchased this tent to replace my aging heavy "dome" tent. I was planning a 40 mile hike around Mt. Hood...and wanted a smaller light weight tent that would comfortably protect my wife and I from the elements (just in case). So first it showed up a day early which was nice due tot he fact I wanted to do a test of it and get familiar with it. So as I'm not a novice to putting up tents...I didn't bother with the instructions. Just went to it. The poles are light weight aluminum with a thin shock cord inside. The tips are not "crimped" to the end of each tube which makes for easy replacement should a pole get bent or broken. The material was very light weight. And with the color coded tent "eyelets" it was very intuitive to put together. My only qualm was the large hook at the pole junctions...but that's a personal thing (I may modify with Velcro at those points). The tent is a small tent with a large feel, I can completely lay down inside and have a good 6 inches at my head and feet. I'm 73" tall, with more than enough room for a person of equal size next to me. Of course this is with the tent pulled tight. There are two doors at opposite corners that really makes this small tent feel bigger than it really is by allowing either person to get in and out without disturbing the other occupant. I was really impressed with the rain fly. It is huge. It covers the entire tent and leave a very large vestibule area just outside each door. When I say entire tent...I mean just that. It covers the entire thing and slants way out to give a pretty good size foot print. The rainfly is not vented...however the tent has a vent at the head and foot area and directly above. Both doors can be zipped to vent. After setting up the tent I noticed the floor was not that heavy tarp bathtub material...which really saved weight. I was concerned about the durability of the flooring due to the fact its basically the same material as the rest of the tent. After setting it up I also went ahead and ordered the footprint for this tent. Its a separate piece that matches the bottom of the tent and is basically the same material. Just added protection. Even though this tent was advertised as water resistant I always go ahead and spray it down with my own water repelling spray. they weren't joking when they said that it was already coated. the tent was actually repelling a good amount of my water repelling spray. Either way I always spray my camping gear with water resistant sprays/wax's. Ok...so the test went well. The tent is advertised at 6lbs, 12oz. I weight it in its included bag and it was just shy of 5 lbs...with the foot print. This is especially important to me because a 40 mile hike around Mt. Hood can be brutal if you are packing to much weight. So this tent is rated as a 3 season tent. Honestly I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is very close to be a good 4 season tent. I'm going to try it this winter to see how well it holds up. Again...for the buck this is a great tent or people trying to get a quality tent to meet there needs for the least amount of hard earned cash.
ALPS Mountaineering Extreme 2 Tent: 2-Person 3-Season
Category : Backpacking TentALPS Mountaineering Extreme 2 Tent: 2-Person 3-Season
CUSTOMER REVIEW
Finally an affordable tent that exceeds its quality to cost ratio. I'm a firm believer in "you pay for what you get". Granted there are deals that can be had out there. And this is one of them. I purchased this tent to replace my aging heavy "dome" tent. I was planning a 40 mile hike around Mt. Hood...and wanted a smaller light weight tent that would comfortably protect my wife and I from the elements (just in case). So first it showed up a day early which was nice due tot he fact I wanted to do a test of it and get familiar with it. So as I'm not a novice to putting up tents...I didn't bother with the instructions. Just went to it. The poles are light weight aluminum with a thin shock cord inside. The tips are not "crimped" to the end of each tube which makes for easy replacement should a pole get bent or broken. The material was very light weight. And with the color coded tent "eyelets" it was very intuitive to put together. My only qualm was the large hook at the pole junctions...but that's a personal thing (I may modify with Velcro at those points). The tent is a small tent with a large feel, I can completely lay down inside and have a good 6 inches at my head and feet. I'm 73" tall, with more than enough room for a person of equal size next to me. Of course this is with the tent pulled tight. There are two doors at opposite corners that really makes this small tent feel bigger than it really is by allowing either person to get in and out without disturbing the other occupant. I was really impressed with the rain fly. It is huge. It covers the entire tent and leave a very large vestibule area just outside each door. When I say entire tent...I mean just that. It covers the entire thing and slants way out to give a pretty good size foot print. The rainfly is not vented...however the tent has a vent at the head and foot area and directly above. Both doors can be zipped to vent. After setting up the tent I noticed the floor was not that heavy tarp bathtub material...which really saved weight. I was concerned about the durability of the flooring due to the fact its basically the same material as the rest of the tent. After setting it up I also went ahead and ordered the footprint for this tent. Its a separate piece that matches the bottom of the tent and is basically the same material. Just added protection. Even though this tent was advertised as water resistant I always go ahead and spray it down with my own water repelling spray. they weren't joking when they said that it was already coated. the tent was actually repelling a good amount of my water repelling spray. Either way I always spray my camping gear with water resistant sprays/wax's. Ok...so the test went well. The tent is advertised at 6lbs, 12oz. I weight it in its included bag and it was just shy of 5 lbs...with the foot print. This is especially important to me because a 40 mile hike around Mt. Hood can be brutal if you are packing to much weight. So this tent is rated as a 3 season tent. Honestly I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is very close to be a good 4 season tent. I'm going to try it this winter to see how well it holds up. Again...for the buck this is a great tent or people trying to get a quality tent to meet there needs for the least amount of hard earned cash.
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CUSTOMER REVIEW
Finally an affordable tent that exceeds its quality to cost ratio. I'm a firm believer in "you pay for what you get". Granted there are deals that can be had out there. And this is one of them. I purchased this tent to replace my aging heavy "dome" tent. I was planning a 40 mile hike around Mt. Hood...and wanted a smaller light weight tent that would comfortably protect my wife and I from the elements (just in case). So first it showed up a day early which was nice due tot he fact I wanted to do a test of it and get familiar with it. So as I'm not a novice to putting up tents...I didn't bother with the instructions. Just went to it. The poles are light weight aluminum with a thin shock cord inside. The tips are not "crimped" to the end of each tube which makes for easy replacement should a pole get bent or broken. The material was very light weight. And with the color coded tent "eyelets" it was very intuitive to put together. My only qualm was the large hook at the pole junctions...but that's a personal thing (I may modify with Velcro at those points). The tent is a small tent with a large feel, I can completely lay down inside and have a good 6 inches at my head and feet. I'm 73" tall, with more than enough room for a person of equal size next to me. Of course this is with the tent pulled tight. There are two doors at opposite corners that really makes this small tent feel bigger than it really is by allowing either person to get in and out without disturbing the other occupant. I was really impressed with the rain fly. It is huge. It covers the entire tent and leave a very large vestibule area just outside each door. When I say entire tent...I mean just that. It covers the entire thing and slants way out to give a pretty good size foot print. The rainfly is not vented...however the tent has a vent at the head and foot area and directly above. Both doors can be zipped to vent. After setting up the tent I noticed the floor was not that heavy tarp bathtub material...which really saved weight. I was concerned about the durability of the flooring due to the fact its basically the same material as the rest of the tent. After setting it up I also went ahead and ordered the footprint for this tent. Its a separate piece that matches the bottom of the tent and is basically the same material. Just added protection. Even though this tent was advertised as water resistant I always go ahead and spray it down with my own water repelling spray. they weren't joking when they said that it was already coated. the tent was actually repelling a good amount of my water repelling spray. Either way I always spray my camping gear with water resistant sprays/wax's. Ok...so the test went well. The tent is advertised at 6lbs, 12oz. I weight it in its included bag and it was just shy of 5 lbs...with the foot print. This is especially important to me because a 40 mile hike around Mt. Hood can be brutal if you are packing to much weight. So this tent is rated as a 3 season tent. Honestly I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is very close to be a good 4 season tent. I'm going to try it this winter to see how well it holds up. Again...for the buck this is a great tent or people trying to get a quality tent to meet there needs for the least amount of hard earned cash.
Product Title : ALPS Mountaineering Extreme 2 Tent: 2-Person 3-Season
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