The Tent Archives

Early Winters Starship Tent

2011-07-25T14:18:00.000-07:00

This is one of the coolest tents I have ever seen. Early to Mid 70's design. Single walled Gore-Tex 4 Season tent. I literally could almost stand on the top once it was set up without it breaking! Weighs just over 5 lbs and is a great green color. Likewise it has an epic name, the Starship. Early Winters Starship 2 Man Tent.

Kelty 4 Season Cyclone 2 Man Tent

2011-07-25T13:33:00.000-07:00

This is a somewhat heavy 4 season tent. It is the Kelty Cyclone 2 Man tent. 4 Season 7.3 lbs

Solbei 1 Man Tent

2011-07-25T13:19:00.001-07:00

This Solbei 1 Man tent/bivy is pretty light. Kind of interesting. I rarely see this company come into the store. 3.3 lbs.

The North Face Kestrel 2 Tent

2011-07-25T13:17:00.000-07:00

Early Winters ltd. Winterlight 311

2011-02-15T17:13:00.000-08:00

This is possibly the craziest tent I've seen in awhile. It's a 4 season Gore-Tex non-freestanding tent. The pole design is just nuts, really really lightweight fiberglass type poles with a metal section that attaches it in the middle. Wish I had photos of that but I don't. Anyway a 4-season non-freestanding doesn't seem smart to me, but whatever.

Seirra Designs 4-Season 2 man

2011-02-15T16:57:00.000-08:00

I don't know the name on this one because it doesn't say, and it's older, but it's really cool.
This is a 2 man, 4 season tent from Sierra Designs, not much else I can say other than I love the purple poles.

Sierra Designs Electron 1

2011-02-15T16:50:00.000-08:00

The Sierra Designs Electron 1

One man, freestanding, super awesome tent.

This guy weighed in at about 4.5 lbs, which is fairly heavy for a one man, but it's super cool. Lots of room, very well built. Full rain-fly with vestibule and lots of mesh to keep it cool in warm weather. This would be an ideal one man tent for someone not looking to go super-light.

Exped Auriga Tent

2011-02-15T16:47:00.000-08:00

The Exped Auriga is an interesting tent that they make now in a mesh version. Pretty heavy guy but very cool and very well built.

I think it weighed in at 8 lbs or so.
It's got a cool design where you slide the poles in and set it up and you're done, there is no attaching the rain-fly to the main tent, it's built separate but attached.
2 door, 2 person

REI Solo

2011-02-15T16:39:00.000-08:00

I've never seen a tent quite like this. It is the REI Solo. It's a Single pole through the middle, one man, non-freestanding and under 4 lbs. Really strange.

Selling for $40

Eureka Zeues XCO

2011-02-15T16:32:00.000-08:00

This is a pretty awesome Eureka tent. The Eureka Zeus XCO is a 4 season tent that is single walled.

It's a little older probably around 2000 but not sure.

The outer poles is kinda of interesting but it looks pretty solid for a 2 man or 1 man 4 season. Would be very lightweight, probably under 5 lbs if I remember right.

Sold at $120 or $140 I believe.

North Face Talus

2011-02-15T16:26:00.000-08:00

This North Face talus is an interesting 3 season tent.

It is super well built, almost 4 season like. When weighed it was 7lbs 3 oz. Double doors, with mesh option and full covering option. Sorry there isn't a photo of it with the rain-fly

Sold for $100

Mountain Hardwear Lightpath 2

2010-08-07T12:20:00.000-07:00

This is a 2 person tent. Packed weight apparently 4lbs 6 oz. Minimum weight 3 lbs 13oz. Non-freestanding with an interesting comes to a point set up. See the first photo to understand. Model years 2007-2010 MSRP $175

Quest Conquest V tent

2010-07-22T12:25:00.000-07:00

This is an interesting older Quest Tent. Uses 8 poles total. 2 For the fly, 2 for the outer walls of the tent and then a 4 pole hub system. Sadly all the poles are fiberglass. I didn't get a weight on this one. It would be pointless anyway due to it missing 2 poles. I also had to hand modify one of the poles that came in with it to fit the rainfly. Probably a 4 person tent. 1 Door 3 windows.

Wilderness Tech 1 Man

2010-07-22T12:22:00.000-07:00

This is a wilderness Technologies 1 Man tent. Weighs 3 lbs 2 oz with stakes, poles, cases, and tent. Kind of interesting since Wilderness Tech is only made for a store or 2.

Kelty Streamside 2

2010-07-21T11:18:00.000-07:00

5 lbs 6 oz with bags and stakes and poles

2 Person

This tent was made in 1999 as far as I'm aware and had a run of a few years. Not a bad little tent. Pretty bent poles in the model I set up.

North Face Vapor

2010-07-17T15:13:00.000-07:00

North Face Vapor. 2 Person, Non Freestanding, 5 lbs 6 oz

Kelty Ridgeway 890080 S-96C10

2010-07-17T14:56:00.001-07:00

This 2 person beauty I could find no model name for just numbers. So it will be named oh so lovingly "890080 S-96C10." 5 lbs 10 oz with bag, poles, fly, tent.... no stakes.

Strange Kelty

2010-07-15T17:12:00.000-07:00

Wild Country 4 Season Tent

2010-07-14T13:54:00.000-07:00

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This tent is by Wild Country. This is the same company as Terra Nova which is a British Company. This is a pretty bomb proof 4 season tent, I would assume 10 to 15 years old.