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GotDraw
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Jan 2, 2020
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Great Tent Great Value- tested/proven in the mountains
I backcountry hunt in CO every year, have many tents, tarps and hammocks, years of experience in high elevation steep backcountry with base camp tents, 1-3 man tents and top of line ultra light hammocks and cuben fiber tarps. Used this tent as a two man tarp-tent on a hunt this year in the mountains of CO. It worked perfectly, a little snug for two but it was awesome. Super light, set up fast, nice taught pitch, extremely well constructed. It was also wonderful that "out of the box", the tent came with reflective guy lines AND titanium stakes included. Going forward, this will be my tent of choice when I will bivvy out. FWIW- I did swap out the included Ti stakes for some slightly thicker/stronger ones to deal better with really rocky soil.
This tent is a steal for the current $160 sales price and you should buy one if you're on the fence.
I paid $200 for this tent, bought two and was thrilled to get them at that price point. If you also bought one and were thrilled for $200, then you got a deal too. There were a LOT of folks that missed the first round that would have bought yours for that price price or more.
To all the whiners that paid $200 and are now crying about the $160 sale price:
Get over it if you're pissed at the price change-- or risk a couple hundred grand of your own cash and start and run your own gear business. Prices change up/down due to many factors. If the market demand went through the roof and prices skyrocketed to $250- would you send Drop some extra cash (just to be nice) after you bought your tent? Of course you wouldn't.
The guys at Massdrop/Drop are doing the best they can to run a business and make a living. Owning/running a business is not easy, I know because I've done it. I'm sure the guys at Drop have a very challenging time balancing/guessing how much risk inventory to pay for and have on hand in order to have product to sell. And they also need huge amounts of cash on hand in order to be able to structure future deals, so the reality is that they have to balance their inventory on hand against actual sales booked and against their future sales projections for each product and all products together. That multifactor analysis is never easy, nor precise and that's why the price fluctuates. They are the ones risking hundreds of thousands of dollars of their cash trying to stay at the front edge of consumer demand for slick "niche" product at a reasonable price. The Durston tent was a great deal at $200, it's a fantastic deal at $160.
I'm also stunned by the folks whining about "surprise" import duty/tax to Canada. You live in Canada. The goods ship from the US. Where's the surprise? What do you expect? Yell at Canada, not Drop. By they way, there are different categories of taxes for almost every type of product: tent, knife, water bottle..., etc. Be ready for it.
Drop and Dan Durston- thanks for collaborating on a fantastic tent at a very fair price. I look forward to getting the two-man version sometime this Spring!
Hey DROP-- a Cuben Fiber version of either would be slick... ;-)
Best,
JL
nickarkis83
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Jul 10, 2020
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GotDrawWhat length of tent stake do you recommend? I'm going to upgrade the stakes and wasn't sure what was overkill vs to small. I'm looking for something that's a good all around option. (I live Colorado and would mostly be backpacking there.) Thanks!
GotDraw
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Oct 19, 2020
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nickarkis83Wowsa! Sorry for the incredibly late response. I just never noticed that I had a response to my post.
To answer your question, I think my stakes are about 6" long and about 1.5x as thick as the original stakes I got with my tent.
I would not think twice about even 7" long stakes if you will be in high wind.
JL
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