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Paulyester
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Apr 6, 2019
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Those of you saying there's lighter cheaper trekking pole shelters, can you recommend some? This seems like a good deal to me but if there are cheaper options I'd love to see them
McLoud
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Apr 7, 2019
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PaulyesterThere are none...tarptent ss2 is as heavy and as expensive. Gossamer The two same price but only 7D...lighter of cource. Six moon design Lunar duo and that is a cleaely weeker design, lighter and cheaper (but not much). You have also the tipi tents, not really know their data...I would say, if you want lighter, just go with Cuban fibre, but that is expensive as hell.
Outbound_Jesse
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Apr 8, 2019
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PaulyesterThere are lots of options out there. But it is true that often the lighter you go the less durable the fabrics. The designers of this tent clearly chose for a heavier but more durable option. The Massdrop made X-Mid by Dan Durston is probably the all around best lightweight tent that is getting lots of people talking right now. But aside from that there's the classics of the Lanshan, tarptents, six moon design lunar duo. Google some of those and watch some youtube videos and you'll get the jist.
McLoud
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Apr 8, 2019
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Outbound_JesseYou are right, Seek Outside clearly aming for a durable, lightweight option without compromise. I think it is well done, consider 30D, 5K zipper etc. TT SS2 is the closest in my book but fails in the zipper design. I think you cant compare a chineese tent to US made really so Lanshan was out of my book really fast. In the end there was only Eolus (that I also bought) and TT SS2, more or less the same price and weight.
If the X.mid 2P was awalible the decision would have been harder, but I did not want to wait to the end of the year!
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