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Jul 13, 2010 at 4:07 pm #1261131
Last year I bought the lightest yet spacious tent for 2 people I could find for my trip to the himalayas – the Big Agnes's Copper Spur UL2.
It weighs 1.7 kg and is very comfortable and has been used up to 5000m in quite a harsh enviroment.
The only problem I have with the tent is that it takes lots of space when folded since the poles are extremely long.
I wanted to replace my tent for a much smaller tent when packed. I don't mind if it's a bit heavier than mine. I checked out Nemo's tents and they seem to pack quite small, but I couldn't find info about their "andi" tent which seemed to be the best for me.
Do any of you have advice for a nice and very compact, light (1.8-2.2 kg) and quite spacious (at least 100cm width) tent??Thanks a lot, Daniel
Jul 13, 2010 at 5:56 pm #1628713Jul 13, 2010 at 6:04 pm #1628717Bibler Eldorado.
Jul 13, 2010 at 7:46 pm #1628741Daniel, for packing up small, single skin tents are tough to beat. Perhaps check out Tarptent's Double Rainbow or Black Diamond's HiLight. I have the latter and it makes for a nice piece of alpine kit with excellent breathability thus far. The tent poles sections are rather short as well.
Jul 14, 2010 at 1:23 am #1628803The girlfriend and I use a Tarpent Contrail. It fits two 3/4 length pads side by side without either of us touching the walls in the night, space in the vestibule for boots and kitchen, space at the foot for backpack. It weights 825g including seam sealant, guys, pegs and stuff sack, and packs down very small indeed.
The minimum measurements are 42" wide at the door, 84" long and 45" high – and this is how we use it, although you can extend the width and length if needed.
Jul 14, 2010 at 12:28 pm #1628919You could order some new poles for your Copper Spur that fold up into a shorter package. QuestOutfitters and Fibraplex are two places where you can put together a custom poles kit and design it to be pretty much whatever length you want when folded up.
Jul 14, 2010 at 1:09 pm #1628926Stephenson's Warmlite 2R, or 2C if you can take the shorter length. Not perfect but quite roomy. A hybrid single-wall/double-wall that's not freestanding. http://www.warmlite.com
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