13 oz Scout 1 Platinum tent now available on BA website

I could see this working. I hate bugs, so I need netting. Wait, it looks like this has netting at the front opening. Still, I’d prefer a dcf Zpacks solo hexamid. this is pretty tiny. Doable, but tiny.

<p style=”text-align: left;”>They don’t seem to say anything about the rear pole?</p>
How many commercial tents are using 7d for the fly at this point? The consensus around here for a while was that it’s fine for a tarp, but too fragile to invest the effort of a diy tent.

The material seemed to work fine for this reviewer’s Platinum tent on a CDT thru hike:

https://www.halfwayanywhere.com/gear/review/big-agnes-copper-spur-2-platinum-tent-review/

I thought the Scout 1 looked like a decent sized tent, and then I saw the picture of it with a human – that tent is tiny!

Yes, 7d and 1200mm pressure rating. Have fun with that in the real world.

Not only that – it seems they’re using the 7d for the floor too. That could be fun…

Maybe useful for ultra adventure racers?

Can’t see the point for general backpacking.

BPL has someone reviewing this tent in the field as we speak. Will be interesting to see what he thinks of it.

Could see how the 16” boxy foot area might be better at keeping a wet wall off my bag/quilt.  Probably better than my solplex.  But gotta think, as others have already posted, that ventilation and durability is going to be horrible.

Brad, that link is to the review of a different tent altogether.

Brad, that link is to the review of a different tent altogether.

I know that. But Henry S and others were condemning the fabric weights. Seems to me a 3,100 mile walk the length of the US Rockies is a real-world test.

Am I missing something?

He used it with a polycryo footprint so it’s not exactly a test of the fabric.

Nonsense.

The comment was made about the fly material : “Yes, 7d and 1200mm pressure rating. Have fun with that in the real world.”

If 3,100 miles up the spine of the Rockies isn’t “the real world” I don’t know what is.

I use polycryo for a ground cloth no matter what.

so, the fly is weather worthy and the floor will hold up through many months of constant use with a polycryo ground cloth. Hmmmm…

I’ll add my vote against the design of the door. And the tent is cramped. But if all you want is a coffin that keeps you dry through stormy weather at night, this might work. Of course, that’s a lotta long hours in a very cramped space if it comes to that.

many years ago I carried a Walrus one person tent that really was a bivy with poles–even smaller than the Scout. When finally faced with truly stormy weather one morning with no let up in sight, I chose to bail and hike out rather than spend loooong hours in this tent.