Are there any tents on the market that are at least 54 inches wide and under 4lbs 4ozs? Ive been researching REI and MooseJaw, but have come up with nothing yet.
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The Big Agnes SL3 may well be the lightest big floor area tent made by the big manufacturers. Around 4lbs trail weight I think?
Big Sky has a bunch of tents which have floor width which varies from 56 inches at one end down to 46 inches at the other that weigh not much more than 3 pounds.
Didn't you just buy an MSR Reflex 2?
Nope that must have been another person :P So Big Sky huh? Is that where you got yours?
Ok, it's a -Tarptent- but…You can get way wider than 54 for way under the weight you mention.
So Big Sky huh? Is that where you got yours?
That's where I'm *getting* mine. That's the catch. They often don't have exactly what you want in stock, and you have to wait. If you read these forums from a couple of years ago you'll find plenty of complaints of some folks waiting over a year for tent delivery. That no longer seems to be the case (or else I wouldn't have ordered one myself). I'm expecting mine to ship in about 3 weeks, which will be about 6 weeks after I placed my order.
Having said that, they do have some tents currently in stock (eg. Evolution 2P porch version). I chose to wait in order to get exactly what I wanted. There are plenty of options.
Anyway, read the Big Sky tent reviews in the user reviews on this site. There are quite a few people who say it is their favourite tent and gave it 5/5. But quite a few people gave it 1/5 due to slow or non-delivery! I haven't heard any recent reports of anyone waiting ridiculous times for their tents though, so I think (hope) that is all in the past.
PS. I'm assuming by "tent" you mean a conventional double-wall tent. Otherwise, as Aaron says, you should check out SMD and Tarptent. The tarptent Scarp 2 is 52 inches wide and very roomy and is double wall too. Not freestanding though.
The REI Quarterdome T3 is close. Mine weighs 4# 10 oz. without the stuff sacks. Might weigh less with ti stakes.
How do you customize your own tent. I notice the evolution and revolution tents, but how do I go about creating my own like you are doing? I dont like the evolution or evolution because the top top width measures at 56 but the bottom measures at 46. P.S. I love my MSR Carbon Reflex 2, but I might want something that accomadates larger sleeping pads, because I am a wimp and found out that a thermarest sleeping pad just will not do it for me :/ Btw the way how much is that New Nemo Espri weighing in at, perhaps I should consider one of those.
Hehe I figured it out you need a tent that will fit this mattress right? (That happens to be 54" wide lol) http://www.rei.com/product/768294
That's some serious mattress action for backpacking lol.
Go away Aaron…you unhelpful twit :P
You can't customize your floor dimensions or anything like that. I just meant you can choose between porch/no porch, aluminium poles/carbon poles, ultralight fly/normal fly, revolution/evolution etc. etc. But the basic floor dimensions are all the same.
If you really need 54 inches all the way across and you don't want a tarptent, then your best bet is the BA Seedhouse SL3.
There should still be enough room in the Evolution for one "large" sized thermarest (25 inches wide) and one "regular" sized thermarest (20 inches wide).
54" is a tall order. Check out the Lunar Duo from SMD. It is incredibly spacious at 54" wide, even topping my TT DoubleRainbow (which is at ~50"). Both come in at 2.5lbs.
Why do you need a tent so wide, anyway?
"I figured it out you need a tent that will fit this mattress right?…http://www.rei.com/product/768294"
ROFLMAO!!
Hope that's your gf's requirement, not yours for a solo hike! Holy cow – 7#, 2oz.!
How much more is the pump gonna weigh? – uuugh!
Good Luck!
The narrowest dimension on the GoLite Shangri La 3 is about 57 inches, 4 pounds if setting up with trekking poles…
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