2007 Rab Summit Extreme Tent REVIEW

I just want to comment on this comment:

"Unfortunately, the current Easton 7075 aluminum poles are heavier and less strong than the previous Easton Carbon FX models."

Easton Carbon FX tent poles are as strong as our .340 7075 T9 (96,000 psi) and in fact are designed to have the exact deflection of the .340 7075 T9 (.070 at 18"). The Carbon FX is designed around the .340 and a tent design can be created as a hybrid with aluminum and carbon sections. Also, the Carbon FX is lighter than the 7075 T9 .340, but it is 3x the price of aluminum. The weight difference is 5.543 gpi (grains per inch).

If you have any questions, just contact me directly at ecw@eastontp.com.

thanks,
Elizabeth Wise
Mountain Products Manager
Easton
Salt Lake City, Utah

It would be awesome if you could post the component weight of the tent. How much did the poles, body, guylines, and the stakes weigh each?

Thanks!

Brian

No love?

Does anyone out there own this tent, who could let me know how much the body alone weighs and how much the poles alone weigh?

Thanks!

Brian,
Did anyone ever help you out with the weights of the Rab? If not, I have the tent and could weight it for you.
Don

I would love weights. This tent is on my short list if a couple mountain trips fall into place.

The NEMO Tenshi fabric is called OSMO. It has a 30D polyester ripstop base with a proprietary monolithic laminate on one side.

We (I'm an engineer at NEMO) changed over from eVENT for a few primary reasons:

1. the eVENT fabric being used was not fire-retardant and for tent to be available everywhere without exception, all fabrics must be FR-treated

2. The NEMO OSMO fabric (5618 g/24hr/m2)tested better in our independent lab fabric tests than eVent ev5005 (5304 g/24hr/m2). The test we use is ASTM E 96 METHOD BW (inverted).

3. The NEMO OSMO fabric has a lower weight (2.22 oz/yd2) than the eVent (2.84 oz/yd2).

Hi Connie,
thanks for stopping by.
A small question: I've read somewhere that the Osmo fabric is a formulation of Toray Dermizax. Could you confirm or deny this?

Hi Tom,

The NEMO OSMO fabric is a propietary fabric made by a company called Formosa — so, it is NOT a Toray fabric.

Let me know if I can answer any more questions.

Connie

Thanks

OK folks, just weighted my own summit extreme, results are as follows (in grams for greater accuracy)

tent body alone 1333g
poles 380g
guy lines 181g
pegs 185g (15 x V-shaped alu)

Hopes this helps

If BPL still believes that eVent is still the ultimate material for tents, then the Polaris is a top contender for the title of ultimate single-wall tent, right? Or do the new fabrics (OSMO perhaps, and others) offer similar performance in the Rockies? Might you treat us to a review?

According to the reviewer, the Rab Superlite tent/bivy has a mesh front door for camping in the lower elevations. I looked at a Rab Superlite today and I saw no mesh door. Have the folks at Rab removed the mesh door on this tent/bivy since it was reviewed in 2007? Thanks

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Gabriel. This was a review of the Summit Extreme, not the Summit Superlite. I don't think Rab make the Summit Extreme anymore.

Mike you're right… I go this from Rab early this morning:

Hi Gabe,

I think I figured it out. the article you mentioned is reviewing the Summit Extreme, not the Summit Superlite. What this boils down to is: You were correct in your original statement of the Summit Superlite having changed since the review to remove the mesh door.

When the Summit Extreme was reviewed by backpackinglight.com, it had the mesh door. Once it had been updated (in 2009) to make it lighter (by 2 oz) the name was changed to its current name of Summit Superlite. The current model does not have a mesh door.

Cheers,

Karen Moldenhauer

Customer Service Manager

Is the removal of the mesh door the only change?
In my view this is a retrograde step.
The mesh door allowed some other options, like leaving the door open near lakes riddled with sandflies etc.
I also note references to this being three season.
Is is a 3 or 4?

The Rab rep was negligent in not revealing that the Summit Extreme was “split” into two tents:
Summit Mountain Bivi
Single skin, 2 person mountaineering shelter with increased headroom
Weight:2000g/71oz (+1000g/35oz with optional porch)
Colours: Olive, Red
• Highly breathable Exchange Lite™ fabric
• 10000mm laminated nylon waterproof bathtub base
• Internally pitched DAC 8.84mm Aluminium poles
• 2 sealed ‘donut link’ tie in point, located at top and side
• 4 internal pockets
• Mosquito net door
• Glow in the dark zip pullers
• Available with removable porch adding 140cm length for gear storage
size: 2220 x 1200mm base, 1000mm height
Summit Superlite Bivi
Single skin, 2 person lightweight, low profile mountaineering shelter
Weight:1500g/53oz
Colours: Blue, Red
• Highly breathable Exchange Lite™ eVent® fabric
• 10000mm laminated lightweight ripstop nylon waterproof bathtub base
• Internally pitched DAC 8.84mm Aluminium poles
• 1 sealed ‘donut link’ tie in point, located at top
• Rear snow collection drawcord porthole
• 1 internal pocket
• Glow in the dark zip pullers
• Aluminium pegs
size: 2220 x 1200mm base, 700mm height