Double Moment

I have both of the tents in question. The Double Moment does have better ventilation because of the large openings at the ends. I wouldn't say it has any bigger a footprint than the stratospire 2 and it certainly requires less stakes. If you are going to be in high winds or looking for absolute strength in a tent the stratospire 2 wins. If you are really tall the double moment has more useable length since the ends of the tent slope outward. The statospire 2 wins in vestibule space. On the whole they are both good tents. If you want the absolute strongest tent get the SS2. I think for camping in say eastern forests where high winds are not such an issue the moment 2p would be good.

Ben,

Interesting you feel the TT Stratospire is a more wind-worthy design over the TT Moment 2. Is it because of the Moment @ having large end openings?

I have a Moment DW and feel it as VERY wind-worthy. But of course the Moment DW is much smaller and I have my X-ing pole modified to run inside the fly for more support in those conditions.

I shouldn't say that the double Moment couldn't handle some wind. I have the single moment which I agree is very wind worthy. The end struts are considerably longer in the double moment than in the single so I would say they would be slightly weaker and you have a larger area to catch the wind. I'm sure it would be fine in all but the most extreme wind. I'm just saying that if I had to pick the absolute stronger of the two shelters I would say the stratospire 2 has the edge.

I'm going to add my 2 cents. The Moment DW and Double Moment are minimally 2-stake shelters and the StratoSpire 2 is a 6-stake shelter. 6 stakes beats 2 stakes. Adding more guy lines and stakes to the Moment, particularly at the arch pole sleeve pullouts, adds quite a bit more wind support and adding the crossing pole adds that much more, especially for snow support. Ben is correct that the SS2 is overall stronger, mainly due to the incompressibility of trekking poles, and becomes particularly so if you stake the apex guylines in the direction of the ridgeline.

-H

Henry,

On the end vents, the triangle ones… how does the flap close? Zipper? Mittenclips?

It seems like one of those dilemmas where whatever you choose, the zipper will be over-kill or the mitten clips will be too weak. maybe velcro and mitten clip combo?

Sincerely,
Curious in Portland

My wife and I have the SS2 and it held up to some pretty brutal Iceland winds.. albeit just.

> On the end vents, the triangle ones… how does the flap close? Zipper? Mittenclips?

Velcro tabs.

-H

Thank you, Suh.