Zpacks Free Trio

PostedMar 28, 2022 at 6:50 am

I’m in the market for an ultralight tent. I’ve been eying the Zpacks Triplex; however, I just noticed there is a freestanding version that was recently released November ’21 called the Free Trio. Do any of you have any experience with this tent? I only found one review that criticized the doors being too short compared to previous Zpacks tents which may be a problem for wind, rain, and privacy.

I’ve done a lot of research on the Triplex. Wish there was a way to get the Free Trio version with slightly longer doors without me modifying myself.

Alex

YoPrawn

PostedMar 28, 2022 at 10:27 am

I think my impression from what others have said, is that the Zpacks free standing mods are not that sturdy in wind. Makes sense, since it was probably not designed to be free standing to begin with, I assume.

Alex Farmiga

PostedMar 28, 2022 at 12:17 pm

I believe the new Free Trio tent is an entirely new design apart from the Triplex. Seems like its super new so there hasn’t been many reviews on it.

YoPrawn

PostedMar 28, 2022 at 7:29 pm

Ah, yes, my bad. You are correct the free duo and trio are different than the kit for the duplex. My impression is of the poor wind ability of the duplex add-on version.

That’s going to be one super expensive experiment to try out!