Any fans here or thoughts on the MSR Elixir 1 person tent? I’ve found this tent for a great price with a footprint. But, before I commit to the purchase I was wondering as to people’s opinions on them.
Thanks in advance!!
Any fans here or thoughts on the MSR Elixir 1 person tent? I’ve found this tent for a great price with a footprint. But, before I commit to the purchase I was wondering as to people’s opinions on them.
Thanks in advance!!
It's an ounce shy of 4 lbs.
You could spend a little more $ for a pretty substantial weight savings.
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Have you read the comments about it on MSR's site?
1st comment speaks poorly of it, the others were generally positive
I have read several reviews of the elixir and there are some that love it, and some that are not fond of the tent. I have a lot of msr products, but not a tent. I am looking for a good, backpacking tent and at the price I found this at, it seems hard to pass up. But, that being said, if it’s not a good product, the price being low doesn’t help. Just thought I’d ask here to see if there were any users.
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To follow up...
If it's not one of the common tents used by the folks here, it's probably not a good value.
It may have condensation issues due to lack of ventilation, or it could just be too heavy for most to consider.
There's a saying around here: buy once, cry once. Meaning, when we try to save money by buying a cheaper item, we usually end up regretting it and spending more money on the better one later; costing us more money than if we had just bought the more expensive one to begin with.
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The popular tents that sell between $300 - $600 have pretty good resale if they aren't abused.
Yeah 3-600$ isn’t an option here.
If you use trekking poles, there's a Chinese tent that looks an awful lot like the zpacks duplex, but made from silnylon, called the lanshan2. It's a lot lighter than 4 lbs (2.55 lbs) and quite inexpensive. The lanshan1 is even lighter.
Last edited by MtDoraDave; 03-26-2019 at 19:04.
Lightheart Gear has the Solo model on sail for $225. Gets you a sub 2 lb USA made tent. I don't own one, but it's worth a look.
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Here you go. A couple minutes of searching. Amazing what you find.
https://www.backcountrygear.com/skys...RoC810QAvD_BwE
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PS:
I like Feral Bill’s idea better.