Single person tent...
Talk me out of using my 20% off coupon from REI on the Big Agnes Fly Creek UL1 Tent.
Well I am 6-2 and 200 pounds and I am glad I purchased a two-man tent. It's really not big enough for two people unless they are in love. But it is big enough for me and my gear. I would have to look it up but I think the increase in weight was less than a pound, and a few dollars more in price. Just my two cents worth.
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I went with the Flycreek UL2 instead, it only weighs a few more ounces and I felt the extra weight was worth the extra space.Originally Posted by Chubbs4U
Im not tall but I am wide. Good to know. Going to try and see if I can make it to REI to try the sizing out. I thought also that this was one of the bigger 1 person tents.
Its a little cramped. and I think the difference in weight between the UL! and the 2 is like 6 ounces heavier. Im 5'11" 165 lbs. Youve got to be wider than I am, so I think you'll appreciate the extra room.
i bought a msr hubba and love it. but i do wonder if the door design for the flycreek lets water in when it rains
Its fine as long as you stake out the vestibule, spent a few rainy nights in it without incident.
Ul1 is fine for width, it's just pretty short. I am 155lb and 5'11. I have to keep my bag right at the entrance of the tent or I would hit the end with my bag/feet. There is ample space to the left and right if the sleeping pad is centered.
Currently looking for used. Maybe ill get lucky.
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so I was talked out of and I am now looking at a 1 person rainbow.
What about the Contrail...
...take nothing but memories and pictures, leave nothing but footprints, and kill only time... (Bette Filley in Discovering the Wonders of the Wonderland Trail)
Check out the Hubba...I am also "wider" and the tent is not only big enough for me but I love the HUGE side opening door....easy in and out.
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Great plan. Sleeps two in a pinch.
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...was thinking maybe the double instead cause it only weighs a bit more and you never know. Heard the Lunar Duo rocks also as a 2 person tent. Soo many choices
So I have slimmed it down to either the Moment or the single rainbow. I am not a tall person, under 6 ft, and a bit on the heavy side, 215+. So which to go with?
Hubba.
Check out the 2011 color scheme, rather dandy.
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watch the videos for the henry shires tarptents. the double rainbow for a few ounces more with ease of setting up looks like a go. two man much more room
http://www.e-omc.com/catalog/product...ex-1-Tent.html
found this tent for around $300. Trying to see if it comes/has rainfly and footprint. Thoughts on this tent and can we tell what the year it was made?
The Carbon Reflex is very similar to the Rainbow in design.
The floor is a couple of inches shorter and a foot narrower but for the extra 10oz you get a full mesh inner (tent).
The Rainbow is an hybrid. The door side is a full mesh wall but the other is fabric.
With the CR you can even set it up freestanding like the Rainbow, however that is a TT patent so MSR can't show you that.
Keep in mind that you pitch the inner first , so not a dry set up in the rain.
I think that there has been only one version of the CR made.
Franco
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