[pct-l] Preferred Tent

[Alden Dale]

Briana,

I have the Sl1 and absolutely love it. I hiked about 700 miles of the PCT so far with it and have few complaints. At 6' I find I can still sit upright in the middle of the tent and floorspace wise its a very roomy 1-man tent. I sleep with all my gear inside my tent and dont feel cramped at all.

As to Yogi's comments, I agree about the top-entrance. I had used side entrance tents all my life before this. The first few weeks took a bit getting used to. I very rarely have to get up in the middle of the night though, so usually it's only in and out once per day. I think it's worth the weight savings though. 

Also, one other thing to keep in mind is you can purchase carbon fiber poles for the sl1. They save another 4-5 oz if I remember correctly.

There are tons of different options out there for tents. I purchased 4 tents that all looked good on paper and set them up around my house. After a few days of crawling in and out of each one a few times, I settled on the sl1 and returned the others. If you can find a seller that has that kind of policy on returns it can be a good way to go.

-Alden

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On Jul 16, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

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