[pct-l] Tent Advice / Ken M

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

On Sep 27, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: Austin Greavette <austin.greavette at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Tent Advice / Ken M
> To: Pct-l at backcountry.net
>
> Big Agnes FC UL2 Platinum

> LightHeart Gear Solo.

If these are your two choices, choose the LightHeart Gear Solo. I saw  
that tent at the Kickoff. It's amazing! It's roomy, airy, light has  
great windows to look out and a fly to cover them up. It's really an  
amazing tent. You aren't going to see a lot of reviews out there  
because it's not available at REI or other places. It's a cottage  
gear manufacturing operation, which means it's made in somebody's  
basement. Her sewing is top-quality. If I didn't already have a great  
tent, I'd definitely get one of hers.

Shroomer's tent is pretty good, too, but I think I would consider the  
mesh floor to be extremely annoying. Maybe I would change my mind if  
I lived in it for a few months, but just looking at it, I thought, no  
thanks. I experienced enough puddles in Washington to know it would  
suck royally to have no way to keep the water out.