Sierra Designs Clip 3 CD

Review Date
May 31, 2004

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Reviewed by: pip ,  Backpacker

Price Paid:  $229.00 at Alpine Shop

Summary:
Really good tent! I purchased for a cycling trip because of it's light weight. I usually use it on two or three day hikes or car camping. I have been stuck in some nasty storms in it and as long as it's guyed out and staked down really well.

A friend just took this tent on the AT for a week and raved about the light weight and how well it held up in a rain storm one night.

Weaknesses: I bent a bunch of tent stakes out in Moab. A freestanding tent is much better for those hardpacked conditions but I live in the midwest so that isn't really much of an issue. Make sure to carry lots of stakes to properly pitch the tent and extras to guy it out. It could brethe a little better. It gets pretty warm in the summertime with the fly on it.

Customer Service:
Haven't had to use them. I have a sleeping bag from SD and have never had a problem with either product. A testament to the quality of their product.

Similar Products Used:
none

Review Date
May 21, 2002

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Reviewed by: Robert Detjen(Unregistered User) ,  Paddler , from Austin, Texas, USA

Price Paid:  $249.00 at REI

Summary:
I love the tent. It is very light, roomy, quick to set up, and holds up great in a pounding rainstorm (a Kelty Rivebend and an REI Half Dome blew around and leaked in the same storm - so I slept while they ran around fixing their tents). . The tent could easily be the perfect roomy 2/3 person tent if they 1) Use a smooth operating zipper and add a slight curve at the top (to give more room to get under the fly). Mine may have been the exception - but it and their warranty service were terrible. 2) Extend the mesh higher up on the tent to help it breathe better - it was stuffy even in April on the Buffalo National River in northern Arkansas - and I'm from Central Texas.

Similar Products Used:
North Face Stratos (heavier, but reliable and bombproof), North Face Canyonlands (ultra lightweight and ultra cool solo tent), Mountain Hardwear Light Wedge 3 (replacement - 1lb 5oz heavier, but coole

Review Date
September 18, 2001

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5, 5 votes

Reviewed by: John (Unregistered User) ,  Backpacker

Price Paid:  $0.00 at no where

Summary:
Awesome tent

Customer Service:
Read Review summary please

Similar Products Used:
Eureka tents. Wanted a better tent.

Review Date
August 12, 2001

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Reviewed by: Keith(Unregistered User) ,  Backpacker , from Seattle, Washington

Price Paid:  $200.00 at Campmor

Summary:
I bought the 2000 model from Campmor. It is a GREAT! tent. I bought it as a two person plus gear tent and it works great for that, but it could handle three in a pinch. It's light and roomy and you could pay a lot more to carry more weight and get less room with another brand. I highly recommend this tent to anybody not hung up about free standing tents. I backpack mostly in the Olympic Mountains of Western Washington and if that doesn't test a tent's backcountry performance I don't know what will. Water proofness has been proven to my satisfaction.

Customer Service:
I called customer service with questions about footprints and seam sealing. Got a human the first time and a very knowledgeable human at that. Answered all questions clearly and concisely.
Haven't had any problems with the gear and don't expect to.

Similar Products Used:
Eureka
Kelty (good gear, but SD is better)

Review Date
July 26, 2001

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Reviewed by: David Bates(Unregistered User) ,  Backpacker , from Boynton Beach, Fl, USA

Price Paid:  $190.00 at ebay

Summary:
This is really a great tent. I selected this tent based on my need for a very light 2 person tent. It fits these requirements perfectly - but I would not try for 3 people. Set up could not be easier for a tent that is not free-standing. It not being free-standing is a small compromise for the weight you save. It is made extremely well. I have used the tent about 10 times now and could not be happier. The weight is saves over the alternatives can't be undertated.

Customer Service:
I have not needed customer service.

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