Summary: My first real tent. A bit crowded for more that 2. good ventilation and weather protection. Tried winter a couple years and found too much airflow. Could use a second door to stop the climbing over poor soul who has to sleep at the door. Fabulous tent for mild weather. Nice large door, opens up the whole side. Tent is mainly used for solo hikes or hikes without the mutts. A little hard to set up at night without reflective marks and the color coded poles.
Customer Service: have had no need for service. keep it clean and dry when stored.
Similar Products Used: marmot nutshell, rei half dome, TNF cummulus
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Reviewed by: Paul Smith(Unregistered User)
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Backpacker
, from New York
Price Paid:
$120.00
at The North Face Outle
Summary: The North Face Cirrus is a great tent. The Ventilation is the best out of every other tent I have used. It might be a little too cold in the winter. As long as the outer fly is not touching the tent, the tent should stay dry. I like the versatility of the tent, whether you want the vestibule open, half-open, or fully closed when it is raining. This is a great all-around 1-2 person tent
Similar Products Used: Eureka Timberline- kept the rain out better but not as sturdy in the wind
Eureka Apex- With a full vestibule, not nearly as good ventilation as The North Face Cirrus.
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Reviewed by: Meckler(Unregistered User)
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Car Camper
Price Paid:
$125.00
at GI Joe's
Summary: Great tent for unreliable Oregon weather. It stays cool in the heat, warm in on the cold nights (around 30 f outside) and DRY. Handles wind and windswept rain well. Definitely stake out all of the guy lines to keep the fly off the tent and you can be dry as a bone without condensation for days. We use it for both car camping and backpacking. Nice sized for my wife and I and not too heavy. Good sized, useful vestibule.
Customer Service: Have not yet used.
Similar Products Used: Tetragon 5 (not a bad budget tent, but no full cover fly), Kelty Riverbend (condensation), Northface Perrigrin (great but too heavy for packing).
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Reviewed by: Mike Ruzich(Unregistered User)
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Backpacker
, from Hillside,Illinois
Price Paid:
$200.00
at Rei
Summary: Nice tent. My partner is 100 lb German Shepherd. We have lgged over 50 nights in mountains of Colorado and in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota. The tent has withstood high winds in the mountains, thunderstorms, and days of rain at a time. I remained dry. The tent shines when cool and dry. Adequate ventilation. Zipper no longer works well on mesh door, probably result of my partner wanting to get out of tent in am.Will see if TNF will repair. +
Similar Products Used: Replace Eureka timberline. Use TNF Expedition 25/ for Winter camping and TNF Nebula when more room needed
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Reviewed by: Alexis Schwartz(Unregistered User)
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Backpacker
, from western New York
Price Paid:
$265.00
at Wildware, Inc
Summary: Very nice tent. definitely holds up in the rough weather. size is very spacious for one person. comfy for someone of close relationship. and ok for a night or two with another traveler of lesser relation. only have good things to say about it beside the condensation that does build up on some evenings with the fly on.
Similar Products Used: the north face slickrock is a very good tent for someone that is looking for a ultralight, fast-pitching tent. though due to this tents limited coverage rain-fly its not nearly as stormproof as the Cirrus
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