This provides for excellent viewing, and extra ventilation. If it gets rough, you can still close the door and unzip the doors protective water proof cover, revealing a nice wide mesh window, protected from rain via the same awning. Having the awning above the door means you can leave the front of the tent completely open, and enjoy the rain, instead of hiding from it. The tent does indeed stay dry inside when pitching, and taking it down while in the rain. Hammocks, skillets, camp shoes, butt pads, it was all here. I decided to test this guy out lake side, in the rain (condensation city), in march, while packing in as much gear as I could. to your pack, at 3 lbs 14 oz.ДЄll this is interesting, but does it work? I was worried about the hybrid walls with the intense condensation of Tennessee, and the smallish looking storage spaces on the sides. 7 oz, while the slightly heftier model addsВ an additional 7В oz. The ultra light model weighs in at 3 lbs. Gear storage has been moved to the sides of the tent, with zippered access from the inside. Access to the tent is through the front door, with un-zip-able rain door. This allows you to pitch the tent in the rain, while keeping the innards of the tent completely rain free. They also decided to connect the poles to the outside of the tent, and fuse the tent body and the rain fly.

Gone are door vestibule s, and in are hybrid single/double walls. Sierra Designs has decided to make some bold moves with this tent. The Sierra Designs Lightning UL2 tent has decided to rethink the basics of tent design.

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