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Which tent - 4 season, 2.5kg, 6ft2in, vestibule |
10-Jun-2009 At 4:28:09 PM |
J Qui
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I own an Exped Venus II Extreme. Awesome tent. Weighs approx 2.6kg.
I wrote to Exped to ask about the season rating of the tent. Spoke with Andi Brun (R&D) who stated
that as a free standing tunnel dome, without guys, the tent is a 3 season. Fully guyed out, it is well
and truly a 4 season tent.
I can vouch for this. My tent withstood a 160km storm in NZ last year, was buried to the top. My
tent withstood the covering and had no issues with collapse/implosion or fractured poles.
This photo was taken after about half an hour of digging the top of the tent out. You can see the guys
holding well, the inner had not collapsed at all.
This is how it should have looked...
Awesome all round tent. Lightweight silnylon fly if you want to go light.
I also asked about condensation. Andi said the following....
"for cold and dry conditions (ie. below -5 to -10 degrees C) zip everything up to retain heat, not much
condensation should occur. In cold wet conditions (ie. 0 to -5 degrees, wet snow etc) (which is more
like Australian snow), only have the mesh doors closed (not the full doors) and the vents open."
That is what I do, and I get no condensation at all. Heaps of room for cooking in the vestibules, easy
to pitch, fast to pitch, and reasonably priced.
Hope this helps
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