Clostnature Polaris Lightweight Backpacking Tent - 1/1.5/2/3/4/6 Person Ultralight Waterproof Camping Tent, 3 Season Large Size Easy Setup Tent for Family, Outdoor, Hiking and Mountaineering

After reading stellar reviews on this 6 person tent, I purchased one for myself for camping on a spoil island on Florida's east coast. I wanted it big enough to put a couple cots in. The room is more than adequate for my 80" long cot. Definitely will put something under the cot feet to protect the floor. Rainfly vents and their location is the very first thing I look for. Vents should be placed as close to the top as possible. It's where all the heat goes. If you camp in Florida you need the 3V's, ventilation,ventilation,ventilation! Condensation is a big deal here with the heat and humidity. The cot will also elevate me above the bathtub line allowing for more breeze contact. As a rule, i never close the vestibules and air vents unless it rains or really cold. I'm enjoying this tent immensely. Haven't had it in a hard rain yet and I see where I'll need to add a longer guide out to the sides to pull the fly up and away from the sidewall bottom better and it will help promote more updraft. Our hurricane season starts early June and with it rain so I'll have an opportunity to proper test it soon. Okay it now april 12th and I'm on a spoil island near coco Beach. Sustaining winds of 10-20 mph and it's holding up well. It rained around 2am but only a light drizzle. We were expecting much more but thankfully missed the brunt however it would have been the ultimate test. I have condensation this morning but because I closed the vents before bed cause we knew we were to get rain in the am. The vestibule are smaller than I'd like for such a big tent and although I like the shade awning, it's hard to use it as an entry or exit when it's not deployed. The other side works better for easy in and out. The doors are HUGE! Getting my cot, chair, and table in was no issue. All in all, im pleased and it's only 1 pound heavier than my teton 3 person with twice the room. This is a great tent for spring to fall. It's big, light, and will hold up under moderate conditions.

At this price point, you should expect to need to waterproof before use. Got some pfas free waterproofing spray and tested it properly before first use.Kept me absolutely bone dry in torrential downpour.Being able to tie out the awning is neat, but sure make it hard to get in and out during heavy rain.2 person version is actually wide enough for 2 25" sleeping pads, which means if you leave your packs under the fly there's actually enough room for 2 people.Excellent tent for the money.

I lived in Mongolia as an expat American from 2002-2022 (came back to US toward the end of COVID). As you may well imagine, Mongolia is campers' paradise. With only 3.5 million humans in a land mass the size of Alaska, the naturescapes are vast, abundant, pristine, and profound in their variety. Camping is about as second-nature to Mongolians as watching football is to Americans. I had not been camping since I returned to the US in December 2022, and my soul really needed a return to nature. I was looking out for gear for months. But since I was on a very tight budget, I had to be scrupulous about the right quality tent at the right price. I decided to take a chance on this one: Clostnature Polaris Lightweight Backpacking Tent. I was definitely skeptical. Back in Mongolia, my old warhorse tent was a Tatonka - the king of European-engineered rigor!OK - back to Clostnature Polaris Lightweight Backpacking Tent. The advertisement did not lie. I did 2 nights out in the bush solo camping this past weekend. The tent will comfortably sleep 2 normal-sized people. (By normal-sized, I mean adventurous/outdoorsy folks who are fit and average to light in weight.) The tent itself is fine mesh - lacking any additional polyester knitting to toughen up the sides. It's all mesh to the flooring material (as in the picture).Durable? OK. Yes. With caveats: durable in moderate to light winds under 20 mph sustained. I got the feeling that the thin aluminum poles would not withstand sustained wind pressure over 30 mph, or gusts in excess of 40 mph. Over the weekend, I enjoyed moderately windy and rainy weather, but was snug and dry within the tent. The fly withstood both wind and rain. Nevertheless, during the strongest gusts, my mind wistfully reminisced the rather thicker tent poles for my Tatonka workhorse tent back in Mongolia, and I wondered whether I could find a set of thicker aluminum poles to fit the assembly rings on this Clostnature Polaris 2-person ultralight. Oh yeah. Ultralight - it is that. I hauled this tent in my camping backpack along with kitchen mess kit, food and essentials, riding my bicycle 35 km.Assembly? I got it up in fewer that 15 minutes in gusty wind. I'm experienced, so as soon as I assembled the main tent, I dropped my backpack within to hold it down from blowing away while I affixed the fly.The fly has plastic snap-locks at each corner to quickly attach to the tent base at the pole eyes. The tent stakes are strong and were easy to insert into the clay ground of the terrain. But bear in mind that if you pitch this tent on rocky soil and have to hammer down those stakes? You are liable to bend or break them.The packaging is exemplary, and the manufacturer included additional cordage to tie down the fly for windy conditions. I did not bother to tie them down on this trip. Unless the weather is terrifically windy? I shy away from cordage extensions for stability - because I inevitably trip on the cords during night walks.In sum. This is an excellent value for the price $69 in my case for an ultralight 1 or 2 person tent. The fly offers excellent shield from rain. Engineering is stable for sustained winds up to 20 mph, but I would be wary of sticking this tent on a mountainside with gusts over 40 mph.For the casual weekend jaunt at the local forest preserve? This is an excellent deal.Edited: Amazon just posted my initial review and I thought it might be helpful to add pictures and a short addendum. I decided to return this 3-Season tent and grab the Clostnature Libra Lightweight 4-Season - because it appears to be that much warmer and more snug. While the 3-Season tent is probably better suited to more southern states, up here in Illinois weather, the 4-season might be the better option! I'll review that purchase after I take it out for a test drive in a few weeks. Meanwhile, note that after reviewing the 3-season, I liked the product enough that I went back to same vendor. That should say something to readers. I am a scrupulous consumer/bargain hunter.