by andrewa » Tue 17 Jan, 2017 8:23 pm
Depends a bit on what you want to do with it. It may be fine for your use. It might also tear or leak in heavy rain/wind/ snow.
Sometimes "gear failure" is part of the adventure. It has been part of my learning curve over many years, which is why I've ended up with the gear I have. Over 35 yrs, I've been through a lot of stuff, trying to find the "ultimate" setup. My primary interest now is weight vs function.
By all means, buy the tent. Maybe modify it yourself to upgrade the specs. Have a "plan B", if it fails sometime. You might end up being a very happy camper!
I think of my Hilleberg, which has stayed upright in 80-90kph wind on the top of Bogong in winter. Very happy with this, but there have only been a handful of times I've needed something to do this, and, if it failed, we could have packed up and walked down to one of the huts and survived.
There's plenty of "this is the only thing to buy" type information on this forum and others - however, members are at varying stages of financial stability, and some of us >50's might need to recall how we started out. Yes, I know that if we had bought a "whatever brand" tent first up, presuming we had the finances, we might never have needed to upgrade, but a huge amount of my enjoyment in the outdoors has been evolving DIY gear specific to my own uses.
Go for it.
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