Sierra Designs: Lightning Tent (Fall 06)

6 Reviews

Our Price: $249.95

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Description

Sierra Designs: Lightning Tent (Fall 06) - Altrec.com Product Description:

If you trek, tour or hike in the summer heat, this award-winning Lightning Tent from Sierra Designs offers the enhanced ventilation and crossflow you'll want at the end of the day. Sierra Designs strengthened the structural integrity with new DAC Featherlite NSL poles, a stronger and lighter support design that features the highest strength-to-weight ratio among similarly sized aluminum tent poles. DAC Featherlite NSL poles feature an expanded portion at both ends of the pole to accommodate pole stress, minimizing potential breaks. Extra gear pockets on the inside of the Lightning make it easy for two adults to sort out their gear. If you head out during the hottest months of the year or prefer going minimalist in the desert, the Sierra Designs Lightning Tent is a breezy shelter when it swelters.

Rugged 70-denier nylon taffeta SuperSeal floor fabric with a 1,800 mm. waterproof finish
Lightweight and waterproof 40-denier nylon fly fabric treated with a polyurethane/silicon finish
Durable 40-denier nylon ripstop body fabric
Two new durable and lightweight DAC Featherlite 9-mm. poles
Sized to accommodate two adults
Color-coded webbing, Clip-Locs and Swift Clips facilitate fast assembly
Durable locking pole tip design
Reflective guy-outs and zipper pulls enhance visibility at night and in low light conditions
Lightning Fast Pack Footprint for ultralight pitching sold separately
White optic canopy design enhances interior light--especially when weathering daytime storms
Single entrance with stash door design
Convenient gear pockets
Vestibule areas: 9 sq. ft.
Peak height: 40 in.
Living space area: 84.5 in. x 53 in.
Minimalist configuration weight: 2 lbs., 7 oz.
Trail weight: 3 lbs. 15 oz.

Seattle Area Customers: This item is AVAILABLE ONLINE (may or may not be available in the Sturtevant's Bellevue/Puyallup stores).

Customer Reviews (6)

Sierra Designs: Lightning Tent (Fall 06) - 6 Reviews

2007-10-09
Nice, light 3 season tent. I like this tent. Most of the weight savings seem to come from the lighter material in the tent body and fly, but it seems to be of good quality. I've seen reviews where people say it's comfy for someone 6'3", but i'm 6', and that seems to be about the comfort limit. I've also read that it's sturdy under snow/wind, but I don't believe that either - there just aren't enough guyout points for serious wind. also, there isn't much vestiblue space, but you know that going in. there are going to be some compromises in a sub-5 lb. tent. but i do love how light it is, how simple and easy it is to pitch, and also dig the one big door that makes getting in/out very easy. and contrary to some reviews, there is one little pocket inside the tent. in essence, it is what it claims to be: a very nice little 3 season, fair weather tent.

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2004-06-22
Light I was trying to find reviews before purchasing this as I'm always a cautious shopper. No luck however so I took the risk and bought it anyways. My advice to Canadians in purchasing this tent is to buy in the US. You will save big time even with paying the duties and taxes. SD messed up with their MSRP on this one, 450 CAD vs 250 US, this is a no brainer. As for the tent, good living space, easy setup, and light. The fly doesn't quite come all the way to the ground and the vestibule doesn't peg out that great, there's about a 3 to 4" gap above the ground when pegged out. You also need minimum of 3 pegs to use the vestibule, two on the vestibule side and one on the opposite side to counter balance it. I had this tent out in the Andirondacks on the Canadian long weekend (May 22nd/23rd) in torential rain, it survived however I was getting small droplets of water on the inside where the hooks meet the fly. Some tape would probably solve this. Not sure if this is typical in other tents in this price range but this did dissapoint me. I'm looking forward to testing it out in the rain again to see if this was the way I set it up or perhaps a flaw in the design. The tent was cozy for my girlfriend and I, two big guys may be pushing it though. My feet and head were just grazing the edges and I'm 5-10.

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Garry Waterman - 2005-09-17
great tent used this tent in the wind, heat and rain this summer in MIchigan. it does not vent hot air out like i would like. but if i soe a loop on the long ends to pull it out with a stake i think that will fix it just fine and fix the rain problems i had too. nice size tent for two used it packing for total of 10 days and sea Kayaking in Lake Supoir for 10 more. still like new.

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