This tent was designed as a lightweight, free-standing, solo with a small footprint and minimal rain fly. Compared to a bivy, it has a very generous amount of headroom plus a bit of additional floor space for gear.
What I like:
1) Very compact
2) Factory stakes are very light
3) Fast set-up and takedown
4) Small footprint
5) Free-Standing (my old solo tent was not)
6) Pleasant color (light green)
Possible Drawbacks:
1) No vestibule (though it would not be difficult to rig one with a small Silnylon tarp)
2) No storm flap on door
I just spent my first bag-night in this tent on a short backpacking trip and I can truly say that I have never slept better in the outdoors, EVER! I hit the hay around 9:30pm, and aside from a bit of tossing and turning, I slept for a solid 9 hours! In all honesty, I cannot attribute this restful night completely to my tent, but it is a very promising sign of things to come. Temperatures made it down to perhaps the upper 40's. I kept the tent sealed up tight the whole night, but there was not a hint of condensation in the morning.
I'll have a more comprehensive review on the Backcountry 1 after I've had the chance to really put it through its paces.
3 comments:
so how did the Backcountry1 make out in the end? Do you always leave your tarp extending way out from the bottom of your tent?
Still have it and still love it! I think I've spent somewhere around 30 nights in it by now (going to use it this weekend too). I haven't had internet access at home until recently due to a malware attack on our old computer some time ago, hence the lack of updates. Now that we're Mac-heads I should be able to get a full review up soon. I don't always leave the tarp (drop cloth, actually) extended as in the photo. I just like to have a non-muddy place to change out of my wet fishing clothes.
I was cleaning out old bookmarks and saw this one. Bought my Backcountry 1 after doing a ton of research (your blog being part of that). I've had this tent since 2008 as well, and used it at least 100 times. Still looks great, with no wear and tear, and no plans to stop use anytime soon. There are a couple of sleep pads that fit the floor area perfectly, and I developed an excellent system for gear placement that gets everything inside for the night with lots of room left for myself. 8 years later, I'm still loving this tent :-)
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