HenryHast_at_aol.com wrote: > I'm in the process of buying a three season tent for kayaking camping, and > would be interested in what other paddlewisers have and like. Any > suggestions about places to buy also appreciated. Is anybody familiar with > the Kelty Windfoil ultralight and the Kelty Zen tents? Thanks Hank Hank, I'm also in the market for a compact tent -- for use in our rainy climate here in the Northwest -- and I looked closely at the Zen and a couple similar ones. Ultimately, I decided to wait for a sale on one of the smaller ("2 person") North Face tents -- like the very old NF "Tadpole" I currently own. What I did not like about the Zen: 1. Not free standing. 2. The rain fly opens over the door such that if it is raining, you will get water inside the tent. My Tadpole is free standing, and the vestibule reaches out far enough in front of the inside tent that #2 above is not a problem. I own a NF Nebula, which is a much larger two-person tent, and its vestibule design provides a large footprint in front of a nearly vertical door, such that entering the tent will not get water inside the tent during a rain. Problem #2 above is endemic among the smaller two-person tents I have looked at. The only one I have seen so far that seemed to avoid #2 is the MEC Tarn 2. MEC is on the web at: www.mec.ca -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Oct 17 2000 - 19:21:32 PDT
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