Damian H. from Australia, WA Public Profile

I love the outdoors and have had my fair share of dealing with camping equipment for the past 30 years.

As with most experienced campers, who experienced the need to setup or pack up a tent in windy and/or stormy weather, most of the cheaper tents with an endoskeleton design creates a frustrating challenge. Not only must one need to first pitch the inner tent in heavy rain and risk wetting the non-water-resistant inner tent, the outer tarp also flips & flops around in heavy gust, making the task more difficult than it should be.

I have heard great praises about the Hilleberg tent's exoskeleton design. But was put off by their relatively high price tag.

When it is time to find a replacement for my old tent, I revisited the current Hilleberg's offerings and decided to go with the Tarra tent. I needed a 4-seaons tent with a free-standing design that will offer the most rugged structural integrity to withstand very high winds. I live in one of the most windy cities on Earth and the last thing I want to worry about is equipment failure.

The Tarra tent not only meets and exceeds all my expectations, it also offers excellent ventilation, roomy living space & superb weatherproof abilities. Every small aspect in the Tarra tent exuberates thoughtful thinking with its design and high-quality workmenship in its build-quality.

As if the Tarra tent's 4-ole design is not tough enough, each of the pole pocket can take 2 poles, hence doubling the pole counts to 8 if needed be, to cater f

The footprint is made of a very high-quality, tough and highly water-resistant material.

The footprint fits perfectly under the Tarra tent and offers interlocking buckles that integrates perfectly with the Tarra tent to offer improved structural integrity & weatherproof properties.

I find using the footprint keeps the tent dry and clean from dirt when it comes to packing up in the morning. Using the footprint, all I need is to give the Tarra tent a quick brush on the anchoring corners before packing and it is good as new. Washing the footprint is a lot quicker & easier than washing the tent. And with the superior water shedding properties of the footprint, it dries in no time.

When I fold the footprint after packing the tent, I tend to keep the dirty/dusty side folded inside and keep the upper side of the footprint clean. This way, I can keep pitching tent on consecutive camping grounds with a clean footprint upper surface and only need to clean the footprint after the trip, when I wash the entire footprint thoroughly.

Overall, I would highly recommend the footprint as a very useful add-on for all Hilleburg tent.

The footprint's thicker material also adds further cushioning from hard and uneven surface.