Dogs Boy from United States, OR Public Profile

This product has a design defect that, IMO, is a dealbreaker. That defect is aggrevated as MH failed to disclose anything about this defect.

The problem is simply that the designed to to come with TWO fly zipper sliders that are oriented in the same direction. From what MH's warranty dept tells me, that is to accomadate a climbing harness under these pants.

All well and good for climbers (tho it seems to me these pants would last mere minutes in that application). But for the majority of buyers of these pants unaware of the design, it means that the FLY ZIPPER WILL NOT REMAIN CLOSED. Because the sliders are both oriented upward, the bottom slider opens the zipper a little bit; there is no way to avoid this. Then, a little bit of movement while wearing the pants will cause the zipper to pop open without the sliders moving. That will happen 100% of the time.

That is unacceptable.

MH has offered the solution of removing one slider, or reorienting the bottom slider, under warranty. Best case after having bought these, but a pain and added expense to the buyer. The fact is that the pants were designed for an obscure use, but the implications of that design then not disclosed to the many other buyers simply looking for insulated pants

This is a simple rectangle of heavy plastic. Yes, protects the tent & is waterproof. But defeats the purpose of having a lighter weight tent.

Skip this & go to the hardware store for a sheet of mylar that you can cut to the exact size of your tent.

While I don't rate this tent highly, that is an overall rating. This tent is fairly well suited to specific situations such as solo backpacking or biking, and for those I would rate it a bit higher. That said, I would also not recommend this tent except as a possible option for someone shopping lighter weight tents both on the spendy ($400+) and cheap (this tent) side.

I had an Outbound tent of a similar design since 1993. It has served me exceedingly well (esp for a cheap tent). I've used it for most of my week-long Cycle Oregon camping trips during those years and some backpacking trips as well. It is aging but I've like the design and its compact size. In particular, I could get a extra large sized duffel into one side of the tent, and sleep comfortably on the other side. I could also sit up inside the tent and not be hitting my head on the top of the tent. And it was very quick to set up to not free-standing.

This Eureka tent has a similar design & shape, but for reasons that utterly battle me, is poorly designed in key aspects making it much LESS functional than my older tent. It is not nearly tall enough, so I not only hit my head on the top of the tent but have to duck for fear of damaging the tent when I sit up to change cloths. It is much narrower than my older then, so I will be cramped if there were a duffel of any size or a backpack inside the tent. The tent isn't as long, limiting options of what can be put at the foot of the tent. And you have to really work a