Reviews & Ratings for Eureka Solitaire AL 1-Person Tent — 1 review — Page 1

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...
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