Reviews & Ratings for Marmot Amp 3 Tent - 3 Person, 3 Season — 2 reviews — Page 1

I regret purchasing this tent but am unable to return it as my son works in the industry and got a pro-deal. The fly drains onto the tent above where your lower legs are, requiring fastidious and time consuming guy-wiring if rain is anticipated PLUS your sleeping bag encased size 14 feet (once you have your mat down and your puffy toe box accounted for) will touch the top of the tent causing condensation to drip onto your sleeping bag. We go back country in the Canadian Rockies where even in mid-summer, temperatures can be very cold and weather changes quickly and unexpectedly. I’d rather carry an extra pound for the reliability of a tent with a fly that covers the entire tent and the peace of mind that touching the tent with large size feet is avoidable.
The story? The first night we went out with it we were delighted at its light weight and small size. It’s an ingenious setup once you’ve figured it out and is well-constructed with good materials. So far so good. We have such a nice time we forget to batten down the hatches as it were, and find, after it pisses rain all night long, that we have a large quantity of water streaming down from the ‘V’ of the fly where our feet are. The toe boxes of our sleeping bags are soaked. Fortunately we had only planned on one night.
The second time we spent a solid hour carefully guy-wiring so that the water wouldn’t pool in that ‘V’ at the bottom of the fly and again we were obliged and provided copious amounts of rain. This time it’s tw...
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I've spent some time in ​many ​different tents over the years but this is the first tent I own. I​'ve ​pitched it few times just to get familiar with it and make a choice will should I keep it or return, and go for Tarptent StratoSpire2. After playing around with it I've decided to keep it as TT is going to cost me around 100$ more to import to Europe and with Marmot Amp 3p I get warranty and everything.​ Also I'm a bit concerned about tarptents footprint and multiple stake points when using in alpine terrain.​

​Se​tup :

I​t​ took me around 3-4 min to pitch ​Marmot Amp 3p​ the​ first time with no instructions or anything. It is super simple and very intuitive. I'm sure that after few times it will take me no longer than a minute or two.
You will need at least 6 stakes to keep it up as it is not free standing design.

​I also tried to set Marmot Amp 3p up in storm/rain mode with the fly attached from the start, as it is impossible to set fly first tent later. It is possible but very unpleasant task. Took much more time and fiddling than normal setup. But it is possible, what is important for meas in going to use it in Alps/Caucasus/Pamirs/Tatras all famous for bad weather.

​There is a very short pole in the leg section lifting that part around 40cm so the slope is not that drastic and there is room in back part.

​Llikes:

- Super light for 3p tent, even if its semi-free standing design
- Very roomy with a lot of headroom. I'm 178cm/5.8" and have around 10cm/3' at least wh...
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