Well I thought I'd load up some pics of the new tent for those of you that might be considering one of these. Its absolutely sweet guys! It comes in a pretty compact sized stuff sack and the poles fold down t less than 12" long. For storage you can either roll it up and insert it in the stuff sack or just stuff it in it, its up to you. With the inner and outer tent being connected theres nothing to organize. Once you pull it out of the stuff sack, you just lay it out and begin to insert the poles into the sleeve pockets. These sleeve pockets are genius, really no way to screw up the tent or concerns of poles popping out. It looks like this


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All 3 poles are the same size so theres no thinking that through. One the poles are inserted into each of their pole sleeves , which by the way is easy as pie they bend just perfectly for this task you start clipping the clips onto the poles like this

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Once you are done attaching the clips to the poles which takes about 45 seconds the tent is taught


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The little cap that goes over the vents stays attached at two points with a little toggle strap and you never need to remove the cap, it stuffs right into the bag with the rest of the tent. To attach it over the top you just flip it over to the sides that arent attached and clip into a ring on each corner and they are reinforced into teh the seam line for the clips that attach to the poles.Finished product looks like this

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After this is done the SOB is rock solid. You'd obviously stake it down and it has some really nifty guy line tensioners that work real well. The guy lines are permanently attached and are reinfoced once again into the heavy band that supports the clips that attach to the poles.This whole setup by myself takes less than a couple minutes.

Now on to the interior... The vestibules though I wish they were a little bigger are plenty big enough. I easily can slide my pack in there boots and whatever else, there is even plenty of room to cook with a pocket rocket or something similar inside the vestibule without going outside. Here some pics of the vestibule with some gear stowed.

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With inside door open

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Had to throw my BA Insulated Air Core in their and lay on it to really get a feel for the tent. Just because of all the love for Wiggys here on the Campfire Backpack Hunting forum (he he) I threw the bohemith Wiggys Superlight 0 degree bag in there to show how much room is in the tent....grin

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For all the Wiggys Lovers....

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Heres a pic of my Barneys Carnivore with the Hunter Bag and my boots in the vestibule to show that there is good storage space

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These last few pics are of the venting capability from inside the tent, all in all theres excellent ventilation options to keep from building up condensation in the tent, better than most tents I have looked at that are a true Mountaineering grade 4 season tent.

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From the inside


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Under the Cap

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In closing, I obviously havent had this baby in the mountains yet as I have only had it a few days but it appears that my search for the ultimate backpacking tent is over.Way to go Hilleberg!