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Marmot Aeolos 2P Tent

Marmot Aeolos 2P Tent

Item # 731624
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Marmot® Aeolos 2P tent offers two backpackers a tough yet habitable space and a lightweight load.

  • Two doors allows easy in and out without disturbing your partner, and two vestibules offer personal storage areas
  • DAC® Dual Diameter poles are engineered with varying pole diameters to create stiffer poles that increase the tent's overall stability
  • Knee-pole design creates a steeper sidewall for inside spaciousness; provides more volume around you while you are lying down
  • DAC/Marmot double clips disperse stress over a larger areas, won't slide, have an incredible breaking strength and are easy to use with gloves
  • Cantenary cut floor provides a tight pitch with reduced weight; fully seam-taped bathtub floor maintains waterproofness
  • Lightweight, durable nylon ripstop rainfly has silicone/PU coating for waterproof protection and UV resistance
  • Welded VELCRO® brand fly attachments create complete waterproof construction
  • Window Weld™ design gives views to the outside, lets in light and reduces weight
  • Stake Tape™ shaves weight by eliminating grommets, yet are strong and allow versatile set- up
  • Light-reflective piping helps you find your tent at night
  • Inside pockets provide storage off the floor for organizing your equipment
  • Bare Bones Set Up: in warmer weather, leave your tent body behind and use just the rainfly, ground sheet (sold separately) and poles
  • Stuff sacks, stakes, repair fabric, pole repair sleeve, guy cord and sliders and buckle included
  • Average minimum weight specification is based on tent, rainfly and poles only

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Item 731624

Marmot Aeolos 2P Tent Specs

Specification

Description

Seasons3-season
Design typeFreestanding tent
Sleeping capacity2
Average minimum weight5 lbs. 5 oz.
Average packaged weight5 lbs. 12 oz.
Average weight - metric2.61 kilograms
Floor dimensions90 x 56 inches
Floor dimensions - metric227 x 142 centimeters
Floor area35 square feet
Vestibule area9.5 + 9.5 square feet
Peak height40 inches
Peak height - metric102 centimeters
Doors2
Canopy fabricRipstop nylon
Floor fabricCoated nylon taffeta
Rainfly fabricCoated ripstop nylon
Number of poles4
Pole materialAluminum DAC NSL
Pole diameterDual diameter
Packed size7 x 20 inches

Marmot Aeolos 2P Tent Customer Reviews

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Marmot Aeolos 2P Tent
 
4.0

(based on 23 reviews)

83%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Comfortable (21)
  • Easy to set up (20)
  • Durable (15)
  • Lightweight (13)
  • Fly works well (12)

Cons

  • Poor fly design (8)
  • Pricey / poor value (4)
  • Flimsy construction (3)

Best Uses

  • Backpacking (20)
  • Car camping (12)
  • Hiking (12)
  • Beach (6)
  • Mountaineering (4)
  • Reviewer Profile:
  • Avid adventurer (14), Casual/ recreational (10)
  • What Is Your Gear Style:
  • Survivalist / minimalist (6), Comfort driven (4)

Reviewed by 23 customers

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Jan

25

2008

(5 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

 
1.0

Didn't work for me

By SGil

from New York

About Me Casual/ Recreational

Pros

  • Comfortable
  • Easy to set up
  • Lightweight

Cons

  • Doesn't handle rain well
  • Flimsy Construction
  • Poor Fly Design

Best Uses

  • Hiking

Comments about Marmot Aeolos 2P Tent:

I took the Aeolos out for a backcountry trip in the Wind River Range and Grand Teton Park. The Aeolos was great in terms of weight and ease of set up. It offers comfortable space inside and compresses to take up little space in a backpack.

I ended up returning mine, however, because the rainfly was a disaster. The position of the door on the fly means that it tends to sag when wet and is a generally a nuisance getting in and out. Playing with the stakes doesn't help.

The more serious problem that I had was that the fly kept sagging badly whenever it got wet. I would pitch the tent at night and it would be nice and taut to the point of being worthy of a photograph in an outdoors magazine. But I would wake up in the morning to find the fly sagging in multiple places to the point of touching the inside mesh of the tent if it rained at all in the night and a couple times simply from the morning dew. There is also one spot in the roof which tends to be flat near the door and easily pools water. We spent a lot of time working with the guy strings and stakes, but could never really get rid of the dip/flattening, which was a problem if you had rain for several hours.

I called Marmot to ask about whether this was normal and while they seemed somewhat surprised, they were very non-committal on whether it was likely to be a defect for which they would give me a new fly. I got the impression that they were likely to just return the same tent to me. In the end, I decided it was too much hassle and took it back to REI.

Too bad because it does have a lot of positives.

  • What Is Your Gear Style:
  • Comfort Driven

Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

(5 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

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Feb

28

2008

(4 of 10 customers found this review helpful)

 
1.0

Award Winner?

By WYOPinhead

from Saratoga, Wy

About Me Professional Guide

Site Member

Pros

  • Cool color

Cons

  • Difficult To Setup
  • Flimsy Construction
  • Poor Design
  • Poor Fly Design

Best Uses

  • back yard

Comments about Marmot Aeolos 2P Tent:

Award Winner? Not a good design award, practicality award, efficiency award, construction award, design award, quality award. Maybe it was an award for most random little things that have no place on a tent award? The tent it's self is usable if you are not looking for a performance tent. It has plastic parts that will easily break, not enough support for the poles, and I don't recomend trying to set it up on a cold, windy, or rainy day. Don't buy the footprint it is useless. The independent setup of the rain fly is a myth, in no way is it practical, sturdy, or useable if you do so. This is an over engineered K-Mart tent that has a new falt ever time I set it up. In no way is this tent representative of the Marmot quality of old. This is junk that will soon be another former tent on your shelf or at the gear swap.

  • What Is Your Gear Style:
  • Minimalist

Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

(4 of 10 customers found this review helpful)

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Apr

23

2008

(3 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

 
4.0

Nice Tent

By jtvl5

from Helena, MT

About Me Avid Adventurer

Pros

  • Comfortable
  • Easy to set up
  • Lightweight
  • Waterproof

Cons

  • Poor Fly Design

Best Uses

  • Backpacking
  • Beach
  • Car Camping
  • Hiking

Comments about Marmot Aeolos 2P Tent:

I think this is a pretty good tent. The fly design is a little odd at first, but it doesn't bother me anymore. It is light, sturdy, and the perfect size for two people who want to be comfortable. I found that it holds up well in wind, rain, and snow. The bent poles are actually functional. They make the inside feel roomier than much larger tents. Good pockets inside.

It is not a warm tent. It does not keep in heat as well as some of my other tents, but I still carry it even when there is snow because I like the tent.

  • What Is Your Gear Style:
  • Comfort Driven

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

(3 of 4 customers found this review helpful)

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Apr

14

2008

(3 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

 
2.0

Award Winner???

By Ropegun

from Terceira, Portugal

About Me Avid Adventurer

Site Member

Pros

  • Comfortable
  • Easy to set up
  • Lightweight

Cons

  • Flimsy Construction
  • Gear Storage
  • Poor Fly Design

Best Uses

  • Beach
  • Hiking

Comments about Marmot Aeolos 2P Tent:

As an award winning tent I was hoping for a whole lot more from this shelter. It is a great tent for summer trips to the crag or the beach but beyond that it falls short of what we all expect from Marmot. The costruction is quite soft and required guying even in light gusts to prevent collapsing. The rainfly design was poorly thought out, it has a tendency to unzip as much as halfway in the wind. Once you have the rainfly open and secured be ready for it to come un-rolled and snag on you/your gear as you try to get in. The storage compartments were designed less for storage as they were set up so that my headlamp and anything else I chose to put in there would come jumping out. Since there is no angle to the pockets they are more useful as an aggrivation than actual storage.

If you are looking for a lightweight shelter to get you through all season trips to the crag or wherever else your addictions may lead you...please don't make the same mistake I have.

  • What Is Your Gear Style:
  • Minimalist

Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

(3 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

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Jan

25

2008

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

 
4.0

Fantastic warm weather tent

By Gar

from Las Vegas, NV

About Me Avid Adventurer

Site Member

Pros

  • Comfortable
  • Easy to set up
  • Lightweight
  • Sturdy
  • Waterproof

Cons

  • Cold in the wind
  • Poor Fly Design

Best Uses

  • Backpacking
  • Hiking

Comments about Marmot Aeolos 2P Tent:

This tent is fantastic in warmer weather. It is practically bomb/water proof when completely staked out. The fly doors can be a bit tricky to use and roll out of the way until you work out a system for yourself.

Condensation is non-existent in this tent as the mesh walls make for some great circulation. But this also means that when the wind blows and the temperature dips, this tent holds very little heat. But this seems to be how all 3-season tents are constructed these days.

  • What Is Your Gear Style:
  • Comfort Driven

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

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Jan

5

2008

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

 
5.0

Hard to beat for big guys.

By Mike8946

from Hermiston, Oregon (temporarily)

About Me Casual/ Recreational

Site Member

Pros

  • Comfortable
  • Easy to set up
  • Fly Works Well
  • Lightweight
  • Roomy
  • Sturdy
  • Waterproof

Cons

    Best Uses

    • Backpacking

    Comments about Marmot Aeolos 2P Tent:

    I bought this tent for use on high country elk hunts in Colorado. During muzzleloader season, afternoon thunderstorms are common. This tent fits two big guys plus all gear (thanks to the two vestibules) and the two doors are a welcome feature. Handles rain and hail perfectly and keeps condensation out. This tent is hard to beat.

    • What Is Your Gear Style:
    • Minimalist

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

    (3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

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    Oct

    17

    2007

    (3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

     
    5.0

    Good color, good design

    By Bhindya

    from Seattle, WA

    About Me Backpacker, Climber

    Site Member

    Pros

    • Airy
    • Comfortable
    • Easy to set up
    • Fly Works Well
    • Roomy
    • Sturdy
    • Taped seams

    Cons

    • Footprint size
    • Heavy

    Best Uses

    • Backpacking
    • Car Camping

    Comments about Marmot Aeolos 2P Tent:

    Since I bought this tent back in Aug 2007, I have used it on 3 backpacking trips, 2 of which included rain, one all night throughout the morning (including packing up in the rain). Not a drop of rain in the tent! Pitching the tent correctly is key to staying dry. The 2 shorter poles need to go through the grommets in the rainfly. Folding the vestibule door is a bit tricky (an additional clip/tiedown in the center would be helpful). I found that folding the door away from the tent minimizes the issue. As airy as this tent is (short rainfly), I did not feel any wind blowing into the tent. Although a bit tight, we (2 adults) were able to fit our 85 lb pooch in the tent (thanks to the bent knee poles).

    Overall, a great tent, not the ultra light like others in the market, but it is also not just a glorified mosquito net. And yes, fully taped seams is a plus.

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

    (3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

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    Apr

    21

    2008

    (2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

     
    5.0

    Very Good Tent

    By Orange Flash

    from Colorado

    About Me Avid Adventurer

    Site Member

    Pros

    • Comfortable
    • Easy to set up
    • Fly Works Well
    • Sturdy
    • Waterproof

    Cons

    • Needs more pockets

    Best Uses

    • Backpacking
    • Car Camping
    • Hiking
    • Mountaineering

    Comments about Marmot Aeolos 2P Tent:

    You must practice with this tent before heading out. It takes me about 5min to put it up. I have had it in 50mph wind and it was just fine. If you get it tight it will not collect water anywhere. My wife and I fit in the tent fine and the vestibules are large enough to leave your pack and shoes outside with out any problems. The second door is a dream if you have some one else in the tent.

    Just like anything, the more you practice with it the better it becomes. The tent is a little on the heavy side if your going to count every ounce, but if the weather turns bad and you want good protection this is a great tent.

    • What Is Your Gear Style:
    • Comfort Driven

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

    (2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

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    Sep

    12

    2007

    (2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

     
    4.0

    The Evolution of Perfection

    By Howey

    from St. Paul, MN

    About Me Avid Adventurer, Casual/ Recreational

    Site Member

    Pros

    • Comfortable
    • Easy to set up
    • Fly Works Well
    • Lightweight
    • Sturdy

    Cons

    • Price

    Best Uses

    • Backpacking
    • Car Camping

    Comments about Marmot Aeolos 2P Tent:

    This tent has been tweeked and re-tweeked! Marmot has really designed a functional shelter that is light enough to backpack with and roomy enough to be comfortable in. The bent pole design makes the interior feel taller and wider, while the bright color chases away a rainy gloom (I have waited out a rain storm with 5 guys playing cards in this tent). This tent is a snap to assemble (Especially by headlamp). If you can only afford one tent...do the research and you'll see that this tent offers a little bit of everything.

    Happy Trails

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

    (2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

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    Sep

    5

    2007

    (2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

     
    5.0

    Versatile Tent

    By nwbackpacker

    from Seattle, WA

    About Me Casual/ Recreational

    Site Member

    Pros

    • Comfortable
    • Easy to set up
    • Fly Works Well
    • Sturdy

    Cons

    • Expensive

    Best Uses

    • Backpacking

    Comments about Marmot Aeolos 2P Tent:

    Great tent!

    It's a little tricky to set up the first time, but after you read the instructions you'll be able to set it up really quickly the next time. The design successfully keeps the rain fly away from the inner tent structure and it feels very solid.

    Poles are nice and light (as I would expect given how much money I spent on the thing!) and all the tent stakes are included - nice light ones at that.

    I'm a little over 6 feet tall and have a long sleeping bag and I fit reasonably comfortably, with the wife and a 50 pound dog.

    Having a big door on both sides is great, and I really like the design of both sides having an external covered area. It's easy for both people to get in and out while leaving shoes outside the tent.

    Very happy with this tent.

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

    (2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

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