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Black Diamond Guiding Light Tent

Item # 735321

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Holding four in style, Guiding Light is the roomiest tent from Black Diamond, yet its minimum weight is only slightly over 6 pounds!

Single-wall design boasts low weight, while its five-pole architecture creates a remarkably stable structure
As a luxurious base camp-style tent, each end has a full-sized door that can be fitted with a spacious optional vestibule, sold separately
Made from Epic™ fabric which is ideal for single-wall tents because of its unique combination of breathability and water repellency
Epic™ fabric is more water resistant than DWR (Durable Water Repellent) treated fabrics and more breathable than laminates
Silicone-impregnated nylon ripstop floor is twice as strong as polyurethane-coated nylon and is highly rip and tear resistant
DAC Featherlite® tent poles offer a high strength-to-weight ratio and lessen the chance of breakage because there are no glued inserts
Internal skin-tight poles make the tent quiet in heavy winds
Door zippers remain velvety smooth, resist wind and are treated with silicone to prevent water wicking and the inevitable freeze
Interior net pockets hold odds and ends; tie-down points have reflective tape for easy location in the dark
Comes with stakes, guylines, stuff sacks, instruction/care cards, pole information card and Silnet seam sealer/applicator
Average minimum weight specification is based on tent and poles only

Please note: Black Diamond products can only be shipped to the U.S., Canada and Mexico. However, due to a lack of fire-retardant treatment, we can not ship this particular tent to addresses in MA, NY, NJ, LA, MI, MN, CA or Canada.

In order to save weight and preserve breathability, this tent is not treated with a fire retardant. Black Diamond, therefore, encourages the use of basic safety precautions and common sense when using any tent, treated or not.

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Black Diamond Guiding Light Tent Specs

Specification	Description
Season	4-season
Design type	Freestanding tent
Sleeping capacity	4
Average minimum weight	6 lbs. 1 oz.
Average packaged weight	7 lbs. 14 oz.
Average weight - metric	3.57 kilograms
Floor dimensions	86 x 79 inches
Floor dimensions - metric	218 x 201 centimeters
Floor area	47 square feet
Vestibule area	20 square feet (sold separately)
Peak height	42 inches
Peak height - metric	107 centimeters
Doors	2
Canopy fabric	Epic fabric
Floor fabric	Coated nylon
Number of poles	8.84 millimeters
Pole material	Aluminum DAC Featherlite
Pole diameter	UA
Packed size	7 x 12 inches

Black Diamond Guiding Light Tent Customer Reviews

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Black Diamond Guiding Light Tent

2.0

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Jan

2009

(4 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

2.0

Just not worth the money

By jstnc

from Provo Utah

About Me Avid Adventurer

Pros

Comfortable
Lightweight
Sturdy

Cons

Collects Condensation
Difficult To Setup

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about Black Diamond Guiding Light Tent:

I've used this tent now a dozen times or so and think I'm going to return it. My major problem with this tent is the lack of seam sealing. I've sealed many tents over the years and this tent is a nightmare. They either need to significantly decrease the price of this tent or actually seal it at the factory. I can't actually imagine that anyone that built these tents has actually tried to seal one and then used it extensively.

First, the floor seam: There is a seam on the bottom of the tent all along the floor. The way that this seam is sewn makes it so you have to seal it on the outside of the tent. No matter how many days you leave it to dry silicon seam sealer remains slightly tacky. This turns your floor seam into a sandpaper strip the first time that it is used.

Second, the corners and pole pockets: The way that these are sewn into the tent make it easier to seal on the inside of the tent since there is so much excess fabric on the outside overlapping the seams. If you sealed it on the outside you would have to use twice the amount of seam sealer. However, the thicker material that these corners and pole pockets are made of is very slick on the inside; the sealer peals off after a couple of uses. Also, again, the seam sealer picks up sand that can never be washed off. I'm going to have to seal these again, for the third time. By now it isn't pretty. This time I'll seal the outside but since the material over laps the seam on the outside by about half an inch I'll have to seal both sides of every seam and use another entire tube of sealer.

It may be the case that the Epic material can't be sealed at the factory; I don't know of any other company making Epic tents that seals the Epic fabric. However, this is no reason why they can't factory seal the nylon floor, corners, and pole pockets. For this price it's just unacceptable.

Another complaint I have about the tent is setting it up. People report, with other Black Diamond tents that the set up from the inside is easy. It may very well be easy with a narrower tent but it's very hard when the width of the tent exceeds the spread of your arms. Since you have to hold the pole on both ends for the middle two poles and the fabric pockets that the poles slide into have no rigidity, it is hard to get them in right. It's even worse in the wind.

I do love the space to weight ratio, the nice color, and it's sturdiness in heavy winds. I've turned a hose on it for quite some time while trying to clean off my sandpaper seams and it has never leaked.