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REI Co-op Quarter Dome T3 Tent
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Our Quarter Dome T3 tent uses an innovative new design to create a strong, ultralight tent with generous interior volume and an easy setup
Shop newer version- This tent for three weighs in at only 4 lbs. 11 oz. and its rectangular floor plan with area-wide headroom offers flexibility in space usage
- Tension Truss architecture creates superior structural integrity and generous head room
- Dry entry/exit vestibule design ensures water won't drip into the tent when doors are open during rainy weather
- Preassembled hub/pole set, pole clips and color-coding ensure a quick and easy setup; poles break down small to fit easily in your backpack
- DAC Featherlite® NSL poles help make this tent ultra light
- Seam-sealed bathtub design and water-tight corners create a waterproof floor
- Active climate control uses flow-through chimney ventilation to keep air moving through the tent to reduce condensation; vents operate from inside
- No-wick construction ensures that water won't sneak through susceptible areas such as guy-out points, polewraps and zippers in wet conditions
- Abundant pockets keep your tent tidy; doors cleanly stash away in their own pockets
- Attention to detail shows in the reflective guy points and adjustable cleat-lock tie-downs on the rainfly
- Save weight and create a minimalist shelter by using just the rainfly, footprint (sold separately) and poles
- Comes with guylines and tighteners, stakes, pole repair tube, pole and stake bags and tapered, easy-to-stuff compression stuff sack
- Average minimum weight specification is based on tent, rainfly and poles only
- REI Co-op brand is certified to The Climate Label; we actively fund efforts to reduce carbon emissions across our business and support climate projects around the world
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View all REI Co-op Backpacking Tents| Best Use | Backpacking |
|---|---|
| Seasons | 3-season |
| Sleeping Capacity | 3-person |
| Packaged Weight | 5 lbs. 5 oz. |
| Packed Size | 8 x 25 inches |
| Floor Dimensions | 84 x 68 inches |
| Floor Area | 39.6 square feet |
| Vestibule Area | 6.5 + 6.5 square feet |
| Peak Height | 43 inches |
| Number of Doors | 2 doors |
| Number of Poles | 1 pole assembly with 2 hubs |
| Pole Material | Aluminum DAC Featherlite NSL |
| Pole Diameter | 9.6 millimeters |
| Canopy Fabric | Ripstop nylon |
| Floor Fabric | Coated ripstop nylon |
| Rainfly Fabric | Coated ripstop nylon |
| Footprint Included | No |
| Design Type | Freestanding |
| Sustainability | From a Climate Label Certified brand |
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Warmonger
Southern Oregon
Greay buy
15 years ago
I have used this tent pretty regularly and I'm thoroughly satisfied. I am good to my gear but everyone knows how rough the woods can be on gear. I do a lot of bushwhacking personally because I like to be where other people aren't - I don't call it getting away for nothing. Anyway almost all pros for this tent. Pretty darn light (could be a little lighter, but its close enough), and roomy enough. I am 6'4" without my boots so some tents get cramped. This one is fine. Plus my girlfriend and I each get our own vestibule and its plenty roomy. I'd recommend it, especially considering the competition's prices for tents in the same class. A solid buy.
Yes , I recommend this product
paddlesurfer
Redondo Beach, CA
Pretty Darn Good Tent
14 years ago
I spent time researching a 3 person tent for our family of 3 and decided on the Quarter Dome T3 for it's size and weight. Once you figure out what color pole is to be on top, setup is very simple. Everything is color coded so it is easy. It has worked well in 25-30 mph winds with not too much shattering. Biggest con for me is that the fly does not extend near enough to the ground. If you setup in a sandy or dry area, dust blows under the fly and coats everything in the tent. This happened recently to us. This is the only real bummer. It could stand to have a few more internal pockets to store stuff. Other than that, the tent is awesome!
Yes , I recommend this product
Hood
Long Beach, CA
Home Sweet Home
13 years ago
I absolutely love this tent! I lived in it for 3 months in Madagascar and could not be happier with my choice. Through INTENSE rain and wind storms, my stuff and I stayed dry. The removable rain fly is great for stargazing on nice nights. The doors are easy to use so I could get in and out quickly to keep mosquitoes and other creepy crawlies out. It's really easy to set up and packs up nice and small and is lightweight. The pockets in each corner are great for keeping things organized. I will say that three people would probably be pretty cramped in here but for two people it's very comfortable. All in all, this is by far the best tent I've ever owned.
Yes , I recommend this product
150mph
Los Angeles
Gets the job done
16 years ago
This is great tent for two (and for one for shorter hikes). I've taken it backpacking on half a dozen 3 and 4 day trips in the Sierra. It's fairly lightweight, sturdy, water and wind proof, well-ventilated and has plenty of room due to it's interesting construction. Mine weighs in at close to 4 lbs and rolls up into 3 large bundles (tent, fly, stakes, poles) that will fill a big part of your pack. When I first learned to set it up, I noticed the instructions fail to note that if you don't first assemble the tent poles with the orange ones on the bottom, silver on top - you'll get only a jumbled mess that won't work instead of tent.
Yes , I recommend this product
Walldiver7
New Mexcio
Not 39 sq feet !!!
15 years ago
I'm 5-10. When in my Marmot Hydrogen regular bag(atop my Big Agnes Insulated Air Core pad).. my bag is touching both at the head and feet. Since I don't want tent wall condensation on the ends of my bag, this is unacceptable. The actual inside measured length of this tent (at the floor) is 78 to 78.5 inches. The actual, measured, width of the T3 is 60 to 61 inches. REI's specs are completely false on this tent.... I bought this tent in hopes that it would accommodate 2 people and two medium sized dogs... no way. The actual measured area of the T3 is 32.5 to 33 sqft... not the 39.something that REI states. This tent will be returned. Quality is good and weight was accurately stated.
No, I do not recommend this product
Kickmongwi
Los Angeles, California
The elements tried but the tent WON!
17 years ago
My wife and I took this tent to a festival in London near Gloucester which had some of the worst floods the UK has experienced. It rained for 11 hours straight and we lived comfortably inside with not a drop of water. The hood was especially useful for keeping other things dry like shoes and or muddy gear/clothes. It was extremely light and easy to set up. Its nice to know you can rely on store made brands like REI. I also have an old Novara Ponderosa bike which has gone to burning man with me at least twice and the elements there are not to friendly either. It still saves me gas on my way into work... but I need a new one! Great buy for a tent, I love it!
Yes , I recommend this product
baymark
San Jose, CA
Beautiful tent - measurements suspect
15 years ago
This tent is lightweight, roomy for 2 people plus some gear, easy for one person to set up, and attractive. However, the measurements claim it is something like 84" long. It might be technically true (I haven't measured it) but the USABLE space is much less. I am 73" tall and my feet touch the end of the tent. The foot of my sleeping bag is maybe 2" thick so this is a 9" difference. The sides of the tent slope quite a bit, so I guess this could be the reason for the difference. Don't expect lots of room if you are over 6'. Also, like all backpacking tents you have to subtract one person; this is really a 2 person tent.
Yes , I recommend this product
Chrispy Crunchy
Ventura, CA
Oh Tenty!
15 years ago
I bought this tent to take with me on some simple weekend hikes in the Sequoias during the summer months, and the mesh tent body along with the vents built into the rain fly made warmer nights exceedingly tolerable. Just this weekend I brought my Quarter Dome with me to Death Valley for the same reasons. When the weather turned nasty and winds hurled sand everywhere I thought for sure my sleeping bag would be filled with dirt... Not so! Considering the amount of "holes" this baby has, there was very little sand in my tent. It has protected me from the heat, stormy/cold winter weather, and from sandy desert winds. For the price, there is in my humble opinion no better tent :)
Yes , I recommend this product
Rev'd Neal
Wasatch Front, Utah
Works for me
14 years ago
I've used my T3 for a couple of backpacking trips and one mountaineering foray into the Tetons. All the good features have been noted in other reviews. I've been comfortable in downpours with marble-sized hail and high winds. I just returned from the Tetons where the winds on the peaks were steady at over 50 mph, and gusting to over 70 mph. I used the T3 in the minimalist configuration, footprint, poles, and fly. The 10,000-foot elevation bivvy site was mostly rock (I never bother carrying tent stakes in the Tetons). It took about 15 boulders to secure the tent, and it was secure indeed. The minimalist configuration reduced the "floor area" to a two-person fit.
Yes , I recommend this product
radish
northridge
Good buy
14 years ago
After many backpacking and camping trips I finally got a decent scale to weigh the thing. As packed it includes the tent, fly, poles, footprint, 6 stakes, footprint bag, tent bag. It came in at 5.8-5.9 lbs. Pretty close to advertised weights. Took me a couple times to get used to setting it up, but now I can get it up in about 5 min. It's definitely comfortable for a 2 person tent + gear. 3ppl is a stretch. I can definitely feel those 6lbs when backpacking. IMHO, There are better choices now for a lightweight 2+ person tent. I'm going to upgrade soon and use this as a car camping tent. This takes up 1/2 the space of my Osprey atmos50 when I pack it inside the bag.
Yes , I recommend this product
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