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The North Face Roadrunner 33 Tent
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The North Face Roadrunner 33 Tent

Item # 779046

$259.00

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The North Face Roadrunner 33 has been updated with brow poles to maximize interior volume and an all-mesh canopy for excellent ventilation.

  • Ball Cap clips allow brow poles ends to slip into place easily and securely, and join the canopy and fly in 1 easy click
  • Comprehensive color-coded pitch system and lightweight clips mean a quick, easy setup
  • 2 double-zippered doors can be opened/closed at just about any point on the door and stashed away when fully opened; 2 vestibules offer covered access and gear storage
  • Full mesh canopy and doors encourage air circulation and prevent interior condensation
  • Fully taped bathtub floor is durable and waterproof
  • Pockets and hang loops offer plenty of options for gear storage; includes a removable attic that cinches tighter as the load gets heavier to keep it from sagging
  • Includes stuff sacks, stakes and gulines/tighteners
  • Average minimum weight specification is based on tent, rainfly and poles only

Please note: The North Face products can only be shipped to U.S. addresses.

Imported.

Item 779046

The North Face Roadrunner 33 Tent Specs

Specification

Description

Season3-season
Design typeFreestanding tent
Sleeping capacity3
Fast pack weight5 lbs. 4 oz.
Average minimum weight6 lbs. 8 oz.
Average packaged weight7 lbs. 4 oz.
Average weight - metric3.3 kilograms
Floor dimensions89 x 70 inches
Floor dimensions - metric226 x 178 centimeters
Floor area43.5 square feet
Vestibule area9.3 + 9.3 square feet
Peak height45 inches
Peak height - metric114 centimeters
Doors2
Canopy fabricRipstop nylon
Floor fabricCoated nylon taffeta
Rainfly fabricCoated ripstop polyester
Number of poles2 + 2 brow
Pole materialAluminum DAC Pressfit
Pole diameter9.0 millimeters
Packed size7 x 24 inches

The North Face Roadrunner 33 Tent Customer Reviews

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Apr

13

2009

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

 
3.0

Lots of space...but

By bodie1kanobie

from Eugene, OR

About Me Casual Adventurer

Site Member

Pros

  • Comfortable
  • Easy To Set Up
  • Fly Works Well
  • Sturdy
  • Waterproof

Cons

    Best Uses

    • Backpacking
    • Car Camping
    • Hiking

    Comments about The North Face Roadrunner 33 Tent:

    Let me start by saying that I love this tent. I bought the Roadrunner 23 which is the two person version but are identical as far as features go. This tent has lots of usable space, and a great fly set up that acctually covers the door due to the overhang created by the brow poles. Also the built in gear attic is sweet. However I do have three complaints. There are no overhead stash pockets to put a headlamp as stated in the discription ( this was one of the features I was looking for. When I called TNF they told me thay were refering to the pockets in the lower corners as those overhead pockets. I dont know but I do not condsider 6 inches off the ground as overhead. This tent is a bit heavy, and the stuff sack that comes with it is useless. If you purchase a real compression sack, like the one that came with last years model you can reduce the packed size spec by almost half. Now like I said I do love this tent and I would recommend it to friend, I just wanted to let people know that I felt a little decieved by the discription.

    • Gift:
    • No
    • What Is Your Gear Style:
    • Comfort Driven

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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    Sep

    6

    2009

    (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

     
    5.0

    Great First Tent

    By Zareeko

    from Honolulu, HI

    About Me Casual Adventurer

    Pros

    • Comfortable
    • Easy To Set Up
    • Fly Works Well
    • Lightweight
    • Sturdy
    • Waterproof

    Cons

    • Collects Condensation

    Best Uses

    • Backpacking
    • Beach
    • Car Camping
    • Hiking

    Comments about The North Face Roadrunner 33 Tent:

    Bought this tent in early 09 to be used for a cross country road trip from Boston to Los Angeles during the summer with my girlfriend. Did a lot of research and this seemed to have the best fabrics and features for the price(was looking in the 250-325 range).It worked great. Extremely easy to set up, can probably be done in 2-3 minutes with two people if you hustle. More than enough room for two people(I'm 6' and had plenty of head and foot room) but would be a very tight fit for 3, although doable. Also extremely waterproof. Two nights of our trip were spent in the rain and not a drop got inside. One of the nights in Memphis, TN was near hurricane conditions and we stayed dry. The only small negative to this tent I can think of is that there was some condensation a few of the mornings. This is the first tent I've ever owned so I don't have anything to compare it to. It didn't seem like very much, just a few drops on the fly door that I dried with a cloth before I packed it. I also thought the tent vented pretty well which was nice because most of our nights were very hot, only cooling off to about 90 degrees or were very humid. Again nothing to compare it to but thought it was more than sufficient. As far as features go it has four pockets one in each corner and an overhead attic thing. The pockets work great. The attic thing is nice but could probably be designed a little better. The adjustment in the middle allows you to put heavier things up there and it wont sag but then the attic is higher in the middle than on the edges and things tend to roll or fall off the edge. If it allowed you to tighten the edges somehow it would be a perfect design. Despite that design flaw I'm sure this attic works better than others you can buy. Also I'm very picky about dumb things like that and I'm sure most people wouldn't even notice something that insignificant. The vestibules are pretty good size. You can easily throw 2 or 3, maybe even 4 big packs in each along with a couple pairs of boots. I don't know how the design would fare for cooking. Having the door directly in the middle of the vestibule might not allow you to keep your food dry or sheltered from the wind while you cook. I didn't do any cooking and have never used another tent so this is more of an observation than anything else. It could be amazing for cooking and I just don't realize. Another thing is that you can definitely pack this tent smaller than what ever is listed. I didn't measure it but the stuff sack it comes with could easily be about 2-3 inches shorter and also a smaller circumference, that includes packing it with the footprint. Overall I would definitely recommend this tent. I would buy it again. I plan to use it more in the coming months because I'm living in Hawaii until the summer of 2010 and want to explore the islands.

    • Gift:
    • No
    • What Is Your Gear Style:
    • Minimalist

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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