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Kelty Shiro 6 Tent

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Whoever said camping was roughing it never tried the Kelty Shiro 6 tent. This 3-room camping complex features a middle main unit for storing your gear and 2 removable end sleeping compartments.

Fixed main area offers great gear storage and space to relax when the removable end compartments are set up to accommodate sleeping
Main room offers a roomy 92 sq. ft. of space with each end room adding 47 sq. ft.
End rooms can be removed separately depending on your needs; when removed you will have a lightweight, open structure
External clip-sleeve setup: poles attach to the outside of the tent's rainfly; end rooms connect to the inside of the fly with easy-to-use clips
DAC DA17 aluminum poles are strong and durable for long-lasting use
Floorless main area features 2 doors; doors feature both mesh and taffeta, offering ventilation or weather protection options
End rooms feature mesh/taffeta doors for airflow and privacy; end room access is on the inside of the tent
ArcEdge™ floor stays taut; design keeps waterproof seams off the ground
All rainfly seams are taped for waterproof protection; fly vents offer cross ventilation
Noiseless zipper pulls let you sleep peacefully when windy conditions persist through the night
Internal storage pockets and gear-loft loops help keep your tent organized
Guyout points keep tent taut and stable
Comes with stakes, guyline/tensioners and storage bag
Average minimum weight specification is based on tent, rainfly and poles only
Shiro has attachments to attach the Kelty Carport and CarTarp, both sold separately
Main area and end room footprints are sold separately

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Kelty Shiro 6 Tent Specs

Specification	Description
Seasons	3-season
Design type	Freestanding tent
Sleeping capacity	6
Average minimum weight	29 lbs. 6 oz.
Average packaged weight	30 lbs. 3 oz.
Average weight - metric	13.7 kilograms
Floor dimensions	244 x 108 inches
Floor dimensions - metric	620 x 274 centimeters
Floor area	188 square feet
Vestibule area	Not applicable
Peak height	90 inches
Peak height - metric	229 centimeters
Doors	2
Canopy fabric	Polyester taffeta
Floor fabric	Coated polyester taffeta
Rainfly fabric	Coated polyester taffeta
Number of poles	4
Pole material	Aluminum DAC DA17
Pole diameter	14.5 / 16.0 millimeters
Packed size	10 x 28 inches

Kelty Shiro 6 Tent Customer Reviews

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Kelty Shiro 6 Tent

3.0

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2009

(32 of 32 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

May not be what you would expect

By CambridgeTim

from Cambridge, MA

About Me Casual Adventurer

Pros

Large

Cons

Difficult To Setup
Lacks floor

Best Uses

Car Camping

Comments about Kelty Shiro 6 Tent:

The main thing to know about this tent is that it is not exactly a tent in the way you might expect. What you see in the photos is actually a giant fly. It doesn't have a tent floor. This is initially quite disconcerting, as you expect to walk into your "tent" and be "inside" but you are standing on dirt when you are inside. The two sleeping compartments they refer to are like mini tents that fit inside in the narrow ends, and these do have floors. Kelty does offer "footprints" that are sold separately, but they do not fit perfectly in my experience, and in fact aren't mentioned anywhere in the instructions.

We intended to have our kids sleep in the sleeping compartments on each side, and for my wife and I to sleep in the large middle area, but given the gaps around the foot of the tent, and the fact that the footprint doesn't seem to fit all that well (we tried it in both orientations), you may get creepy crawlies and mosquitoes inside the middle section, and when the footprint shifts around as people walk on it, you will find bits of exposed ground inside your 'tent'.

So think of this as really a large tent fly with two small tents that tuck inside it, and if that is what you want, then you will like this product.

I didn't feel that all this was well explained in the product documentation. It is as though a clever designer created this product, and someone else who didn't really understand it wrote the description.

We have used this and the REI Kingdom 6 product, and in terms of overall workmanship, ease of setup, design excellence and so forth, the Kingdom 6 is the stronger product. This said, this is not a bad product, and for some, it is probably ideal. Two couples camping together in an area prone to rain might like this a lot, for instance, as you could exit your sleeping pod and come into a common vestibule and get together with your fellow campers without going outside.