The North Face  Mountain 25 Tent with Footprint

Last North Face tent (Stratos) went 28 years until seam seals on rainfly finally surrendered to Washington downpour. The tent has been a well used, rarely abused, member of our family. Sent rainfly and a teenager-broken pole to North Face and they repaired both under their warranty. I told them I would pay and they fixed for free. REI recommended this tent when I returned from overseas military service and they were spot on. We will be adding the Mountain 25 without reservation! Thank-You, North Face. Fly Navy, Roaster

Product description says: "Glow-in-the-dark, color-coded zipper pulls, dual doors and poled, dual-entry front vestibule make it easy to enter and exit, day or night". In fact current version of the tent doesn't have glow-in-the-dark zipper pulls, just usual knots (previous models of VE25 and Mountain 25 had real glow-in-the-dark zipper pulls). Basically TNF did some simplification of their famous tents, keeping the price high. That is why I rate this tent good, but not excellent.

In 2010 i purchased the Mountain 35.. a tent I fell in love with - a little heavy but warm in the winter and descent ventilation. HOWEVER... the fly delaminated and when I went to replace it- NF had discontinued the 35... so I bought the 25.. and I love it even more! More compact-easy to set up.. and lots of storage areas make this tent a great little tent. In the winter it keeps things warm.. last weekend we took it to Sequoia and Kings Canyon- temps dropped down to 25... and it felt warm inside. Last new years- spent it in Zion in 10 degree temps and with our body heat - it was very livable. So far after about 4 years its held up very well- seems are nice and solid.. and it doesn't get wet inside due to condensation or leakage. Its been a solid tent for me in cold weather or when I feel winds will be fairly high. I would recommend this tent to anyone who is looking for a nice solid 4 season 2 man tent. I will say its not the most roomy.. but that's because I liked the space in my mountain 35.. and I miss that.

I bought this tent in May for a school camping trip in upstate NY. It was challenging to set up. Definitely do a few trial runs at home setting it up beforehand to get more familiar with where the poles go. Other than that, I loved this tent. It got pretty cold at night and rained and I didn't feel a drop. I also stayed fairly warm. All of my classmates complained in the morning how cold it was the night before and I was really toasty throughout the night. Definitely recommend to anyone using this tent and is nervous about colder temps.

I really wanted to keep this tent. My first impressions were great at first: sturdy fabrics, good stitching, and proven pole structure. I was impressed to see that for a two person tent this has plenty of room. In my opinion I feel it falls short on innovation as the sleeved design makes setup difficult, particularly in stormy weather. It would be nice to see TNF use an all clip design. The part which really let me down was the messy seam tape job done on the corners of the tent. The tape is very unlikely to last one season, and let's be real for a $599 tent this shouldn't be the case. I've experienced first hand what happens to poorly taped seams, the tape lifts and or flakes off, and you get leaks. Sadly the tent was returned, maybe in the future TNF will improve on these details.

Are you looking for quality? Are you looking for 4 season comforts? Are you ready to accept the fact that mother nature rules the land?... this tent is your answer. Easy to setup after a few practice setups, great quality and design, don't hesitate to win the best..get it, and be happy!

I purchased this tent approximently 3 years ago and only used it 5 times about 3 months ago I went camping and it rained for two days and the tent leaked, I just uned it this last weekend and it leaked againg not happy to say the least with this 4 season tent

Thank you very much for the fast shipping of the tent. The tent's design has been done very thoughtful and convenient with an adjustable floor, patio and other features which we like. We like what we saw so far, but we haven't tested it outdoors. From what we've seen it doesn't look like it will fail our initial impression. Thank you!