Kelty  TraiLogic TN2 Tent

Overall, I am pretty darn satisfied with the performance of the tent. For backpacking, it's square packed design makes it super easy to throw into your pack in a "tetris-like" fashion with the other gear. It can definitely be rolled up tighter and smaller if more room is necessary. It's light and the poles are 10000x better and stronger than those old fiberglass poles that had a tendency to break. These are DAC pressfit aluminum poles that pack small with a lifetime warranty separate from Kelty. Very easy and quick to setup. Durability: I am really impressed. This past weekend was already my 20th night in the tent. Probably 6 of those days/nights were in severe storms...not the best camping right now in MN. With the guy lines out and fly taught....the tent didn't budge. The fly didn't flap in the wind once. All the water stayed outside the tent. I did initially have concerns over where the mesh is really low thinking water would get in...but my head and feet stayed dry. Condensation was never a problem due to the mesh design and excellent ventilation. I would recommend putting down a footprint/tarp of some sort to protect the floor. It does seem thinner than my previous tent..but hence material needs to be sacrificed for weight. Also, the large vestibules kept our packs dry as well in the storms. When necessary, I was able to attach my ENO tarp to the tent and make an even larger vestibule for an eating area...I do believe Kelty has one to sell specifically for this tent. This is my 3rd tent over the years (one being REI dome 3p-also an excellent choice) and my previous backpacking tent was a Eureka...which broke/tore after 2 summers, bad condensation, etc...I'll save it for another review.

After more than 30 years with my old Moss Stargazer it finally started coming apart on a 5 month bike trip. I knew it was coming and had already reviewed various tents and decided on this one. Initially I loved it. Except for poor construction I still do. If It wasn't for shoddy details I'd have given it a 5 star. I mainly bought it for it's small packing footprint. But the dual tent flaps are great; providing nice vestibule storage and easy entry for two persons. It's just big enough for two but compact enough to make an easy carry. It puts up and takes down easy. I liked the full screen for the few times I didn't put on the rainfly. All in all I was satisfied - until I used it for a 3 month biking trip. It held up for about 2 months. Then the plastic viewports simply came apart. I've no idea why they didn't sew them on. I put some model airplane glue on them to finish out the trip. Toward the end of the trip it started leaking. My old moss which I used constantly didn't leak until about 25 years. This one, at the triangle at the top (the same as the Moss), started leaking and not just at the seams. Finally the zipper flap protectors are not re-enforced. When they get wet they are almost impossible to keep out of the zipper when you are opening or closing the flap. You need 3 hands to open the tent when wet. One to hold tension, one to hold back the zipper protector, and one to use the zipper. This problem isn't just me. My wife also was frustrated zipping up the rainfly. She's a seamstress and said the flap should have been reinforced. I'm careful with tents. I had (and still have) the Moss after 30 years. This one is nice but simply shoddily made. Fortunately I've rebuilt the Moss and so have a good backup. Unfortunately I don't know which to use as the primary. I suppose this one after I sew on the viewports, seamseal, and recoat the rainfly. It'll just be a nuisance to be rained on while you're fumbling with the zipper to keep it from being trapped in the flap protector.