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Posted by leanandfit on March 9, 2008 at 10:18:20 am EDT
In reply to High Peak 4 season tents posted by Shrimp on March 6, 2008 at 1:05:18 pm EST

I have a "High Peak - Hyper Lite. I described it on this website on "Gear Selection - Deciding the Right Tent."

As I said there I got mine new, and very cheap on e-bay. If you do a careful search into bargain camping equipment sites - you might find one.

My Hyper Lite is certainly worth the money I paid for it. I consider it more of a three season tent, but in a pinch, especially if your not going to the South Pole, you could get away with it in winter. I have seen, so called four season tents costing lots more money that are no better. Mine has all those features.

On the down side my Hyper Lite complete in it's bag with all its poles, pegs and everything else weighs in at 6.6 pounds. However, you should carefully look at the true weight of other backpacking tents out there. Sometimes they mislead you regarding their real weight. For example they might neglect to include the weight of the poles, pegs or the fly and valise.

I haven't used mine yet on the trail but I have set it up and looked at it carefully - and it looks ok. In my experience if you look after a tent, properly store it, don't abuse it - use reasonable care with the zippers - you'll be fine.

For those people who want to spend lots and lots of money for a well advertised name brand - be my guest.

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