User Review: Black Diamond Firstlight

Black Diamond Firstlight
Above: The current Firstlight, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed October 15, 2008 by Gregory Stvens

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Price Paid: $299

I have owned the Black Diamond First Light for three years. I first used it for a 13 day backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains at a Boy Scout camp called Philmont.

It rained every night, very very hard rain.
The tent is water proof. During the hardest rain I felt a slight misting inside, but no collection of water whatsoever.

The thing is, if you have two people inside, (I did not) some condensation will occur if the temperature/humidify is just right.

Knowing that I was going into a rainy area, I seam sealed all the seams very carefully just to be sure. Doing this might have made all the difference.

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