User Review: Eureka! Zeus 2EXO

Reviewed September 12, 2006 by Henry H In CO

Rating: rated 2 of 5 stars
Design: 3-Season Exo Frame with Clips. No rainfly, attached permanent vestibule area.
Sleeps: 2
Ease of Setup: Amazingly quick and easy
Weight: Very realistic 5.25 LBS
Price Paid: $100

Used TWO times and RETURNED it for a REFUND (Apollo 2 from Dick's Sporting Goods - EXTREMELY similar to the Zeus 2EXO. Only difference I could find was the Apollo 2 had clips rather than the caribiners that the 2EXO had).

SUPER fast to set up, very small and lightweight. Durable material and very simple design. Kept the rain out very well in heavy rain except when I actually got in my tent and rain dripped in through the vestibule area and onto my sleeping bag.

My ONLY COMPLAINT AND THE REASON I RETURNED IT after only two trips is the condensation and lack of ventilation!

Trip 1 was in dry weather dropping down to approx 28-30 degrees with my girlfriend and I waking up to drops of condensation hitting us in the head. It was literally raining on us in the morning inside the tent. I thought this was because I hadn't set the side flaps out wide enough. I used a more natural slope of the tent rather than stretching it out wide.

Trip 2 was in the rain, overnight low of 36 degrees. The tent did VERY well and set up in less than 3 mins stakes in and all because of the simplistic design and lack of a rain fly. This time I set the side stakes out VERY WIDE in hopes of better venting. However, I was AGAIN dissapointed in the condensation issue the next morning after the rain had passed and there was a fair amount of water collection in the same spots as before dripping.

On the plus side, in direct light the tent dries VERY quickly! haha

I returned the tent today and am looking at a Pinnacle Pass 2XTA.

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