User Review: Kelty Grand Mesa 4

Kelty Grand Mesa 4
Above: The current Grand Mesa 4, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed December 2, 2007 by nbbalance

Rating:
Design: 3 season dome
Sleeps: 4
Ease of Setup: simple
Weight: 8lbs
Price Paid: $150 or so

I love this tent for car camping or kayak camping. It is just too heavy to backpack. I was warm on a surprise 20 degree night in a 35 degree bag. You can stand hunched over and move around without knocking it over. Simple set-up even in the dark, the corner pockets are nice for keys, lights, bear spray in case of an overly amorous tent mate. If you get lazy and don't guy out the fly you will get some condensation but it isn't that bad.

My 6'5" friend fits in it! I've never had more than two people in the tent and it was always roomy. The vestibule keeps your boots dry while I bring all the other crap inside.

I will never figure out how they call this a 4-person tent? It sleeps two comfortably and you could squeeze in a third. If you needed to get 4 people in this thing it would have to be four romantically involved people.

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