User Review: Marmot EOS 1P

Marmot EOS 1P
Above: The current EOS 1P, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed July 16, 2005 by Doug MacKenzie

Rating:
Design: three-season freestanding
Sleeps: 1
Ease of Setup: very easy
Weight: 2 lbs 14 oz
Price Paid: $176

I paid $176 for this tent after a 20% discount from the $220 retail price at REI. The footprint wasn't cheap at $35.

This single-person tent is the best I have ever owned, and that includes multi-person tents as well. I've used it now when it was hot, cold, raining and humid... and it doesn't even THINK about condensing inside!

Best of all, this tent is really light.

It has a single pole design that snaps together and it takes me about 2 casual minutes to set it up. This tent is really well thought out. There are snaps on the rainfly (if you choose to use the rainfly) that attach to the footprint. And if it's really hot, you can use the footprint with only the rainfly which is a really nice option (if there aren't a lot of bugs around). The top portion of the tent is netting, so if you are not using the rainfly, you can watch the stars.

This tent has pleased me so much that I've had difficulty finding anything to critique. But minor troubles include: the manual says the grommets are color coded to help with setup... I couldn't find any color on mine, but setup was easy anyway. And the storage net/pouch inside the tent by my head is pretty useless. Pretty minor stuff for such a great tent.

The only consideration that I definitely note: I'm 5'9" and I WOULDN'T want to be much taller if I used this tent. Overall, A+++.

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