User Review: Marmot Nutshell

Marmot Nutshell
Above: The current Nutshell, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed July 5, 1999 by Stephen Younge

Rating:
Design: 3 season
Sleeps: 2
Ease of Setup: Very easy
Weight: 5 lbs
Price Paid: $299 regular

The Nutshell is a 3-season, 3-pole tent with a mesh upper body. The Hardshell is similar but has normal tent fabric instead of mesh. Both tents weigh in at just under 5 lbs with the body, poles, and rainfly.

This tent is great! It is a cinch to set up and is well made. Even with the rainfly on, the tent ventilates extremely well. I have used the tent in rain, snow, fair weather, hot weather, and extreme winds, all without a problem if properly staked and guyed out.

My only complaint is that the vestibule is small... a perfectly reasonable limitation for a 5 lb tent! It's hard to enter the exit the tent in the rain without getting a view drips in it.