User Review: Mountain Hardwear Space Station

Mountain Hardwear Space Station
Above: The current Space Station, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed May 27, 2003 by Sweet Oblivion

Rating:
Design: 304 sq. ft. dome tent
Ease of Setup: Advanced
Weight: 50lbs
Price Paid: $4500

This is quite an amazing tent that feels more like a circus tent than anything else. I used this for basecamp at Mount Kanchenjunga two years ago. I have stayed in this tent in basecamp and we experienced an extremely heavy snow storm that the tent held quite well until part of the roof collapsed big time and lots of duct tape was used to fix it. I would recommend this tent for use even in Mount Everest or any serious mountains, even at K2. This is a basecamp tent and I guess you can use it all for all four seasons too. The capacity of this tent is 15 people which is not bad!!!! Though it is expensive, so I wouldn't recommend someone buying it for personal use. As with most Mountain Hardware tents, they are pretty solid stuff but pricey!