User Review: Sierra Designs Divine Lightning

Reviewed December 18, 1998 by Joel Dobson

Rating:
Design: Single Wall Mountain Tent
Sleeps: One
Ease of Setup: Quite difficult
Weight: 2 lb 10 oz
Price Paid: $350

This is an update on the Divine Lightning. My earlier review is on file here, also. Since using my DL in a wide variety of conditions on quite a few trips I need to change or reinforce a few things:

1. I can get a 4000 cu in internal frame pack in the tent with me, so it's a bit roomier than my first few experiences indicated.

2. Ventilation is okay, but not as good as I reported earlier. The only reason I'm downgrading the ventilation is that nowadays most tents have huge expanses of open netting. The DL can't compete with that; after all it's a mountain tent built to take wind and foul weather without a fly. Still, I've never found the ventilation to be insufficient or to cause significant condensation.

3. Next, one thing hasn't changed: it's damned hard to pitch. One fellow DL owner told me how he did it (easily, he said) but that required a few modifications of the tent. I continue to advise you pitch the tent in the store before you buy it.

4. Last, it's still a great tent; very durable and very light.

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