User Review: Sierra Designs Lookout

Sierra Designs Lookout
Above: The current Lookout, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed October 15, 2004 by Jc

Rating: rated 5 of 5 stars
Sleeps: 3
Ease of Setup: easy
Weight: 8 lbs? - a little heavy

I have thoroughly enjoyed using this tent. Granted, my previous tents, various Eureka models, were lower on the totem pole of cost/durability... so my expectations were set low.

The Lookout has two features that I just love: the overhead window and the two side doors rather than end doors. For sleeping two, each person in tent has their own door (three people in this tent would be tight--but two people and all of their gear is a breeze).

The Lookout is easy to set up, and fully staked out with guylines makes a rugged winter shelter. In the summer I have found the tent to stay well ventilated by leaving the nylon panels at the tent doors and upper vent open, putting on the fly and opening the window in the fly. If it cools off and starts to rain, just wake up and close the fly window and all is good.

Buy the footprint for the tent, because you can then set up just the footprint and fly as a shell, and hang a mosquito net inside for a nice light-weight setup.

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