User Review: Sierra Designs Polaris

Reviewed September 25, 1998 by M Carter

Rating: rated 5 of 5 stars
Design: 4 Season Convertable
Sleeps: 2
Ease of Setup: Even a liberal arts major can do it
Weight: 6-7lbs all included
Price Paid: $150 on sale

I picked this tent up on sale without really doing much research on it, I just had to buy it and figure out if it was worth it or not later. So far it has been great. It is fairly easy to set up, even when it is pitch black outside. It keeps the rain out and still can keep you reasonably cool on a warm night.

I am 6'1" and still have plenty of room to move around. Headroom is sufficient to sit upright at the door and use the vestabule half zipped as a make-shift kitchen when it raining.

I do wish the poles were a little shorter to make packing easier, but I do not find that a reason to down the tent at all.

It handles gusts fairly well, but I have not yet had a chance to really test it out on a cold winter night with the wind howling. The vestibule and mid-rear points need to be staked to keep it flat, but I choose to just stake the entire thing down (family members got caught in a freak summer wind storm one night and flipped their tent over and trashed the poles, shook them up too). When it is set up and staked down, I call it the LITLLE BLUE BOMB SHELL. I am looking forward to testing it out this winter in the carolina mountains.

Overall I give it an A, No complaints so far except that Sierra Designs stopped making that model.

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