User Review: Sierra Designs Polaris

Reviewed July 29, 1998 by Jon Stackpole

Rating:
Design: convertable
Sleeps: 2+
Ease of Setup: setup under 4 minutes takes two trips around tent to connect poles then fly
Weight: just over 5 pounds
Price Paid: $300

Combines the pluses of a dome and a hoop style tent. It's called a convertable, meaning the ceiling can be zipped out and removed along with a pole. Without the pole the rain fly is useless because it sags onto the tent in a bad way. Ventilation is unbelieveable with the fly on. A little modification on setup can create a bomb-proof tent. A totally free-standing tent, no guide lines, even in the worst weather. It's a huge tent measuring 5'x8' and 50" tall. My backpacking partner and I are both 6'3". We have no problem fitting in this tent

Downsides. Pole design creates a dip in the roof that water pools in and a possible problem in snowy conditions. Occupants must push up on the ceiling every so often to let whatever has collected, run off.

This tent must have been a limited run because I have never seen it ever again, in catologs, stores, and out there. Sierra Designs didn't believe me that I had this tent made by them. I had called trying to find a footprint for it. I still haven't found one yet.

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