User Review: Texsport Knollwood Bivy Shelter

Texsport Knollwood Bivy Shelter
Above: The current Knollwood Bivy Shelter, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed August 23, 2004 by Matt Jarrett

Rating:
Design: pipe tent
Sleeps: 1
Ease of Setup: fairly easy if not roping a lot down for winds or weather
Weight: about 3 pounds
Price Paid: 44$

i had this tent on a geology club summer trip and we camped in various spots. before going on the trip i took special care to seal up all the seams with water sealant and the tent survived some rain (although it wasn't a terribly heavy rain) without getting a drop in it. we were also snowed on during the trip and my tent held up firm under the light snowpack and even did better than some of the more expensive tents on the trip.

another thing i would like to mention is that while camping in park creek, colorado, we experienced heavy winds almost nonstop one day. there were huge gusts that were God knows how fast. (one of our lightweight tables literally took off and flew a short distance.) they were so heavy that my tent was layed flat by the buffeting winds countless times (and i mean flat poles banding and everything).

while camping there we lost three eureeka tents, two with fiberglass poles due to the poles breaking and one with aluminum poles due to excessive bending. however, my tent survived unscathed and i was able to use it at the next site. it is due to this that i believe that either texsport has fixed the pole breaking problem with the tent or that if your poles break that you have probably done something wrong in the way you pitched it.

this is a great tent. it held out rain and snow but is not too slick on holding out the wind, but this can be significantly reduced if you wire down the side flaps and try and pitch the tent facing in the direction of the prevailing winds. i would call this tent a 3-4 season but would not call it a two-man as the package says.

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