User Review: The North Face Rock 22

The North Face Rock 22
Above: The current Rock 22, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed September 10, 2008 by Hello Central

Rating:
Design: three-season rectangular freestanding
Sleeps: 2
Ease of Setup: easy enough
Weight: 5.9
Price Paid: $116

There are better tents for the price. This tent seems fine for light duty use, but design details could be greatly improved with some simple fixes and would make this a great tent:

1) put some eyelets on the long ends of rain fly to guy/ stake out to keep rain fly off of tent for rainproofing instead of or in addition to the corners;

2) vestibule opening WILL get you and your gear wet in inclement weather and could have been more efficiently designed;

3) you'll get wet in rainy weather attaching the velcro straps on the bottom side of the rain fly to the poles;

4)there is only one clip fastener at top of tent. Whichever pole you don't attach is loose and makes the fly hard to fit snugly. It seemed like it might be best to put the other pole through the loop with the clip, but this puts added strain on the one sewed point at the top.

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