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The North Face Talus 2

rated 4.0 of 5 stars

The Talus 2 has been discontinued. If you're looking for something new, check out the best three-season tents for 2024.

photo: The North Face Talus 2 three-season tent

Great backpacking tent for the budget enthusiast. Build quality and weight/price ratio is good.

Pros

  • Build quality
  • Storage/features
  • Weight/cost ratio

Cons

  • One door

Pros: Great backpacking tent for the budget enthusiast. Build quality is great, metal stakes, quality yet lightweight materials. Great built-in gear loft and roof is mesh for stargazing.

Holds up well in inclement weather/strong wind. Easy setup, takes only a few minutes with one person, comes with ground cover ($60-80).

Includes: tent, metal stakes, overhead gear loft, ground cover and rainfly.

Cons: Only downside of this tent is it has one door, which isn't a problem if you're just sleeping inside.

Tent is on shorter side, if you taller then 6'3" it will be a tight squeeze.

Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $150

This tent has worked flawlessly for me over two summers of active and regular usage. It sheds rain like it was nothing and the condensation, barely present, never becomes a problem. It's light enough and small enough for backpacking, and even sets up as a tarp/footprint combo, if you wanna save some weight. All in all I have found this tent to be durable as there are no tears or leaks after all the abuse I've put it through. Usually I get about two years of service out of a tent of this price, but this one has held up beyond all of my expectations. I'm a believer.

Design: Three season Modified free-standing dome
Sleeps: 2
Ease of Setup: Easy. Color coded poles help. Takes about ten minutes.
Weight: 6 lbs. 9oz.
Price Paid: $199 or cheaper, now

a lovely tent. well-ventilated, easy set-up (continuous pole sleeves which are color coded for each of the three poles), plenty of interior pockets, two very large vestibules (both large enough for a pack and boots) and two entrances, and a great interior with enough room for two plus gear at the foot of the tent and on the sides of the elongated hexagonal layout.

generally, the mesh on the roof, front, and rear of the tent are sufficient, though on very warm and rainy nights in the adirondacks i've had some trouble with condensation. otherwise, i've had absolutely no problems in a year of use.

Design: three season
Sleeps: 2
Ease of Setup: simple and quick
Weight: ca. 6 lbs.
Price Paid: $200

i got this tent about a year ago. it's a 3 pole, 2 door, 2 vestibule shelter, with lots of mesh and a full coverage fly. the 2 10 sq. vestibules alow you to store a pack and boots on each side of tent without blocking door space. no more climbing over gear. i've slept compleatly dry in horizontal rain and sleet. it stands up to 50 mph winds, and one morning i woke to 5 in. of fresh powder with no deformation of the tent. it's a rock solid tent. worth the price. and lite enuf for the ocassional solo trip.

Design: 3 season dome
Sleeps: 2
Ease of Setup: 3 min. with practise
Weight: 6 lbs. 2 oz.
Price Paid: 200 + foot print and gear loft

Pros:

Nice features, polyester fly, 2 doors, lots of mesh for dry summer nights, flush ferules on alum poles, and TNF quality throughout that's not typical in a $170 tent.

Cons:

Setup is a bit more difficult than others in its class and although the twin vestibules calculated area is generous, they are rather narrow and long which cuts down on actual useable space.

Design: freestanding dome
Sleeps: 2
Ease of Setup: a bit of a pain
Weight: 5 3/4 lb
Price Paid: $170 @ EMS

Heavy, but extremely durable. The only problem I ever had was the fly had water puddling up when I was on soft ground. (The fly depends on stakes.)

Sleeps: 2
Ease of Setup: very easy
Price Paid: $120 (employee discount)

Good tent, but disappointed in the zipper for the fly. It always gets caught in the extra fly material above it.

Design: three season
Sleeps: 2
Ease of Setup: Easy to setup
Weight: Approx. 6lbs
Price Paid: $180

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