Comments on: Gear Review: Wenger Dome Tent

By: Jkb

Jkb — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:40:10 +0000

Thanks for the comments--I had to format them a little bit to make them fit, but I like how you tried to get the image into the comment! The Wenger Dome Tent didn't go with me on the Pacific Crest Trail backpacking trip. In fact, we brought along Brian's tarp tent and used it one night, but for the rest of the trip, we slept under the stars, cowboy-style. Here's what Brian's Tarp Tent looked like: I'm not sure if Brian's was a custom job or if he got one out at REI or something. In case you can't see it in the picture, here's a similar idea, the MSR Zing Tarp Shelter, not the same as his: The MSR above has all of the poles as well as the tarp, plus all the fixin's, but Brian's was just the tarp, some string, and he used his trekking poles as tent poles. I think he's got the backpacking shelter thing down. Make sure you check out the links to the Pacific Crest Trail Backpacking Trip!

By: A. Murphy

A. Murphy — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:02:09 +0000

I bought this tent for a four night outing and sprayed additional waterproofing on the sides and on the rain fly. The first night it rained hard and water was coming in through the top of the roof. Everything was soaked. The next day we had to go into town and we bought a tarp to go over the top of the rain fly. It continued to rain and we had less water in our tent from the roof but were experiencing leaking from the tent walls. I wasn’t real happy with the windows either. There is a full screen that makes it look like a full window but they all zip down about half way and the rain fly is covering the areas of the windows so it is tough to see out.

By: Stephan Amendola

Stephan Amendola — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:48:58 +0000

Hey that Wenger Tent is a little outdated. Get this tent instead: It's 50 square feet, sleeps 3 comfortably and is 3 season and is 6 pounds, five oz, which is important for lightweight backpacking. It sets up in 10 minutes! No Lie! And it rolls to pack up. The other handy feature that I like is that there is a transparent pocket at the top where you can put your headlamp that illuminates the whole tent, which lets you cut down on carrying extra lighting weight. I love this tent and Ive taken it backpacking in Montana, Idaho and Colorado. Stephan Amendola

By: Makinlee Parker

Makinlee Parker — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:06:03 +0000

Overall quality of this tent seems fairly good. There are a few design deficiencies though. First there are none tie-downs to secure versus the weather and wind! Next problem is that the tent doesn’t have a full coverage fly in the back, but theres at least a rainfly vent in the back. This is good for ventilation purposes but if the wind and rain is coming from that direction you may get drenched.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:25:48 +0000

Is a Wenger tent better for camping than some of the others like Outwell, Vango or Gelert?

I slept in a Outwell tent once and it was kinda of tight. The Vango tent was a lot of $$$ so I am not sleeping in one of them again, and my friend has a Gelert tent for backpacking. And by better I mean an economical tent.

By: Richard Sullivan

Richard Sullivan — Wed, 05 May 2010 17:11:58 +0000

Real cool Coleman tent for sale. Its a 4 person tent. It is the best tent for the money. It packs up small into it’s bag and popup into a nice dome tent and is a general sweet for camping tent.

By: Jared Smith

Jared Smith — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:00:07 +0000

My Tent of Choice is the Wenger Outfitter, mostly in the Mount Rainier Wilderness in Washington. I needed a tent that I could pack in on a mountain bike or packhorse but still offered me the comforts of home. I can set the tent up fast with one person, but two are better.

The tent can be set up by one person, though two make it a snap. All the construction is top quality, the poles are 11mm aluminum, and when erected, it is the sturdiest tent I have used, including the Eureka Alpenlite, but it comes at the cost of 14 pounds! If I did not have a mountain bike or a horse, I would not carry this tent. It is very spacious for one person and very tough, but it lets the cold in, so i need to bring my warm sleeping bag.

By: Donna Morgan

Donna Morgan — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:28:14 +0000

LOL Swiss Army Tent!!! If it say Swiss Army is must be good!

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