Tent Decision/ Need Opinion

[Nanci]

It would be for one or two nights, most likely one person, just doing little organized rides with an overnight in between. And then maybe next year for a week-long tour. Plus double-duty if I want to take a small tent for an overnight car camping thing, not the Taj Majal.

Nanci

[Brandi]

We have a three person back packing tent ( I can not imagine three people in it). What I like about ours is it has two doors on either side so we aren't crawling over eachother. But if it is just you it looks like a great tent. But you might consider there could be a 2nd person joining you maybe? In that case I would go for the two person to be on the safe side . It is only 9 oz more. And if you are not back packing with it 9 oz more won't be any big deal. You will have a little more room to store stuff in there if it is only you anyway.

[MomOnBike]

The general rule in our house (and we used to do a lot of high-country back-packing) is the +1 rule. That is, one person out, a 2 person tent, 2 people need a 3 person tent, etc. Even if your bike isn't in the tent with you, your Stuff will be. You'll be glad for the room, in my experience. Leave the kitchen sink at home, and you'll make up the weight.

[Nanci]

Yesterday I weighed out the two tent weights in Barium to see if I could tell the difference. 9oz was barely noticeable. More noticeable, however, was the size difference. Today I rolled up two different sets of blankets stuffed with towels to 16x5.5" and 16x6.5" and the difference seems huge...

Mom on bike: I really love taking the kitchen sink, or at least the _option_, rack/trunkwise, of taking it if I want to.

Nanci