As someone who loves to camp in the wild and who like nothing better than multi day hiking trips I am all too aware of how difficult it is to find the "perfect tent" but the Helium 2 seemed to offer a pretty great package for the price. I could have opted for the one man version (the Helium1) but I am a firm believer in the tent being "livable" for multi day trips, especially when the weather is less than ideal.
Manufacturer | Force Ten | |||
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Tent Collection | F10 Alpine LT Range | |||
Year of Manufacture | 2018 | |||
Hydrostatic Head | 3000 | |||
Colour | Alpine Green | |||
Berth | 2 Man | |||
No. Bedrooms | 1 Bedroom | |||
Doors | 2 | |||
Flysheet Fabric | 20 Denier, 430 Taffeta Siliconised Ripstop Nylon PU3000mm | |||
Groundsheet Fabric | 70 Denier Nylon 6000mm | |||
Inner Fabric | 15 Denier / 340T Breathable Nylon | |||
Window Fabric | No | |||
Height (cm) | 100 | |||
Length (cm) | 245 | |||
Width (cm) | 175 | |||
Weight (kg) | 1.42 (1.23kg trail weight) | |||
Pole Bag Weight (kg) | No | |||
Skin | Double | |||
Pack Size (cm) | 40 x 14 |
Above is the all the basic information and as you can see from the numbers it is a pretty impressive package. It pitches all in one and this is a big plus when the weather is wet. It uses 3 poles for pitching but 2 of these are the short ones that hold up the two ends. The main pole is pre-contoured and this allows for steeper sides to the tent and this equals more space inside. I haven't shared the space but I would imagine that two normal sized people would fit into the tent quite easily. A huge plus when sharing a tent is having two doors. Not having to clamber over your companion to enter and exit, especially when it's wet makes life much easier. The porch is a reasonable size but it would be a tight squeeze when a pair of bags...wet clothes etc are stored there but that is probably the same for the vast majority of lightweight tents. The zips work very smoothly which is also a big plus. I have used the tent on the edge of the Atlantic when the weather was less than benign and it preformed admirably.The bathtub floor ensures that you stay nice and dry inside and the heavy driving rain wasn't a problem and not a drop of water entered the tent. There is no denying the face that this type of tent is noisy in the wind and it is fair to say that it flapped a lot in the strong gusts (up to 50mph) of wind that battered it through the night. This would have been the case with all but the most robust of mountain tents but the pegs of this tent are excellent and the tent stayed solidly in place all night.
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