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There’s something about the snow and camping. It just makes the experience that much better.

This tent is very nice. It can be enjoyed all year round. In the hot summer, we’ll set it up along with using a portable air conditioning unit. In the cold weather, which we prefer, we’ll set up using the wood stove, it’s much more cozier. Hope you enjoy your tent.

@@thuokadventure Last weekend I had a chance to test it out for the first time and I'm loving it. Combined with diesel heater it's very comfortable camping, even when outside temperatures are below freezing.

Thanks for the kind feedback, we really appreciate it.

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Welcome. I’m glad you liked it.

Thanks.

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Hello Deen and Alette, it is always nice to hear from people from different parts of the world. My son and I just recently got back from a backpacking trip using this tent in -8° C weather conditions. We are both about 5’10”(1.7 meter) tall. I used a 25” (63.5 cm) wide pad and he used 20”(50.8 cm) sleeping pad and I did felt it was a bit crowded with our backpacking gears along with a small portion of camera gears inside the tent with us. We decided to leave our packs out in the vestibule and only bring camera gears and any other necessary gears that is needed to be inside, and that really made a big difference. However, as you may have experienced, camping in this cold conditions regardless of single or double wall tent, there’s always that layer of frost build up inside the tent whether the vents are open or closed. That being said, you do not want to overcrowd the space inside this tent just to prevent gears/equipment from getting moisture by touching or rubbing against the tent walls because this tent does condensate and has frost built up as well. Now with its durability, ease of setting up and space to weight ratio, I do recommend this tent. But in your case with “quite a lot of camera equipment” that depends on how we strategically position our camera equipment and our camping gears inside this tent. Hope this helps.

Nice. Appreciate the feedback.

Dead wood will also burn better as it has less moisture in it!

You know it😉 and beside with the belly running on low.

Oh absolutely. Loving the ease of set up and especially the space to weight ratio. The condensation/ frost build up would be the only down side with this tent especially during freezing conditions. However, with the space and weight savings, i’d rather deal with the condensation which can easily be wiped up with a swedish cloth or pack towel. I appreciate the comments. Hope that helps.

Absolutely. Thanks👍

Yes indeed. I did look into the Zpack tents with their new (Offset) designs before purchasing the Xmid. Seems pretty spacious, however, it was a deal breaker for me because of the extra steps of having to guy out the head/ foot end of the tent with the extra poles that’s included, compared to pitching the xmid. As always, I really appreciate the feedback and thanks for watching.

There’s only one person I know that makes that comment. It’s good to hear from you, ol’ friend.

I have to say, Dan, it is a very in demand tent. And I can certainly see why, this tent check-marked most of everyone’s criteria, well, at least for me. For being extremely light weight, ease of setting up, very spacious that fits two wide pad, packability , and durability. Not so much on pricing though, but I suppose, it is within the price range compared to other dcf tents. Anyways, thanks for the comment.

@@thuokadventure Yeah the price is a tough one. I try to make our gear affordable but also want to do high quality. We have less markup then other DCF brands but we have higher costs using pre-shrunk DCF (adds 10%), making the tent larger, hot bonding adhesives are expensive, premium zippers etc. It would be great if the cost of DCF is reduced but they've been saying that for years.

You certainly can. The peak height is 49 inches(124cm) but I would find sticks that’s a little longer, then shove any little extra into the ground if needed for the perfect tautness. Round off the tip of the pole for the top end and smoothen out any sharp limbs from the stick to prevent possible punctures to the tent. Tip: Find the stick that has a little “y” limb about 4-5inches from the top tip of the pole. This is great for hanging gears off the ground. I would still recommend hiking poles though, for the conveniency and being able to adjust the height for when the ground is not level.

🤔Thanks, I’ll try that next time.

I’ve yet to try this in a condensation prone conditions. As a single wall tent, I’m expecting condensation. However, (I forgot to mention this in the video) there are mesh gutters inside on both ends of the tent so any condensation form will bead off into the mesh gutters and not onto the bathtub floor. I will keep a look out and give an update on that.

Thanks! It’s a pretty awesome tent.

Just FYI the DCF will stop crinkling over time, maybe after 2 trips, from stuffing and unstuffing.

@@tanvachvery important that you don’t stuff the DCF tent. Rolling it up is the way to go.

@@NordenzurZukunft yup you need to roll first to avoid pinholes and shrinkage. Just a convenient verb to mean ‘put it back into the stuff sack’

Actually, I did notice the loud crinkly sound when laying/ moving around directly on the dcf floor, now that you mentioned it. However, after I inflated the pads and moved around/ laid on them, I did not notice the crinkly sound from the dcf floor anymore but rather just the subtle sound from the sleeping pads.

Non dcf floor is much noisier with a pad. It’s the friction and its load. Dcf is definitely much quieter. What I did was put an old piece of tyvek between the thermarest and the nylon floor and it worked.

There is a silpoly version of this tent which is less than half the price of the dcf version and still pretty light weight that weighs 36oz / 1020g I believe.

Are they made in China?@@thuokadventure

Thanks, I’m glad you like the video.

Certainly have to agree with the price of this tent being on the steeper end. It is a pretty awesome tent though especially with the simplicity of pitching and ease of operating. I did thought about maybe getting the flick poles later in the future. They look very useful when not hiking with trekking poles.