Drifter 3 tent - Box Humboldt by Mountain Hardwear Review
| Categories | family camping tent |
| Product Code | B0034HQ5AA |
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| Price | $234.95 |
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Product Details
- Color: Humboldt (Boxed)
- Brand: Mountain Hardwear
Features
- Two doors prevent you from tripping over your companions to get to your sleeping bag
- Gear loft (included) provides convenient storage
- Guaranteed watertight construction with fully taped fly, taped perimeter seam, welded corners and welded guy clip anchors. Rain room tested with 1200" of rain in 24 hours.
- 7001 PF pole system is strong, lightweight, durable, resistant to corrosion and dents, and easy to service by hand in the field
- Pitch LightTM configuration allows user to set up a superlight shelter using only the tent fly, poles and footprint (sold separately)
- Two doors prevent you from tripping over your companions to get to your sleeping bag
- Gear loft (included) provides convenient storage
- Guaranteed watertight construction with fully taped fly, taped perimeter seam, welded corners and welded guy clip anchors. Rain room tested with 1200" of rain in 24 hours.
- 7001 PF pole system is strong, lightweight, durable, resistant to corrosion and dents, and easy to service by hand in the field
- Pitch LightTM configuration allows user to set up a superlight shelter using only the tent fly, poles and footprint (sold separately)
Product Description
The Mountain Hardwear Drifter 3 Tent is a compact, robust 3-person tent for quick camping trips. Made with legendary Mountain Hardwear quality, the Drifter 3 tent has two side doors for easy access and two large vestibules to stow gear. An included gear loft stashes away even more small items in the top of the tent. With a fully taped fly, taped perimeter seam, welded corners and welded guy clip anchors, the construction of the Drifter 3 is guaranteed to be watertight. Strong, 7001 PF poles stand up to stormy weather so you never have to worry about this Mountain Hardwear tent collapsing in inclement weather. Quick and easy to pitch, the Drifter 3 features color coded poles and grommet tabs and reflective starter points make even late-night set up easy. If you're looking to shave a few pounds, you can pitch just the fly of the Drifter 3 Tent along with the footprint (sold separately) for superlight shelter.
Customer Reviews
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Mountain Hardwear Drifter 3 tent
By Keith
The good news - This tent is water proof, plenty of room for two, and very easy to set up. The tent did include a gear loft that I liked very much. Stuffing the tent back into the stuff bag was easy as well with a little extra room in the bag.The not-to-bad-news, the tent is a bit heavier than the super light tent and a bit bulkier. There are two mesh pockets built into the tent, but they were kind of flimsy and could not figure out what I would put into them. I have another Mountain Hardwear tent with better quality mesh pockets.The bad news, The tent footprint designed for this tent is a little too big for the tent allowing rain drops to be caught between footprint and tent. There were puddles under the tent, but the tent bottom is thick enough to keep the rain out. The next time I set up the tent I had to tuck the footprint way under the tent to prevent it from catching rain. Also, the tent fly on the non-vestibule areas lean against the tent allowing the rain easier access to the bottom of the tent. I had to improvise the fly away from the tent to help keep rain drops away from the tent as much as possible.I have only had this tent for a very short time and therefore have not used it much.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Mountain Hardwear Drifter 3
By strikeforcefan
I was recently looking for a tent to get into backpacking more seriously. My previous tent was a Coleman Sundome 3 (yes, I did backpack with it and all of it's 10lbs). This tent is really the exact thing I needed. It is pretty lightweight, managable pack size (if your not using a little tiny backpack), and it is super cheap for the quality of the tent. I just got back from an overnight trip with it and I am very pleased with the performance. We hiked 9 miles and set up the tent on a open rock face. We hopped inside and not more than 5 minutes later it started to rain. We sat in the tent for 15 hours listening to the rain convert back and forth from rain to sleet to snow. We were abruptly woken up in the morning to the sounds of 40-50mph wind gusts bashing the tent walls against our faces. So I hoped outside and guyed it out(using the 4 attachment points on the corners) to rocks. After that, the mighty drifter stayed solid as a rock till later in the morning when we had to pack for our hike back out. We also didn't have a drop of water (or condensation on the fly) inside the tent. Some of the things I love about it are the 2 doors and 2 vestibules (plently roomy for wet backpacking gear and boots and I actually was able to do some cooking under them while having them zipped up. But I don't suggest you do that), the very simple 2-pole design, the clip-system instead of sleeves(like on the Sundome), and the overall color design of the tent(It's nice not to be inside of a orange/red tent. They are just unnatural feeling).BOTTOM LINE: If your looking for a great valued, solid, simple yet effective tent, you are sure to be happy with the drifter 3. But remember, no matter what the listings say on tents, the number of people comforatbly sleeping in the thing are 1 less than the listing says (EX. Mountain Hardwear Drifter 3...its for two people).
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