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(More customer reviews)To be perfectly honest, this tent didn't see one day in the wilderness. I usually test out my tents in my living room before I take it to the great Alaskan outdoors. My logic is, if can't cut it in my living room, it won't cut it out there.
I spent a night in this tent in my living room. That was enough to tell me several things about the tent. One, I am 5'9" and half and this tent is too short for me. I felt my bare feet pressing against the back end of the tent as I adjusted so my head won't be touching the front end of the tent. No win situation unless you are bending your legs all night long.
Second, I had to go tomy bathroom couple of times that night. Getting out of the tent through the rain fly proves to be a major chore. The door lies around the upper middle of the tent, around the stomach/chest area in a side "U" shape. Not only do I had to climb out of my sleeping bag but work my upper body toward the middle of the tent so I can get out. I had to stretch out far to unzip the rainfly and flap it back half of it completely to climb out. If it was raining, it would had exposed the interior upper half of the tent inorder to get out.
Third, I used a Insul air mattress which I usually inflat outside the tent. When I try to stick it inside the tent, I had to fight to get it in. I had the same trouble getting it out so I deflated inside. (It would be hard to inflat that air mattress inside due to lack of space.)
Fourth, even with the guy lines (attached to furnitures), I had a pretty tight fit since the tent had an steep "A" shape form. Anyone slightly bigger then myself would feel pretty cramp. Dressing inside this tent requires some flexible limbs. For me, putting on my rain jacket (just for experiment) required some work. I think whoever designed this tent forgot that many backpackers uses inflated sleeping pads and with sleeping bags which adds couple of inches from ground. The sharp angles of the walls make this tent smaller then the reported dimensions. [It little roomy as long as your backside in on thehard ground (or in my case, carpet)!! Adding inches make it less so.]
On the good sides, the tent was easy to set-up, the material used appears to be first rate and I saw no weaknesses in the seals and seams. The rainfly covered the tent very well and provides a nice vestibule. All mesh canopy should provide good air movement. The weight is very lightweight as well. Under most conditions, you would probably need only two stakes. It looks like a first rate product outside of the design which appears to be suited for someone around 5'8" or smaller. I wasn't too impressed with the color choices but that may be subjective.
But after one night in the living room, I knew that this tent definitely will not work for me or anyone my size or bigger. No need to be a rocket scienist to figure that out. However, for a smaller person, this might be a great solo tent. Maybe such a person would write a field review on this tent as well. I wrote this review just to warn most average size American male backpackers who may be looking for a solo tent and read the dimensions which may be slightly misleading in practical application.
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Product Description:
The Marmot Eos 1-Person 3-Season tent is a lightweight solo tent that means business. Designed with Marmot's new Bare Bones set up system, the Eos provides more room with less weight and fewer pieces to set up. If you're traveling solo, you won't have anyone to help you hold the tent in while you put pieces together. Marmot eliminates the struggle so you can set up your tent in a flash with the one pole system. A roomy vestibule stores more gear outside the tent while still keeping it protected from weather. The true bathtub floor provides weather protection, and also acts as a splashguard in stormy conditions.
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