Originally Posted by
Cyclebum
Tent. I say long enough for up to about 5'10" person. Others say I'm too conervative with that. Enjoy.
+1 for the Eureka Spitfire 1. Personally I think it is OK for much taller folks than 5'10", but that depends on how far into the tapered ends you are willing to have your head and feet. It is 9' long but tapers to a point at each end. Some pretty tall guys find it fine and some not so tall ones complain. BTW, I find it roomy enough to share with my 60 pound dog when we go backpacking. I love this tent!
The solitaire Is super cheap and super small. I like a number of things about it. I would probably avoid it though. The reasons?
- Quite a few reviewers complained of broken poles
- It isn't all that light for it's size, the much roomier Spitfire weighs only 3 ounces more and if you take the minimum stakes needed to pitch it the Spitfire actually weighs less.
- It needs a lot (12 I think) of stakes to pitch properly
Most of my complaints would be resolved if they had a quality set of poles for this tent. I actually own one and do not use it. It will suffice if you are looking to go as cheap as possible. I do like a lot of things about this design, but think they blew it when they went with the fiberglass poles. That wouldn't be quite as bad except the design requires a very tight bend in the poles.