Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
I don't get this thread at all.
First, who says it's US made?
Second, what's it being compared to?
Third, what does it cost?
Fourth, what's it weigh?
Only price I see for it is $120, not $95, and it's being remaindered from a normal price of $199.
Competition would be
Big Agnes Fly Creek at 2 lb. 5 oz. and $390 or
Big Agnes Seedhouse at 3 lb. and $350.
Only weight I can find for the Stoic is 5.37 lbs.
look at the first link in the OP's post... has the majority of the info...
but for reference I'll quote the OP's blog
The first thing I did when I opened it was to toss aside all the optional stuff. The tent comes in a stuff sack, with a separate sack for stakes and another for poles. I stripped these off. Then, I set aside the gear loft and footprint, and took just the bare essentials—tent fly, tent body, poles, and stakes— onto my bathroom scale for an estimate. I expected 5 pounds, and got four and change. It ended up weighing 4lbs 6oz for me. This is consistent with the “trail weight” listed by Stoic, so I’ll trust it in lieu of a more accurate scale, but you don’t have to take my word for it.
for price... it took me maybe 20 seconds to find it on backcountrygear.com via google and find a 20% off coupon (again via google) turning the $120 price into $95