I'm retracting any initial positive comments on the akto tent or the hilleberg company! I made the mistake of taking this on a tour last fall and regretted it - every single morning of my trip when I had to dodge dripping condensation from the ceiling of that $#@!! 'tent'. I also regretted having to wait every morning for an hour and a half for the tent to dry inside before I got on the road. And now that I recall,the one million and one strings hanging off the tent in all directions for stakes, guylines, etc. get old after a while...

I could add extensive details, but suffice to say that in temperatures ~+70-20 centigrade, with all possible vents (and often the door as well), often with evening breeze, and with just myself inside (...), the condensation was far worse than I'd believed possible. with luck I didn't have much serious rain, but when it did rain hard for 14 hours straight the only thing that kept me from getting totally wet was my sleeping bag... everything in the 'tent' was soaked.

I really cannot imagine in what conditions one could avoid condensation - 20 degrees in the desert with a steady wind and no one in the tent?

Another thing that annoyed me was that through several attempts to let the company know about my experience (I wondered... was the 'breathable but water repellent' tent material somehow inside-out, thus drawing water in and repelling water to evaporate out?), I didn't get a single reply or explanation of what might have gone wrong (or apology,which is what was in order). They were very fast to reply when i was asking about buying one though...

This fall's tour (UP Michigan) I'm bringing my trusty and heavy old Timberline, which I've toured with before - screw the weight, I want to stay dry and to be able to fold the tent up in the morning and go! The extra four pounds of the timberline over the akto are nothing compared to the tons of disappointment and misery the akto provided. And the thing gets air too.