Eureka! Forte SQ 2XT - Tent (sleeps 2) Review
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| Product Code | B002PB0H82 |
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| Price | $126.40 |
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Product Details
- Size: 2per
- Brand: Eureka
- Model: 2627812
- Released on: 2010-12-16
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 3.00 pounds
Features
- Compact and sturdy three-season, side-entry tent with an ultra-strong aluminum frame
- Sleeps 2 with a 7 by 4-foot, 6-inch footprint
- Ideal for backpacking and camping in wilderness conditions
- Sealed bathtub floor; full-coverage rainfly; ample ventilation with no-see-um mesh
- Minimum weight of just 5 pounds, 4 ounces; Limited lifetime warranty
- 2-person 3-season tent unmatched in strength and durability
- Freestanding frame with clipsa and ring and pin assembly make setup easy
- Over 31 sq ft of floor area with extended vestibule area
- Ridge pole extensions support weatherproof vents
- Sequoia frame with DAC 12mm DA 17 poles
- Compact and sturdy three-season, side-entry tent with an ultra-strong aluminum frame
- Sleeps 2 with a 7 by 4-foot, 6-inch footprint
- Ideal for backpacking and camping in wilderness conditions
- Sealed bathtub floor; full-coverage rainfly; ample ventilation with no-see-um mesh
- Minimum weight of just 5 pounds, 4 ounces; Limited lifetime warranty
- 2-person 3-season tent unmatched in strength and durability
- Freestanding frame with clipsa and ring and pin assembly make setup easy
- Over 31 sq ft of floor area with extended vestibule area
- Ridge pole extensions support weatherproof vents
- Sequoia frame with DAC 12mm DA 17 poles
Product Description
The Forte SQ 2XT is unmatched in strength and stability. This side entry tent is created by utilizing our proprietary Sequoia A-Frame plus spreader pole configuration. The DAC poles used enforce the durability in this frame with ridge pole extensions for support. A large triangle door with Hi/Low venting offers ease of access and the zippered window in door opens for excellent visibility and controlled ventilation. The fly- creating primary vestibule can be configured in multiple ways and the secondary vestibule can be accessed by the rainbow pass-thru door in the tent body. A fly-only lite-set option will create a versitle liteweight yet spacious shelter.
Customer Reviews
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
By Mike
This is the first new tent I've bought in roughly 12 years. I did quite a bit of backpacking when I was younger and have used all different brands of tents (Kelty, Mountain Hardware, Eureka, REI) my first tent was a Eureka! and I still have it. If I had it with me when I needed a tent I probably would have just used it instead of buying a new one. I'll preface my review with the intended use of the new tent: motorcycle camping, not backpacking. I used the tent on a 10 day ride around the Adriatic sea, from Greece, north through Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia Austria and Italy. It performed very well, with no protection or comfort issues, just functionality quirks and packaging that ended up being tiresome.This tent sounded really good to me, similar to the Timberline design, which I had used extensively as a Boy Scout though never owned. That tent is very strong and roomy, though not as compact because of the pole structure and involves a few more steps when setting up. I thought this one would be a little better and it was for the most part, but in other areas it was lacking. As a motorcycle camper I didn't really fuss over weight but packablitiy either for a backpack or motorcycle is important to consider.Pros:The tent itself packs up smallThe XT version has a full rain fly that has two vestibulesRoomy interior thanks to the spreader bar, making it possible to be a less tight two person tent if you're keeping it light on a backpacking trip.Cons:The poles design tried to improved over the timberline, but fell short in my opinion. Not being able to remove the joints making up the A-bars adds to bulk and complicates storage. They just get in the way and become annoying. It does speed up set up, but then you get slowed down later on because of the additional poles for the rain fly.The rain fly gives excellent coverage though the two vents that need the additional 6 inch bars (similar to the two bars that make up the overhang on the timberline version (or just one bar on the XT version) could have been made better. The 6 inch bars are nearly pointless if their only reason for inclusion is propping open that little vent hood. The are such a minor addition that again, they are more of an annoyance than anything else. Instead of using those little bars, why not sew in some flexible yet rigid material (like a 2-3mm fiberglass/delrin/poly carbonate rod) into the outer edge of the vent hood? My biggest problem with the tent stems from those little bars. Pointless and annoying in the long run.Another con was 1 door. Though there is a second vestibule accessible through the tent, it would have been nice to have even a short zipper on the outside of the XT fly, so you don't need to go through the tent to get to the vestibule. If you were to use this as a two person tent, it would be tight and annoying as a side entry tent with just one door. For just one person, it is basically a non-issue.Additionally, in the packaging I received 6 aluminum stakes and 3 plastic stakes. The plastic stakes are terrible...and there's only three. I don't get this; are they extras? They shouldn't be...even though it is a free standing tent, there's not enough of one kind of stake to fully stake out the tent if you needed to.Overall, it is a good tent but I'm getting rid of it because I don't love it. The pole structure and packing up of it is too great of an annoyance to me. A simple, free standing, 2 pole design is just as functional and more compact. This tent could have been better executed as a product. It seems to me that they were trying to make it a little more than it could be and fell short of what it actually was. 3 stars because if you take the time to set it up, it will be comfortable, dry and storm proof. At the core, what a good tent should be.
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