Kelty Tents Kelty Discovery Trail Backpacking Tent, Lightweight and Easy to Setup Backpacking Shelter with 2 Aluminum Poles, Single Door Single Vestibule, Stuff Sack Included

could not be any easier to set up. I have used it twice and it's great. sure it's not the lightest tent in the world but for the once in a while backpacking weekend person it works great for myself and my lab.

Perfect tent! Bonus the price is affordable! I bought 2 of these for my family.

++++ Updated Oct 2023+++++New set of poles were sent to replace. It was a new set, still in the bag, and wrapped in plastic. Not the same way the others arrived. But I am happy with the customer service of Kelty and my brand new replacements poles for th tent.The tent was my first one-man tent., Tent preformed as expected and was light enough for thee trip. Happy with the purchase.It was two days before leaving on an 18 mile backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail. I opened the bag and tried to remove the set of poles, but I eneded up pulling out three poles individually because they were not attached. I dont believe the tension from the elastic connectors would have broken once placed in the bag. The poles are designed to be pulled and setup many times. This may be a quality control issue. The other set of poles were fine. I will update my review once Kelty responds to my inquiry on the issue.Tent poles were detached. Not what I expecteed from Kelty.

The first time I set this tent up, I remarked at how it didn't have all of the accoutrements of other tents I've used. However, you cannot compare a tent in the mid 100s with a tent that costs $500+. They're in different categories. That said, for the price, you're not going to get a better tent. I love the fact that it's almost all mesh on the top and that the netting clips from the bottom and there are no nylon sleeves to have to feed the tent poles through (which always get stuck and end up tearing anyway).If you want a tent that lets you look at the stars, this is it. If you want a cheap tent to start camping more, but don't want to shell out 3-4x the price to do it, this is the tent for you. If you want a tent that will keep you dry in the rain and has guy outs, this tent has it. That said, if you're looking for an ultralight tent you can backpack with, there are other tents better suited for you, but you're going to pay dearly for them. For 90% of all campers out there, this tent will do just fine without breaking the bank.

My husband and I took this on a 2 night, 17 mile backpacking trip and were so pleased! The extra space allowed us to bring our packs in during a rainstorm but kept us nice and dry. Quite lightweight compared to our previous 2 person one which was much appreciated on our trek. Our daughter also loves it for a quick backyard camp! This tent will be taken on many more adventures! Zippers and seems are high quality, set up was very quick and easy, and it ventilated well while raining and 85 degrees!

This is the perfect little tent! I have only used it for car camping, but hope to eventually test it out backpacking. I am 5’6 and with my sleeping pad and bag, I still had room for my duffel bag at my feet. I can sit up and not hit my head on the tent roof. The side pockets are handy for storing a headlamp and other quick access items. I recently used it without the rainfly, and the mesh is see through for stargazing at night. I purchased the tent with the footprint to protect the bottom. It’s excellent for what I need on solo adventures!

So far so great - have used in trips amounting to six overnights now. As advertised, it's a solo setup. I'm 5'11" 180lbs and have just enough room to lay the sleeping pad on the bottom with a little room left over for boots, water bottle, spring/fall jacket at foot of tent. You are not going to bring much else into the tent. The fly is just big enough to cover my medium size pack. A big wow for me was this tent sets up and takes down in just two min. tops.Also well thought out was the small pop out window on the wall side opposite the door to allow air circulation and a very cool "shark mouth" stuff sack to put the tent into when packing up. My friends were impressed with the tent. ease of setup and breakdown, but when they were wrestling to get their "3 gallon" tent into a "one gallon" stuff sack they really appreciated the shark mouth stuff sack.For solo light to medium use, I don't think you can beat this tent!

Love the colors. Love the tent bc its mostly screen if you dont have the rainfly on. BUT i hate the zipper. It feels like its going to tear the tent every single time i zip/unzip. I don’t know if it’s me and I just don’t have the tension on the tent correct but I’ve never had to think about that on any other tent I’ve had and when I use the zipper on this, I feel like i have to hold the zipper area and be careful …. There just isnt any support there and i feel like everytime could be the last time.