Marmot Nutshell Review

"AFTER USING THIS TENT FOR 11 WEEKS STRAIGHT, I FOUND IT TO BE FAIRLY DEPENDABLE. GOOD POINTS: ROOMY, FAIRLY LIGHT-WEIGHT, EASY TO SET-UP AND STORE. BAD POINTS: POOR VENTILATION WITH FLY ON, VESTIBULE IS A BIT SMALL, FLY TAKES A LONG TIME TO DRY. ALL IN ALL, A GOOD TENT. GLAD WE HAVE IT."

"This is a great tent. I challenge anyone to find a lighter two-person, free-standing tent. I will admit the vestibule is small, too small for anything more than boots and a few small items. I carry this tent on solo trips given the lightweight and it provides plenty of room. When I backpack with my girlfriend (she's 5'11" and I'm 6'2") we have plenty of room to stretch out. I've never had any leaks or problems with the contruction of the tent. I'd recommend to anyone wanting a light weight freestanding tent!"

"The ventilation on this tent is great, i spent 4 stormy nights in one with my smelly brother , fly on. The trick to venting is to open the fly at the top a few inches, this draws air up and out. you can also do the reverse, opening the tent at the bottom.
the problem i have is that with the fly on this is not a feee standing tent, you have to guy this fly at least six positions, to get it of the tent, partly because the tent is a asymetrical form. the manual for the guy lines is hopeless,as it has a diagram that makes no sense relative to points of attachemnent to fly, and also shows 8 - 12 lines for the tent. we did tether the hell out of this tent, and in heavy winds from multiple directions held up very well, but there is no way to put on fly without guy lines."