REI Quarter Dome Tent Review

"Great tent! Easy setup/take-down and light weight. Very spacious for solo trips as I also like keeping my pack inside. Nice to have openings on both sides of the tent too. Excellent quality and value!!!"

"After searching the tent review setion, I'm surprised the Quarter Dome from REI is not listed. This is my favorite tent at the moment. Space for one is great as long as you're not over 6'2". I know that REI refers to this as a cozy 2 person tent, but unless I'm sharing it with my petite wife, I wouldn't want anyone else in there with me. I've used the tent on over a dozen trips so I had some time to get to know it. If you camp in the summer, you'll appreciate the color of the fly. It's white and light green which doesn't heat up the inside of the tent when the sun hits it in the morning hours. There's nothing more annoying for me then when the sun hits my tent, and I'm forced to wake up because of the heat inside. I also really lie the 2 big doors and vestibules. I leave my gear on one side and can still climb out on the other. Setup of the tent is very easy, thanks to a 2 pole design with identical poles. Just grab one and push it through the sleeves. For a first timer, be sure to pay attention which end of the pole you're placing through, as one end is different. The narrower end of the tent doesn't have the usual loops for the poles to clip into. Instead there is a reinforced sleeve that cups the pole. The nice thing is that you don't have to walk around each side placing the pole into the typical loops. In this case you just push the poles through from one side and continue raising the tent.

The mesh starts about 12 inches above the floor sheet which prevents sand and dirt from coming in. The built-in vent works great and is angled to prevent rain from getting in.

Overall a great tent.

What I wish REI would change is 1. reduce the width of the tent so it's a real one person tent. This should reduce the weight to get it around 3lbs. 2. Put one window through the fly.

There that's it....at $209 it's a steal. heck add my 2 suggestions and I'll pay more!"

"I bought this tent as a lighter substitute for summer camping, one that I can use solo tent or with my 5 foot zero girlfriend. On an Easter trip to the Snowy Mountains in Australia, it was anything but summer. We had a rain storm that lasted 18 hours with no letup as only a southwesterly from the Antartica can do. In the morning, this turned to an inch of wet snow clinging to the side. The tent had no leaks and held tight with the occasional 50 mph gusts. A fellow camper hopped in during the night because his tunnel-design was leaking (quite a few in our group were due to the weight of the water on the fly touching the tent). With two average size adults, our shoulders was touching. It also sets up quick when the fly is attached. Time will tell how the use of lighter weight material will hold up but this is one over-achieving tent."

"I recently purchased this tent and I am very happy with it! I love having room for my gear in the tent, plus the headroom is great. Having two doors is a plus as well. The little ventilation opening at the top of the tent is a nice feature, too - it helps reduce any condensation that may build up during the night.

The QD is easy to set up and take down. The instructions say you can leave the rainfly attached when taking the tent down; the next time you set it up, the rainfly is already attached. Well, I haven't quite mastered that technique yet. I find it easier to take the rainfly off before taking the tent down.

The weight is okay. My tent weighs in at 3.5 lbs when packed, including poles and tent stakes. My other one-person tent is right at 3 lbs, so having a little extra room for a few extra ounces of weight is fine with me."

"I've owned this tent for a year, and have used it in everything from steamy summer to thirty-degree winter, and it hasn't let me down. Set up is quick and easy. There are two doors and two vestibules, giving plenty of room for a large pack and boots to stay outside and dry. There is just enough headroom to sit up inside. The tent is wide enough for my sleeping bag plus room for the incidentals, like clothing, that I don't leave outside overnight. The weakest part of this tent is the footprint. There are four lines with clips that wrap around the poles, or tabs, or whatever, then clip back onto the lines. It seems like there could have been a better way to design this. The tent has good ventilation, and stays dry as a bone in a windy downpour. It packs small and light. I highly recommend it."

"I've had this tent for over two years now. I have no complaints. I have had myself, my girlfriend and my dog in this tent. It is not meant to be a 1 person tent, so if that is what you want then don't get this tent! BUY A 1 PERSON TENT!

IF I had a complaint, it would be when I camped with it at Lake Powell. The mesh screen allowed some sand to get through, but at that place the sand seems to get everywhere.

I would not hesitate one bit to buy this tent. It is a true 2-person tent, it might be a little heavy but I don't mind having the extra weight for a spacious tent. I like the two doors, and when the vestibule is on it you have space outside the tent but protected by the rain fly, great for muddy boots, bags, etc.

I had this tent in a storm in the Utah Dessert (West water) and we probably had a pure solid downpour for about 45 minute to an hour, with 60 MPH winds, AT LEAST. While other people we were with were trying to keep their tent together and from blowing away I say there and enjoyed the lightening show, and the whistle of the wind as my tent stood strong. Not even one drop of water made it inside."

"I've had this tent for a couple of years and it's a good one. I use it solo although my wife has slept in it with me. She's small.

It's been used in heavy Northwest rains, heavy wind in the high Sierras, frigid nights in the Wind Rivers, and did a credible job of keeping me dry during 2 days of heavy wet snow at Tapto Lakes in the North Cascades. It's a 3-season tent and I did need to get out a couple of times to remove the wet concrete. But I stayed 100% dry.

To the guy above: REI has just what you're looking for. The Chrysalis tent and it costs less than the Quarterdome."