ALPS Mountaineering Extreme 3 AL Tent

Used on an early June Pioneer Handcart Trek. Through two rainstorms, two freezes and two windy nights it kept us warm, snug, and dry. It is easy to set up, very sturdy with its three pole design, rain-tight and compact. I am 6'4" and had sufficient length to comfortably stretch out, as well a plenty of room for our two Camp Rest sleeping pads. The two vestibules are roomy enough for plenty of equipment, and we loved having his and her doors. Our only complaint is that one morning, after the frozen tent began to thaw, condensation from the rainfly dripped through the screens onto our bags - but not enough to be significant and only that one time. I do recommend you get a footprint that covers the very large vestibule floor, otherwise you will need to kneel in the dirt and weeds to zip/unzip the vestibule zipper all the way, but that's a small price to pay for the excellent, dry storage it provides. One more note - one of the tie-downs on the rainfly was ripped out by someone carelessly running right next to our tent. We called Alps and their customer service is excellent and giving us several options to consider. I recommend Alps tents!

• Did the product fit true to size? Yes
• How is the quality of the product? Excellent
• Was the product free of any manufacturer defects? Yess

Took 5 day backpacking trip in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in Washington State. Tent goes up and down easily even with some wind. Vestibules are huge as well as tent, which held 3 of us and our gear easily the one night it absolutely poured along with thunder and lightning. Had set the tent in a low spot at the bottom of a hill and tent held even with about 2 inches of standing water beneath the tent! Only issue was a small leak on one of the vestibule zippers and a leaky corner that was because I did not use the guy rope that night, lesson learned! Only minor issues are zippers are very far away on vestibules when they are closed and the accessory pocket is pretty small. Other than that, very satisfied and now looking at other Alps Mountaineering gear to purchase!

I used this tent a week ago for a backpacking trip. It was quite cold and extremely windy (up to 50 MPH gusts) during the night. The tent kept us warm and snug and was very stable even with the strongest of gusts. Since it did not rain I cannot give any comment on how well it would do with rain and the wind. I just thank my lucky stars I did not have to find out! The alcoves are very large on this tent and made it easy to keep gear such as boots and packs under shelter while not taking up room iin the tent. Not having to climb over each other in order to enter or exit the tent is especially welcome for the midnight nature calls required when drinking too much coffee before bed! I would recommend this tent to anyone wanting a sturdy tent that is very good at fitting two grown men.

This tent is awesome, I bought it because my wife and I are getting into backpacking. We both have done a lot of backpacking as kids with our families and we knew what kind of tent we wanted. This one is roomy enough, it breaths, and it has a good rain fly with a big enough vestibule for our dog to sleep in. This was an amazing deal. I was looking at Mountain Hardware which was almost $400, and also Columbia tents, but this one is probably just as good as those and the price was way better. We're excited to have this tent.