I bought a high-end tent made by someone like Mountain Hardware from REI years ago. I used it a few times and liked it a lot. It then sat in my garage for a couple of years before its next use. When I went to set it up it simply fell apart in my hands at the seams. On inspection I saw that many of these failed major structural seams had simply been glued together. No stitching to be seen. It's one of two or three items I've returned to REI in my 55 years as a member. GAJett
On Sun, Mar 1, 2026 at 10:13 PM Menos Joven <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Roberta, > The hotel or credit card touring strategy is the best! :) Congrats on > getting a 2 person tent, for the comfort of extra space and keeping all of > your gear inside, your cost is carrying maybe a couple of extra pounds - > not much in the large scheme of things. FWIW, I've used a 1 person and > found the interior to be plenty roomy to even sit up in. REI, does rent > camping equipment but at least here in the Bay Area, it is limited to > certain stores. > > Regarding REI, I have been a member for decades and like their products as > more affordable alternatives to the big names such as The Northface. > However, I bought a tent from them with what I consider a design flaw. I > purchased an REI Quarter Dome 1 person tent(Quarter Dome series now > discontinued) which when on sale for under $200 and under 3 lbs offered a > compelling product. The design choice on that particular tent to sew a > pole/rain fly attachment point to a piece of fabric but then glue that > piece of fabric to the main tent body was not good for me. On a summer > night in the Yosemite high country, the glue did not hold and the rain fly > and tent body drooped down together -- could've been a problem in bad > weather. Next tent I buy, I will check that important connection points are > sewn not glued on. > Leslie > Redwood City > On Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 7:10:04 PM UTC-8 Roberta wrote: > >> Thank you, everyone. this is really good information and obviously other >> people are also interested in the topic. >> >> I decided to buy Julian‘s tent as it looks really nice, but if there’s >> any other information to add to the thread, please do so since other people >> have an interest. >> >> This is such a wonderful community! >> >> (this is how far I’ve come – – prior to buying my Riv in 2017, I didn’t >> realize that you could change out stems and handlebars to make a bike more >> comfortable— I thought you had to buy a new bicycle! Now I’m looking for >> tents for bike and kayak camping, but secretly hope to always be able to >> stay in hotels. 😝) >> >> Roberta >> Philadelphia >> >> On Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 6:29:57 PM UTC-5 Julian Westerhout wrote: >> >>> Roberta, >>> >>> The REI Half-dome is a classic design and a solid tent. I prefer the >>> design and lighter weight of the MSR Hubba Hubba 2 (no relation to the Riv >>> tandem!), and Naturehike makes a very nice copy of that tent in both a >>> heavier polyester fabric and a really nice lightweight 20 Sylnylon ripstop >>> -- the Mongar 2 https://tinyurl.com/7zsbshjx . I'm a bit of a >>> tent nerd, and have been really pleased with the value proposition offered >>> by Naturehike -- in my experience they are high quality, and well priced >>> -- less than half of the REI tent, and almost all of their tents even come >>> with a custom ground sheet as well (not strictly necessary, but will add >>> life to the tent by protecting the floor). >>> >>> I have an almost new green 20d Silnylon Mongar 2 that's surplus to my >>> needs right now (I have 5 tents -- my tent collecting habit is almost as >>> bad as bike bags for me!) -- if you're interested I'd sell it for $100, and >>> could bring it to the Philly Bike Expo. >>> >>> Julian Westerhout >>> Bloomington, IL >>> >>> On Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 4:42:48 PM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote: >>> >>>> Curious in an academic way: REI used to rent out camping equipment, >>>> this 30+ years ago. Do they still do that? >>>> >>>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2026 at 7:48 AM Roberta <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Camping is not my thing and if I go on overnight bike trips, I’m more >>>>> likely to stay in a hotel. On Kayak trips, you camp where you pull the >>>>> kayak out of the water. So those bike days when I’m forced to sleep in a >>>>> tent as well as the Kayak camping, I’m looking at tents. For biking, I >>>>> know, shorter pole size and lighter tent is important. Neither of these >>>>> are important for Kayak camping. I cannot imagine I’d do this more than a >>>>> few times a year. >>>>> >>>>> I borrowed a tent for two trips last year. It stayed dry and I could >>>>> sit up in it. Opinions? Also, is it worth the additional weight to get >>>>> two >>>>> person tent for one person? 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