....but I wear my dirty socks and undies!
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 And my undies are already wet. 
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 Had my first night out in the laser comp Bitterly cold night, -6°C, little to no wind. Cooked (at least my form of cooking, i boiled water for pot noodles tea and hot chocolate) in the porch, it is a real disign failure that the door zip does not open from the top to create a makeshift chimney. As a result condensation was a bit of a problem, most of it froze on the inside of the tent and the sleeping bag outer had a bit of a damp feel by morning. It was interesting to see how much white ice i shook of the tent in the morning! I think the mini carbon pegs were fine in the semi frozen ground, I did however take four proper pegs for the four guys. I must alter the ends so as I can tie back the end bits to create a through draft!
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Problem with wet ground sheet. This I have never experienced. It maybe because when I'm camping I have the time to separate my inner tent from the outer. I can pack my inner tent, rucksack, cook, dress and pack the extra ground sheet from with in the protection of the outer tent. Then last of all pack the wet outer. As mentioned before, this operation within the outer tent can be a little tight but it is possible. The other tent which I was going to recommend was a northface peapod but I rememberd that this was not sub 2kg, but I must say that this has been an absolutley fantastic tent over the 20years which I have used it. Just one more thing, someone wrote that they would all but recommend the akto in extreme weather. If there is one tent you want on a bad day the akto IS IT. But then again one mans food is another mans poison
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Another vote of confidence for the TN voyager superlite. I've just come back from using one for the first time in the Picos in Spain and it's been great. Plenty of room, no condensation and stood up to heavy rain and strong winds. A great tent....so far!
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 What a great photo, Reiver - inspiring, where is it?
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Yes, a wish I was there photo.
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hi i use a atko and a nallo 2 . 1.55kilo and 2.2 kilo if you cant get to see any tents in flesh.take internal figures and mark out on drive with chalk size is weight but also comfort. peter
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What a great photo, Reiver - inspiring, where is it? Thanks. It is taken from near the top of Stob a' Chearcaill, (southern top of Ladhar Bheinn in Knoydart) The near hill on the left of the image is Luinne Bheinn and the more distant hill in the center is Sgurr na Ciche
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 Reiver is being modest, that was his Munro compleation trip. Congratulations Reiver. Sounds like you need to upgrade to a decent tent. Can I suggest an Akto which doesn't suffer from any of those problems. The outer unzips fully at both ends, the door is zippable from the top and diagonally for about 20cm to create a vent ( and for admiring sunrises etc without fully unzipping ) and a chunk of the inner nearest the vent peels back to expose a mesh panel for overnight ventilation. The end vent:
The vent:
The Akto in action:
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 My vote goes for the Hilleberg Nallo 2. I actually owned an Akto and chopped it in at the beginning of the year for the Nallo 2.
I've been VERY pleased with it. It doesn't weigh much more than the Akto, is much roomier and would be a pleasure to live in if the weather is that crap that you don't want to go outside. Compare this to the Akto which for me at 6'0" was always a little tight.
Vent design is awesome with a wired one at the front, and due to the 4 zips on the front porch you can open up either side if you wish, or just leave the top of the middle panel open for ventilation. I've not needed the vent at the rear of the tent open yet and have had no condensation problems at all.
I did replace the aluminium pegs with titanium ones from eBay straight away which has proven to be a good choice and not that expensive.
Definitely worth a look but a tad pricey. I managed to get mine in Seattle for £270 from the US outlet. Might be worth looking at having it shipped over?
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