lightwave t0 trek

Imperial Dave
Reviewed: 27 May 2012

update to the T0

4 season....I mean it!
aesthetically pleasing (no wrinkled sock look like the Akto)
easy to put up once you have the knack
robust materials
cost reasonable weight good for a 4 season tent

length - ok for me at 5/7 but might be a pain for taller bods
brow pole
inner first
takes time to master the perfect pitch

This (like Dr Gorbstein's review) is an update.

After having used the tent for a few years I can confirm that it is a real performer in the wilds and in serious weather too. I had mine in swirling gales, icy rain stroms and high wild camps all with good results.

I still think even with todays recent crop of lighter tents, this strikes a great balance of great performance and reasonable weight. Would take this over the Akto on a trip any day of the week.

Its got its faults (small vestibule, practise to get the pitch right and fiddly brow pole) but after performing time after time, it is a tried and tested 4 season mountain tent.

Graham Butcher 3
Reviewed: 26 January 2012

Brilliant 4 season tent

Easy to pitch & weatherproof

Fidley brow pole

Excellent, spent a couple of very windy nights,in the Lakes in this last weekend. It stood up to some very violent gusts that would have shredded my old Laserlight. One of the guys came off the peg in the night & it still stayed put.
Sorted the brow pole by by glueing a piece of plastic in the entrance to the pole sleeve & I always leave the flysheet attached to the inner by the velcro tabs to give some protection from the rain when pitching.

Dr Gorbstein
Reviewed: 24 January 2012

Indestructible, but occasionally a faff

Has survived everything the Scottish weather had to throw at it over the past few years, including camping over 900m. I've slept in this thing while trees were being uprooted and carried down rivers.

The brow pole, the brow pole, and also the brow pole. It's a pain to put in, especially when you are being eaten by midges.
Had a seam leak, but that was easily fixed with silnet.

This is an update review after heavily using a T0 Trek for several years. To summarise, it can be a fiddly tent to put up (BROW POLE!) but despite its low weight would probably survive a nuclear war.

Only real reliability problem has been the leaking of the top seal, but I simply patched it up with a fingertip of silnet, and all is happy again.

A bit of DIY can make this tent even stronger and slightly less faffy, such as adding extra side guylines or making the brow pole permanent with some flexible plastic.

I highly recommend it.

Feral Boy
Reviewed: 25 June 2011

Four season, two poled, around the 1.5KG mark, clean comfy stable, a nice place to spend the end of the day.

Does better than other solo tents in bad weather. Good pegs guide lines, porch cowl keeps most rain out even with door open. Stronger ground sheet than others. Around the 1.5KG mark.

Had some seam leaking problems. Stiching has had to be reapired, able to do that myself though over four years of use. Sides blow in when in strong wind, but managable.

I think this tent is probably the best choice for a four season solo tent, price, weight, and usability wise. You can camp in prety foul weather high up without a pole breaking and all hell breaking loose, well so far anyway... It keeps you dry and out of the weather, theres no problems with sitting up or using the porch for cooking or storing wet waterproofs. Midges don't get in but there is good ventilation with pannels at the back and front of the inner, some condensation at the foot end sometines though. And I would be concerned if either side of the front giude lines went in string winds, but all guidelines and pegs are of good quality. Some V pegs help with the guide lines though in soft groung. Also a tip for the short cowl pole...just attach the fly to the front pole then insert the pole and guide it through with your hand on the other side of the fly sheet. ...Oh and the Guide lines look pretty cool under torch light too. So easy to find in the mist!

John Usher
Reviewed: 02 October 2009

EASY PEASY

A doddle to put up in wind, or rain.
I actually had to move one night and just picked the whole lot up and resited it

Not much headroom but if vtravelling light who cares.

I got this from SnowRock for £75 and its been all over the Scottish Highlands and the wilds of the Auvergne without a moan.