Kelty Salida 4 Tent

Follow up after more than 5 years of owning both a Salida 2 and Salida 4

I wrote a review of the Salida 2 and also said I also own a Salida 4 (see Robert in 2015 in the two reviews). It is always easy to write a glowing review for something you have only had for a short time. Now that I have over 5 years with both of these tents.....I still love them....except the supplied tent stakes ;-) Both tents saw at least monthly use with Boy Scouts and family, several extended week plus trips, Of the two I like the extra room of the 4 person of course....but it also has a ...couple of features such as pull out rain fly on the back and sides the smaller tent doesn't have. This helps to keep it cooler and less humid inside (something we have to deal with in the Mid West along with deluge rain storms). I have had a few trips where I was the lone occupant of the 4 man for over a week and those extra head room inches are nice....still not a stand up tent but OK. One thing that was much appreciated was at a camping trip where we had the tent entirely setup and staked out....than we found out we were in the wrong camp site. I just pulled the stakes out and picked up the entire tent and attached fly and moved it a couple of blocks to the right spot. I guess that time it became a mobile home! With Boy Scout trips you always expect wear and tear.. I haven't had any broken poles, bad seams, bad zippers, tears, and not a drop of water inside. It even survived a soccer game crash when it was the accidental "goal" . And yes....I DID buy some rally good stakes so no more bent stakes. So I am still a very happy camper...

Follow up after more than 5 years of owning both a Salida 2 and Salida 4

I wrote a review of the Salida 2 and also said I also own a Salida 4 (see Robert in 2015 in the two reviews). It is always easy to write a glowing review for something you have only had for a short time. Now that I have over 5 years with both of these tents.....I still love them....except the supplied tent stakes ;-) Both tents saw at least monthly use with Boy Scouts and family, several extended week plus trips, Of the two I like the extra room of the 4 person of course....but it also has a ...couple of features such as pull out rain fly on the back and sides the smaller tent doesn't have. This helps to keep it cooler and less humid inside (something we have to deal with in the Mid West along with deluge rain storms). I have had a few trips where I was the lone occupant of the 4 man for over a week and those extra head room inches are nice....still not a stand up tent but OK. One thing that was much appreciated was at a camping trip where we had the tent entirely setup and staked out....than we found out we were in the wrong camp site. I just pulled the stakes out and picked up the entire tent and attached fly and moved it a couple of blocks to the right spot. I guess that time it became a mobile home! With Boy Scout trips you always expect wear and tear.. I haven't had any broken poles, bad seams, bad zippers, tears, and not a drop of water inside. It even survived a soccer game crash when it was the accidental "goal" . And yes....I DID buy some rally good stakes so no more bent stakes. So I am still a very happy camper...