Great Lightweight 3-season Tent. Highly recommended
I received this tent as a replacement for my Mica FL 2 tent which I loved but unfortunately the tent started shedding its PU coating. The North Face customer service and warranty replacement was impeccable. Totally quick and professional - they really stand behind their lifetime guarantee.
The tent itself is awesome and is now my main 3 season/summer tent. It's very lightweight, with a decent packed size. The ventilation due to the new design is great, and i also love how they redesigned th...e Mica to be almost freestanding (only need to stake out the vestibules). The option to pitch just using the included footprint and the fly is also great, since it makes the tent more versatile, and gives you more weather protection than a simple tarp at not a very significant weight gain. No issues with built quality as of yet, but given my experience with the company so far i am confident that the NF would take care of it if needed.
On the cons side this tent was definitely designed to cut weight as much as possible. For this reason the tent does seem quite fragile, since verylightweight fabrics are used. As mentioned above however I did not have any problems yet. What i found a bit annoying is that while the trail weight is super low, and arguably the lowest for any tent in its class, the tent's floor is made from only 20d nylon, which just feels super thin and definitely brings concerns about durability. In other words, you will want to always use the included footprint, which means that the actual weight of the tent goes up by another few oz. This still means the weight is very respectable, and the tent is amazing for what it is, but don't be misled by the stated Trail Weight only. I still prefer it over the standard UL tents like the Hubba Hubba.
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