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Closeouts. Mountain Hardwear's Drifter 3 tent has a simple two-pole, free-standing design for easy set-up and convenient entry and exit, plus the included footprint protects the floor and can be used to set up a superlight shelter.
- Watertight construction with fully taped fly, perimeter seam, welded corners and welded guy clip anchors
- Free-standing easy set-up with clips (not pole sleeves)
- Rain room tested with 1200" of rain in 24 hours
- Pitch Light configuration allows user to set up a superlight shelter using only the tent fly, poles and included footprint
- Two large canopy doors with dual slider zippers for easy entry
- Two vestibules for storage
- Mesh storage pockets and gear loft
- Reflective starter point, guy-out loops and zipper pulls for easy set-up at night
- DAC® Pressfit poles are strong and reliable
- Superlight 1/4" buckles and webbing reduce tent weight
- Color-coded pole loops for easy set-up
- Includes footprint with grommet tabs that protects your tent floor
- Made in China
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- US shipments only
- Seasons: 3
- Capacity: 3
- Weight: 6 lb. 15 oz.
- Pack size: 26x7"
- Peak height: 45"
- Floor dimensions: 93x66"
- Floor area: 43 sq.ft.
- Bathtub floor: Yes
- Tent floor material: 70 denier nylon taffeta 3000mm polyurethane coating
- Number of doors: 2
- Number of vestibules: 2
- Vestibule area: 20 sq.ft.
- Number of poles: 2
- Tent pole material: Aluminum
- Tent wall material: 68 denier polyester ripstop
- Rain fly material: 75 denier polyester taffeta 1500mm polyurethane
- Stakes: Aluminum
- Stuff sack: Yes
- Footprint included: Yes
- Recommended use: Backpacking
- Made in China
- Visit our Tent Guide
- US shipments only
Average Rating (4 reviews)
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Reviewed by Nick E. from Ohio on Wednesday, May 01, 2013I don't think you can beat this tent at the regular price, but the STP sale makes it the best. It's easy to set up, take down, and fold. It's roomy enough for 3 if 1 is a little smal, but is a good tent for 2 large hikers. I've used the Drifter 3 several times and now I'm buying another. I highly recommend this tent.
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Reviewed by SP from Texas on Tuesday, April 23, 2013I will be using this tent for myself during Boyscout campouts. I used it for the first time last weekend for a 2 night campout. The tent is easy to set up and it's nice that it comes with a footprint. The materials seem adequate. However, the first "oh that's a bummer" moment came when I realized that the footprint does not have a buckle system, and I was tricked into thinking it did by the pictures and the description on Sierra Trading Post's web site. The footprint only has a grommet system. Therefore, the tent poles go into the tent grommet, then into the footprint grommet. But when it comes time to put the rain fly on, you have to loop the corner straps of the rain fly under the footprint grommets, and the stick the tent pole through the rain fly grommet. The problem is that there is barely enough pole sticking through the 3 stacked grommets (tent grommet, footprint grommet, and rain fly grommet) to keep the rain fly straps in place - this is why buckle systems were created! The three grommet system is not a good system because the rain fly straps can easily come undone. This will invariably happen during a windy rain event, in the middle of the night. The other design flaw is that the rain fly only has stake out loops on the vestibule sides. There are no stake out loops on the other two sides! So this allows the non-vestibule sides to remain slack and to touch against the tent walls. How hard is it to put two stake out loops on the rain fly?? Clearly the manufacturer (Mountain Hardwear) has cut some corners on these two design flaw issues. Some people might not care or even notice but these little details can make or break the tent's performance.
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Reviewed by topshot from Maine on Monday, March 11, 2013This tent is very roomy and sets up easily. Two caveats: the Drifter 3 tent I rec'd from STP is not the newest version of this tent, but rather a discontinued version. The older version has a different attachment system for the poles and clips, but it is fine and for me personally the older version meant I got it at a much more attractive price. The other downside is the instructions are pictoral only (no English language instructions), and while we had no trouble setting up this tent in less than 10 minutes, there were certain parts that came with the tent whose functions were not obvious, and they were not listed on the parts list or labeled in any way. A quick email to Mountain Hardware clarified my questions (a short, extra piece of pole material that is not quite the same size as the poles turns out to be a pole splint in case of needed repair of a bent or broken pole; a loop that came with the footprint turns out to be for the pitchlight option, etc.). The only real downside to this tent that I can see is that it seems rather heavy for backpacking purposes, but I know we'll get a lot of use out of it in any case.
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Reviewed by JoeMamaNC from Charlotte, NC on Monday, February 18, 2013Had a small problem with the original tent contents but Sierra Trading made it right!! Thank you!!
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