Kelty Grand Mesa 2-Person Tent
- Versatile two-person, three-season dome-style tent, great for camping and backpacking
- Freestanding tent with 6 square foot vestibule for gear storage
- Large mesh windows for optimal ventilation, full coverage rain fly, bathtub floor with wrap-up sides
- Color coded DAC PressFit aluminum poles for easy setup and excellent strength
- Includes tent, pole and stake bags
Product Description
In the early 1950’s, Dick Kelty made backpacks for his friends in the Sierra Club. Time and experience proved that hiking was more pleasurable when the hiker could carry heavy loads without shoulder pain. This was accomplished with Kelty’s ideas of a hipbelt and light weight aluminum frames. A few of Kelty’s popular items are backpacks, adjustable poles, rain covers for backpacks, camp pillows, fanny packs, a carport tent or shelter, Thermolite Quallo sleeping bags,… More >>
Kelty Grand Mesa 2-Person Tent
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March 18th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
I was very impressed by this tent! The cost is amazing when you look at comparable tents, and set up was a snap.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 18th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
My first tent and while Im aware that there are better tents out there Im very happy with it. The first night I used it it rained all night long, and not a drop of water inside it! Its easy for 1 person to set up and take down.
The vestibule area is small and I only kept me and my sons shoes underneath. I dont see how a pack would fit underneath it real well. Also, I am about 5′10″ and I stretch from the top to the bottom. On warm, humid, still nights expect to wake up with some condensation on the inside of the tent, especially if the bags are up against the walls.
Overall, Im very pleased and would recommend this to anyone my size or smaller.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 18th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
good tent. free standing is nice. this tent has tons of height! can’t stand in it, but still a lot of height. actual pack weight (with rainfly) is 4 and 11, not 4 and 2 as advertised on amazon.
has 2 pockets at the “foot” of the tent for extra gear, that i think are rather clever. i wish i could add a photo on amazon, but evidently there isn’t a link for that.
great bargain!
Rating: 5 / 5
March 18th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Love this little tent. The colors are great and the tent is very easy to set up. The only issue I have, is that the door is right where your head would be. And if nature calls in the middle of the night, you will most likely wake the person sleeping next to you. Other than that, it’s a neat tent and great for one person. Two people will be fine and anyway, you don’t want to carry a bulky tent. Take a garbage bag in case it rains for any extra gear. Buy a footprint.
Rating: 4 / 5
March 19th, 2010 at 12:27 am
This is the best backpacking tent I have ever owned. It is an awesome tent. This is a premium tent at a bargain price.
First use was in a terrible rain storm. It was raining when we hit the trail, raining when we set up camp, raining when we went to bed, and raining when we got up. The tent did not leak a drop. I did not seal the seams (I know I should) and I did not guy out the fly but the ventilation was fine. Very little condensation with me and my son in it. Have since used it several times in better weather and still love it.
The negatives are: I don’t like entering the tent from the end, if you and your buddy are not real close, this is a one man tent. Works well for me and my son but I can see one of us moving out in a few years.
Buy the footprint to go with it.
Rating: 4 / 5