Sierra Designs Clip Flashlight 2-Person Ultralight Tent Review
Filed Under: Other Tents For Camping
Retail Tent Price: $ 199.00 (shipping extra)
Lowest Known Price: $ 159.96
A best-seller, year-in and year-out, the Clip Flashlight features a hoop design for less weight, a generous vestibule, and Swift Clips for easy set-up. Tent Guard with Ultra Fresh, a SuperSeal Floor, Cam-Locs, color-coded webbing, reflective guy-outs and DAC Featherlite poles make the Clip not only a great value, but a top performer.
YCW Sierra Designs Clip Flashlight 2-Person Ultralight Tent Review
The Sierra Designs Clip Flashlight 2-Person Ultralight Tent is an excellent choice whether it’s your first backpacking tent, or you are an experienced hiking pro. Made from top quality materials for increased durability and long term use, this tent is sure to be a welcome addition to your camping gear inventory. You will quickly notice the ultra light weight in your pack allowing for increased enjoyment on your walk.
The Sierra Designs Clip Flashlight 2-Person Ultralight Tent family camping tent is among the top selling ultralight tents on the internet. This tent had met or exceeded the expectations of the campers who reviewed it. A heavy uncomfortable tent on your back is not good as any hiker will tell you. With that in mind this camping tent provides very good ventilation and insect protection.
Acquiring a tent that is cheaply made usually never pays off, and the few extra dollars it costs to get a proven camping tent solution can save loads of setup time when you arrive at your destination. Simplify your outdoors experience and have more time enjoying your camping trip with an Ultralight from Sierra Designs.
- Strong and Light DAC Featherlight Poles
- Non-Rotating Elbow Connector increases strength in wind and Swift Clips make for a fast and easy set up even with gloves on
- Super Seal Floor fully taped and waterproof maintains a tighter pitch with a better wind line to prevent flapping
- Lightweight Fly Material
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(based on 2 owner reviews)
Retail Tent Price: $ 199.00 (shipping extra)
Best Known Price: $ 159.96
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Review by Scott Burgess for Sierra Designs Clip Flashlight 2 Two-Person Ultralight Tent
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First the bad news: this tent is a tunnel design, so it is not free-standing. This means that you have to pull stakes to move it. In all my backpacking I have *never* had to move a tent before I was ready to leave (though my companion and I awoke one morning to find our Clip-3 had been in the middle of a storm-started stream all night–the seals held, and we both slept through it!). Also, I have only occasionally camped where the ground was so rocky I had trouble putting the primary stakes down. I camp mostly in the Pacific Northwest–your mileage may vary, so ask friends who camp in your area. My conclusion: “free standing” means little to me.
So why buy a tunnel design instead of a geodesic? Because tunnel designs offer the best interior space to weight ratio. In human speak, you get more space and less pack weight. You can reduce the ~4 pound pack weight further by purchasing some premium titanium stakes from aftermarket manufacturers. Many newer “ultralight” tents from Sierra Designs and others cost twice as much and weigh over 6 pounds.
Some tunnel tents from Stephenson’s offer even lower weight, but are custom made–cost is very high, you may wait several weeks to receive it, and I would worry about availability of replacement parts. Sierra Designs is common enough that most outdoor chains can quickly sell you spare poles or parts should accidents occur while traveling.
This tent is a breeze to set up–takes only a few minutes, and regularly garners compliments and amazement from other campers who watch.
I only wish that Sierra Designs would offer the very similar but larger Clip-3 tent again. Mine packed under 5.5 pounds (with spare stakes), and had 42 square feet of interior space. That’s less weight than most two-person geodesics and more space than most three-person tents! And I find the three person version a lot less claustrophobic.
Before purchasing a tent, I suggest you consider carefully how you will use it. This piece of gear is one of the most expensive and heavy you’ll take into the wilderness. Each feature adds weight, and you may decide some are not worth carrying. Backpacker Magazine has excellent annual reports on tents–compare features there (it is often available in public libraries).
Review by John Locke for Sierra Designs Clip Flashlight 2 Two-Person Ultralight Tent
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I own an earlier model of this tent and bought it in 2001. First of all this tent is very well made, as evidenced by the fact that I have owned it for over nine years and that my tent has easily seen over 100 nights of use. The thing does not leak, period. The outer tent (only the inner is shown, it comes in two pieces) is completely water proof and keeps water vapor and condensation from entering the inner tent, where you sleep. Mine came with a bottle of seam sealer, which I applied nine years ago and have never had a problem with. I have used this tent in snow over a foot deep with no problems and have also slept in it during 12 plus hours of downpour with no leaking. I’m an Eagle Scout: I have seen A LOT of tents and believe me when I say half the tents out there cannot make it through a typical rainstorm without leaking, let alone a downpour or snowfall. This tent is on par with the best out there and is worth every penny. Only complaint I have is that it is difficult to put up in the rain, I would recommended practicing erecting the inner tent under the outer one so it can be deployed in a storm.