Mountain Ultra 2

3 trips 8 nights.... So far so good. Took this tent camping in South Texas and it was humid and hot. Zero conversation in the tent. The outside rain fly was covered in water from the morning dew but no water on my tent. I also took a trip to West Texas where we experienced 40-50 mph wind gusts. The tent held up no problem.

Great tent. Easy to setup and stays dry even in the mountains

I bought a 2 person mountain Ultra a few months ago, and found it very well made except for the stakes. I liked it enough that I just purchased the 4 person. I use them for motorcycle camping. For that, the 4 person makes more sense. It is only a bit larger packed, but has roughly 2x the interior volume. Both are quite heavy for backpacking, but are just about perfect for motocamping. About the stakes. Just plan on buying better tent stakes. I couldn't understand why Teton Sports only includes 10 stakes when the setup is best with 12....until I tried to set it up with 12 (borrowing 2 from the other tent). The 2 side stakes immediately pulled out of the ground with just a gentle breeze. TS knows they just won't work. So much about this tent is above expected quality, it is disappointing that TS cheaped out on the stakes. Just budget another $10 or so for better stakes and you will have a great tent. Super waterproof (especially with a coating of Scotch Guard on the rainfly), great ventilation, even with the rainfly fulling buttoned down. Very happy with both, but I just like the greater space in the 4 person. BTW, because they are essentially the same design, they take about the same time to put up. Maybe 10% longer for the 4 person getting the rainfly in place.

My quick summary is, avoid if you are tall. For youth and scouts car and front country camping it's perfect. I recommend it to many first-timers. Its a quality build, very high value for money. If you are thinking about this for your scout who might have to backpack this in the future, understand what you are buying in terms of weight and material before you purchase this as a one and done solution for their scout career.Read on if you are further interested.First the good. Seems well made, stiching looks good, no loose threads. Didn't leak a drop in multiple nights of heavy rain. Ventilation worked great, much less condensation than other tents I have, and other people's tents who were in same conditions as me. When properly staked out the zippers in the mesh inner work smooth and didn't bind up, easy one hand use. In fact they work better than some much more expensive tents that I have. I can't speak too longevity or durability, as I've only spent five nights in it, but the materials and construction make me think that you can get many many uses out of this tent if properly cared for. It has nice aluminum poles, nice guy lines to stake the tent out. Just purchase some better stakes when you order the tent.What I don't like is the tent length. Unfortunately, I would have to advise that if you are a tall person to avoid this tent. The dimensions say 78 inches, and it is exactly 78" on the outside of the floor when pulled tight with stakes. Unfortunately this is just too short for many sleeping pads. You can see from my attached photos that my large comfortable Kelty pad, which is also at 78" is pushing out on either side of the tent inner. I was very worried about this in the rainstorm, however the bathtub floor did keep my pad dry. I'm not a tall person, only 5' 8", so this isn't a really big problem for me. However, if you are a taller person the head and feet of your sleeping bag are going to be in the mesh on either side of the tent. The widest part is at the very bottom and of course the tent slopes inward as it moves up, so this exacerbates the problem. My shorter 75 inch backpacking pad fits in here no problem. If you were thinking about putting a cot in here, forget about it unless it's for a child.Also, the pockets sewn into the mesh inner are, in my opinion, basically worthless. They are very slender and tall, anything put in there falls to the bottom, and I have a difficult time getting my hand down to the bottom to retrieve anything. A child should be able to get their smaller hand in no problem. However, it does come with a mesh gear loft, which was very useful.Also, this is advertised as a backpacking tent. I guess if you wanted to carry this much weight, you could use it for that. It does pack up fairly small, but in reality a true backpacking tent would be about half this weight. It's not really a problem with a tent, as much as marketing. It's very understandable that a tent at this price point, made with these materials is going to be heavy. That's the trade-off for getting an inexpensive tent.I bought this tent to reduce use on my expensive ultralight sill/nylon backpacking tents while I was car camping with my son in Cub scouts. Multiple nights every month will put a beating on anything, and this inexpensive tent is perfect for that. Especially because most tents get damaged from careless scouts playing. I would much rather them damage a $100 tent instead of a $500 tent. If you understand what you're buying, it's a great purchase.

I picked up this tent to have a simpler set up rather than my Alaskan Guide 6-man tent. When looking at tents I always cut the number of people they say it can hold in half. This is called a four-man tent and that is ridicules, I would say two conferrable. The build quality is very good as is the protection from the weather. I picked up a 10 x 10 tarp to use in concert with the tent. You cannot stand inside this tent, so the tarp gives me standing space just outside the front door while having cover from the weather. Very easy to set up and take down and with all the mesh a good choice for three season use. Not too heavy with room for my cot and a side table. The six-man tent still goes along but is only used if we have a lot of bad weather for the group to sit inside of and play cards or board games. That one takes 45 minutes to an hour to set up where this tent can be set up in ten minutes.If you are looking for a budget tent, for the money you can't go wrong with this one. We did have two days of rain on the last trip, and it stayed bone dry. Blocked the wind but had outstanding breathability so no moisture builds up inside the tent. If there is anything I would change that would be the stakes that comes with the tent. They are not bad, but I would recommend an up-grade to something a little stronger. They have a propensity to bend in hard-packed soil and are not long enough for soft/sandy soil.In closing a good tent with excellent weather protection. A fair price for what you receive without cutting corners. For one or two plenty of room and comfort. Consider a tarp, so you have stand up room and a front porch.

I’ve had this tent for a few years and love. It’s easy to setup and tear down. We used it one night when it rained all night long and the inside stayed completely dry.