This Tent Could Change Backpacking FOREVER!

After a lot of research, I got a Stratospire Li…yes, it costs a lot (but how many nights in a pretty average hotel can you get for the same money?), but I’ve been very impressed with mine, no complaints. Note, the Li version has a narrower foot print than the heavier fabric versions of the same. The Li can fit a wide (25”) & a regular (20”) pad next to each other. Sure, it would have been nice to be able to fit two wide pads, but the wide & reg was sufficient for my wife and I….plus, we had a dog who slept in one of the vestibules, and our packs in the other. I like in UK, so wanted a twin wall to help combat condensation, but most DCF tents are single wall. I like how modular the Stratospire is. You can have solid inner, mesh inner or no inner. You can buy separate vestibule inners (for dog or young child). You can alter the way you pitch it too - 1 vestibule or 2, or no vestibules. It’s a very well thought out tent design I think.

I used my Nemo elite 1P tent out in the back country and was hit with light to moderate rain. It did absorb some moisture from the Nemo footprint. I'm looking to get a treking pole tent thats better in water resistance and wind. Would this be a better option over the Durston mid X?

Just Clickbait. This guy’s been pretty guilty of that recently.

Oh God, another one of these guys riding e-bikes like motorcycles...🙄

E-bikes are a great way to take all the fun out of a nice hike

BTW, try an E-CELLS Super Monarch Crown e-mtb. 2 wheel drive, 2 batteries, dual suspension, 400 pound load limit (including driver weight but not bike weight. From Pahrump, Nevada, near 'Vegas. Great quality components.Great customer service. I use mine for hunting and camping.

Yeah, my Tarptent Notch Li is "spendy"! But I love that little tent. Its design will protect me even in wind-driven snow as long as I guy it out well. I added two stakes to each side of the fly reinforcing the stake loop area with both Dyneema tape and Tenacious Tape "circle sandwiches around teh fly edge.

Great video! I am glad that they have a cheaper version that is still pretty light. I have an older Stratospire Li that I use for winter dry camping, and I love it. The magnetic tiebacks are finicky, but that is the only real downside. It is a little harder to get a good pitch starting out, but even a so so pitch was good enough. I do tend to take my time with it, and I certainly wouldn’t want to pitch it in the pouring rain. It is pretty roomy. I use it as a solo tent for car camping and kayaking, and it will hold my comfy winter sleep system as well as my pack and a camp toilet.

This tent just suck

Interesting video, until the E-BIKE. They are an abomination! They allow people too un-fit and too unskilled to access trails they wouldn't ordinarily be on, going WAY too fast, endangering people hiking or biking on said trails. I hate them.

I have the StratoSpire Li (the dynema version of this tent) - really like it, but the most annoying thing (in my opinion) is the length of the carbon river stays for the vents. At 40cm (about 16”) they really limit your options for packing this tent compared to its close competitors like the X-Mid. If it had been possible to split them into two 20cm sections that would be great (they’re terrific when the tent is up for the interior space and the hex aesthetic).

I’m almost tempted to try modding it myself (but reluctant to mess with such expensive gear in case it doesn’t work).

My worst experience was with a single-wall tent - it's always wet, and the wind is always blowing through and it's always cold too and uncomfortable inside. Never again a single-wall tent!!
Everyone always talks about how important it is to be able to sleep well, but that's just not possible in a single-wall tent.

Change backpacking forever?
It's cool, but not that cool

Dear Mylifeoutdoors, I really like your videos. But this was just cheap clickbait. NOTHING will be changed because of this tent. It is another nice to habe alternative. Nothing more, nothing less. Period

borah bivy nuff said 😜

I'd take the silpoly version for $299 at 43 oz over the ultra version for $467 and 39.7 oz. That $168 saved could be used towards another piece of gear which would knock off more than 4 oz in weight.

I am a former gear head. I have all but aged out at 77.
When I was active I could not wait to buy the next best tent, stove, clothing. I will say I was fortunate to have enough extra funds to buy what was considered to be the best quality and performance.
I still have most of what I bought over 30 years. I can’t say I ever had a failure of any gear except when I fell on my external frame pack in Mahoosic notch Maine. I broke the frame but it still worked .
I’ve said all that to say this. Buy the best you can afford. In most cases buying a new tent will not make your trip that much better unless you had to buy a less than durable tent.
A few ounces won’t change the quality of your adventures.
The least expensive thing you can do to reduce ounces from
your overall weight is to make sure you are physically fit and at your ideal weight.

I really want a Stratospire Li. If Durston would make a DCF rainfly for the double wall xmid 2p, it would be perfect.

Terrible background noise. Unwatchable, sorry….

How is all the stress and analysis worth the few grams? Like grab a pole tent less than 2kg weight and have the most headroom and comfort ever, and focus on the hike

Love the videos. I'm not reading everything posted before me so my apologies if this has been said. The ebike you were on is throttle assist which I believe means it's class 3. One thing to understand, at least in the US, the vast majority of true mountain bike trails do not allow class 3 ebikes. They have to be true pedal assist and not throttle driven. That's a very important thing to understand about writing in the US. Class 3 bikes have been determined to potentially cause more damage, and evidence of that is in your very own video where you've got the back wheel spinning in the dirt. On a pedal assist bike you can't do that. I'm all about EMTBs, but I feel it's important that you understand the distinction and know that, again, bikes that can be propelled with just a throttle but typically not allowed in most places considered mountain bike trails in the US. Hope this helps.

Maybe an ebike backpacking trip would be better advertisement for the bike. I'm not sure how we got from a tent that will change backpacking forever to an ebike? 🤷

Had the Stratospire 2 since 2017. Great tent and wonderful design. Mine's in sylpoly and heavier than either the Li or this latest variant, but at $239 (compared to the $369 I paid back in 2017) its possible the best value tent of the three.

meh

My next comment is going to revolutionize comments forever… hey look at my e-bike.

I would like to see a comparison of how much smaller the TNT material could pack down compared to Dynema. I recently purchased a sil poly tent instead of dynema because it packs smaller. I felt the size the of the tent in my fastpack was more important than the weight saves dynema version of the tent, and of course the cost savings. Thanks for your thoughtful reviews!

That ebike sounds cool! I hope that's a motorcycle helmet you're wearing though since bike helmets are only rated to 20 mph collisions.

Wait, I missed something. How does this tent change backpacking? Oh, that’s right e-bike is the answer.

Excited for you to check out the Xmid 2 Pro+

"This tent could change backpacking forever"? I feel like that argument was not made whatsoever in the video. Also, very confusing to swap from the tent to a long tangent on Dyneema and then to the ebike. This felt like a couple different short videos were spliced together on the editing floor.

Always entertaining and informative.

I used to have a Contrail. It was an awesome piece of gear. Sadly my old bones just can't hack backpacking any longer. I sold all of my gear about 10 years ago when I was 50ish.

I LOVE my Stratospire LI. It only took me about 3 nights out to get the pitch nailed. 2-person, double-wall (I have both inners) and less than 2 pounds! You must have gotten a bad magnet, because mine always hold.

Owned six different Tarp Tents, all DCF, still have 4, none have leaked. Henry will figure it out for you.

Not a fan of the color I'd prefer a camouflage color

Good job love your videos. Not sure why youre so excited about this tent? It seemed to awkward to setup, required a lot of space, especially considering the desognated campsites we all have to deal with, the doors have an issue and the one you had leaked although as you say may have been one off. (Never found just one ant in my house...) Is a 2 lb tent such a terrible choice? I have a fly creek big agnes that doesn't seem to have these draw backs... I'm going to see if you reviewed that tent and see if I potentially have some of these same issues.

This Ultra TNT material seems very interesting …. until you said that it’s so easy to puncture, it shouldn’t be placed directly on the ground while rolling the tent. If that’s true, that seems like a big problem. An acorn falling from high enough could make a hole in the fly if it’s that easy to puncture.

Years ago on a camping trip. ( Jan 2012 ) after I purchased a Tarp Tent Moment after that first night I spent in it. I dried it at the campsite then took it home , packed it away It stayed there till this year when I gave a lot of my surplus camping gear to a local club. My complaint was that my head keep hitting the one end and it felt like it was closing in on me. it's a nice tent but not for me. I grabbed my Jungle Hammock and went back to the campsite for the rest of the week. Since then I have used other tents when a trip called for a tent ( Only ) .

You threw out the sentence…. You change out the inner tent to make it a 4 season…. 4 season tents while they do have less mesh, they always have more poles. So changing out the inner tent doesn’t make this a 4 season tent.

Man... what can I say. I love the technology explosion within the Outdoor Gear Industry. I love gear. Gear Companies love to sell gear. Over the years I have seen more gimmick than good. Geometric design can change, features can be added and taken away, and fabrics can change but all I want in a tent is a simple pitch, decent room and weather hardiness. What I would like to see is a tent fabric or design that incorporates some sort of insulated fabric. I'm sure it's there, just not lightweight enough... yet. Thanks for the info, video and work. 👴 Simple is always better. edit...Etowah Outfitters uses that material. Great looking stuff.

I have a Stratospire 1 from 2016/17, still going strong and absolute bomb proof ... I just can't justify a new tent, when the old one is so good and just won't break

Bikepacking adventure?🙂

Ummm no this is stupid

Let me know when the price drops below $200. Then it will change camping forever.

So happy that you FINALLY did a Tarptent. Best tent company EVER.

Nomads have lived in tents for thousands of years and twinkled them to make life simple After all that time it is still hard to beat a square footprint with a center pole. tall enough to stand up in.Give me a miner tent any day of the week over all the crazy. When you are it make it out of the lightest, strongest material. on the market.

i don't know. watching these videos is a lot like watching a commercial.

Hi, I clicked to download the budget packing list and got the email, but the email was formatted such that the download link wasn't visible or clickable. That was in gmail. I downloaded the email as a file to my PC and the link was visible when it opened in Outlook but it had formatting characters instead of a link name. Maybe it was just me, but anyways, thank you for the packing list ideas. I enjoy your style of presentation and the info you provide.