Mountain Hardwear Helion Tent: Unbiased Review
| PRODUCT REPORT |
The Mountain Hardwear Helion Tent is Mountain Hardwear’s lightest 2 person tent.
The Mountain Hardwear Helion Tent is made of components developed exclusively for Mountain Hardwear.
It features superlight fly and floor fabrics, new Atlas UL poles and 1/4″ webbing with molded clips throughout.
It also boasts an all-mesh canopy which reduces its weight and provides excellent ventilation.
The patented Evolution Tension Arch provides strength and allows the tent to withstand strong winds.
Mountain Hardwear offers a lifetime warranty.
More details below…
| FEEDBACK & REVIEWS |
Actual Customer Feedback:
“For a bomb proof small footprint size tent, this looks like it’s a class leader.”
Portion of actual user comment on trailspace.com
“I will be looking forward to using it as a single person tent.”
Portion of actual user comment on altrec.com
“In my mind, then, there’s no point in a Helion.”
Portion of actual user comment on trailspace.com
Users of the Mountain Hardwear Helion Tent are generally pleased with it due to the excellent materials used in its construction, but think it is a little expensive.
Price is a major factor for most users, and before spending a large amount of money, users want to make sure that their money is well invested.
Unfortunately some negative reports have taken their toll on its reputation, and users are wary of purchasing it after reading the reviews.
Negative aspects that users have mentioned include the extremely low livable space that the tent offers, and the use of plastic rings instead of clips.
The Mountain Hardwear Helion Tent is generally considered a good tent, but users say it is more of a one person tent, than a two person one, and is quite expensive.
| PRODUCT DETAILS |
Company Info:
In 1993, a small group of people decided to get together and form Mountain Hardwear. In addition to working in the outdoor industry, the Mountain Hardwear founders were avid outdoors people themselves and included Jack Gilbert, Paul Kramer, Mike Wallenfels, Paige Boucher, Ingrid Harshbarger, Clareanne Knittel, Roberta Hernandez, and Alan Tabor. Newly-formed Mountain Hardwear had the challenge of bringing technologically-advanced products together to form a product line.
Mountain Hardwear’s first sponsored athlete, Ed Viesturs, the first American to climb all fourteen 8,000 meter peaks (8000ers), helped develop several of the company’s products. Two of those original products are still in the line today: the Exposure Parka [1] and the down-filled Sub Zero Jacket [2]. Viesturs no longer endorses Mountain Hardwear equipment.
The company currently has over 90 people in their California office, more than 35 sales reps and associates across the United States and Europe, and representatives in Canada, Asia, South America, Australia, and New Zealand.
Product features:
- The lightest 2 person tent
- Ultralight components developed exclusively for Mountain Hardwear
- Patented Evolution Tension Arch
- Guaranteed Watertight Construction
Technical Details:
- Tent Capacity: 2
- Number of Doors: 1
- Floor Area: 26.5SqFt/2.5SqM
- Number of Vestibules: 1
- Vestibule Area: 8.5SqFt/0.8 Sq M
- Interior peak height: 3.4991Ft/106.68Cm
- Fly Material: 25D Hollowcore Nylon Ripstop 1500mm SPU
- Number of Poles: 3
- Minimum Weight: 3.4lb/1.6kg
- Packed Weight: 3.9lb/1.8kg
Price: $354.97 (Price at Time of Review)
| Mountain Hardwear Helion 2 Tent Available Here…. |
Mountain Hardwear Helion 2 Ultralight Tent
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End Date: Wednesday Sep-15-2010 19:30:55 PDT
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