Sierra Designs 2007 News
Posted by Johan Bellander there are 1 Comment
Sierra Designs new Tengu tent is a three season tent featuring an “external pitch”, making it great in rainy conditions. Personally I would like to see more tent producers going in this direction. I would like to see a 2 person tent with 2 doors resonable vestible area with “extranal pitch” and a weight around 4 lbs 5 oz (2000 grams). Anyway the Tengu comes in a 2- and 3-person edition.
Tengu 2
Trail weight: 6 lbs 6 oz
Fast pack weight: 4 lbs. 10 oz.
2 doors
Vestibule area: 22 sq ft.
Tengu 3
Trail weight: 7 lbs 14 oz
Fast pack weight: 5 lbs. 12 oz.
2 doors
Vestibule area: 22 + 8.5 sq ft.
The Moken is new basecamp tent featuring three living compartment and comes in models for four and six persons.
Moken 4
Trail weight: 18 lbs 16 oz
Fast pack weight: 15 lbs. 11 oz.
2 doors
Sleeping area: 34.5 + 34. 5 sq. ft.
Common area: 45 sq. ft.
Moken 6
Trail weight: 23 lbs 9 oz
Fast pack weight: 18 lbs. 12 oz.
2 doors
Sleeping area: 48 + 48 sq. ft.
Common area: 53.5 sq. ft.
Source: Sierra Designs
[…] Fly first (aka. Nordic Style). I have already mentioned the rainy Swedish summers so fly first is a requirement. I really don’t get why not more North American tent manufacturer are not using this pitch technique, but recently Sierra Designs got it with their new Tengu tents. […]