Kelty Acadia 2 Person Tent, a 3 Season tent

Good Morning,

OK...we're down to the final entry in this series on tents. Besides the Kelty Gunnison tent for an extra tent or as I use it here, a storage tent, I want to talk about the Kelty Acadia 2 tent. This particular series of tents by Kelty (the Acadia line) come in 2 , 4 and 6 person tents. For today however, we are going to focus on the two person tent only. 

Now, both tents (the Gunnison 1.1 and the Acadia 2)  are considered to be 3 season tents, but that does not mean you cannot use them year round. Once again, let me say: "most any tent can be used all year round, if properly supported and water proofed, externally or internally." With that thought in mind, plan for any eventuality. If you know you are going to be in an area you expect snow or rain, just brace and cover your tent accordingly. Simple preparation for a great trip is all it takes.

Kelty Acadia 2 Person Tent Cover

In the case of this Kelty Acadia tent, the 32 square feet of interior storage space is enormous. It even has interior wall pockets to maximize floor space. Set up of this free standing tent, is a simple three pole, snap design. (clips that attach to the poles.) Once set up, the double door design (both of them very large) allow for quick access to your stored items. How many times have you stored something in a tent and find yourself crawling all over to locate it? Well, with the double door design, you simply go around to the other side and access the rear without crawling all around.  In harsh, wet, or icy weather, take a tube tent to use as ground cover under your tent, always. The floor and tent seams are taped. Walls are non see through mesh, and there are numerous guy out points for staking and support.

 

One advantage of the double vestibule, is that it not only helps keep the interior dry, I find, that they offer a great place to store your firewood to keep it out of the weather. With the double vestibules, you have twice the storage space (23 additional square feet to be exact). The fiberglass tent support poles utilize "wrapped construction" for extra strength, but the brow pole (which holds the rain fly) is made from DAC Hybrid Aluminum. The letters DAC are an abbreviation for "Dongah Aluminum Corporation", a dedicated tent pole manufacturer whose entire purpose is to build stronger, safer and lighter poles for the camping community. 

This line of Kelty tents, although I speak of them as storage tents, also come in handy as lightweight hiking/camping/kayaking tents through the rest of the year.. I am sure that you will find even more uses for these two great tents, yourself.

Thanks for reading, hike safe and I'll see you on the trail-- Campingman