Comments on: Tarptent Double Rainbow Review

By: Bryan Hansel

Bryan Hansel — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:04:33 +0000

Thanks for the comment and taking the time to read the review. I’d rather my reviews be honest and upsetting than pandering. Someone may buy something based on my recommendation and I’d feel terrible if I recommended a terrible product.

It’s good to hear that my impression about workmanship is echoed elsewhere. From the glowing reviews on the Internet I was concerned that I had a lemon…

I’ve heard good things about Hilleberg. I’d like to try one at some point. I had a chance to use another brand of tent with external pole sleeves and found that I didn’t like it. The poles kept binding up when the fly was wet. I’m still fond of Big Agnes’s Seedhouse SL 2.

By: gnarlydog

gnarlydog — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:27:55 +0000

Bryan, I like how you give an honest review of the tent and don’t just praise the product avoiding to upset the manufacturer.
I work with silnylon: it’s very easy to sew, so any manufactruing glitches are poor workmanship.
I have repaired a friend’s Tarp Tent and in my opinon the product is inferior. There was no hemming on the fabric to prevent the fabric from fraying, there was no reinforcement on the thin fabric where the hiking pole is used to erect the tent( so a hole developed after short use), the guy points ripped out … the list goes on.
I initially was keen on the Tarp Tents however after seeing my friend’s I decided that simply a shelter like that would not last.
I went with Hilleberg instead: a very light tent but seriously sturdy, I mean it.
Impeccably made it has the feature of taking down the inner seperate before packing away a wet shell. Not cheap but certainly the best.
Thanks for your review.

By: memory foam

memory foam — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:53:29 +0000

Thanks for the detailed review. I have also heard good things about the Cloudburst model and may get that.

I have owned a Squall for years and would mention that I haven’t had any trouble with durability of the tent materials; nothing has failed as yet.