Durston xmid 1

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The X-Mid 1 has been developed from the first principles of geometry to achieve the most weight efficient, simple to use, and stormworthy design for a trekking pole shelter. The result is a double wall tent that is incredibly user friendly, capable and spacious while weighing just 28 oz g. As a result, it has become one of the most awarded tents in recent years including awards for best tent from The Trek , Outdoor GearLab , Section Hiker and numerous other respected outlets. Most ultralight tents are designed more as fair weather shelters, and thus compromise stormworthiness and protection for weight savings - such as using lighter coatings that are barely waterproof, extremely thin fabrics, cutting away areas of the fly which leaves you most exposed, and omitting important features like peak vents and guy out points. With the X-Mid we save weight with efficient design including minimizing seams and maximizing the volume:surface ratio, so we can create a tent that is both light and capable in tough conditions.

Durston xmid 1

Is the hype justified? The X mid uses an offset design, with the inner sitting at an angle to the fly, which maximizes living space exceptionally well. It pitches outer first better for wet weather , or as a complete unit, the basic pitch requiring 4 corner pegs and 2 trekking poles — one at each door. It also comes with an additional guyline at each end, to tension the poles. I added extra guys on both side panels and extras around the base. On my extended test in the Alps, my additions proved overkill for all except the last few days, when the ones at the base were useful to stop the sides blowing in. The fly can be pitched on its own for more internal space you might just squeeze 2 people in, adventure race style, without the inner , and in bug season the inner clips in very neatly. The poles are tucked to the sides of each entrance. The fly doors are large for ease of access, but as with many side entry tent designs, this does mean wind driven rain can enter the inner. As the name suggests, the X mid solid features a solid inner for additional warmth. This has 2 mesh windows, but no pockets. The fly and inner floor are both polyester with a good hydrostatic head and very waterproof. The tent is well ventilated 1 vent at either end of the ridge but a thicker fly does mean condensation can build up. This rarely led to dripping but does mean you may want to pack the inner and outer separately in poor weather, to keep the inner dry.

Quite a few trekking pole tents have the inner door blocked by a trekking pole or require the pole to be set at an angle and extended. Optimal Geometry.

The upper crest of ultralight tents doesn't need an unattainable price. The Durston X-Mid one-person tent performs exemplary while being within the budget of most serious backpackers. It's still hard for us to believe that such an easy-to-set-up tent can be so delightful to spend camp time in while also being almost invincible to storms when the weather tries its best to make our nights not so bucolic. The secret is hidden in plain sight: a very well-thought-out pitch-out design using a two-pole offset mid-design and a rain fly made of no-stretch polyethylene-coated polyester. Add to that a separate interior mesh that wards off moisture from the ground and keeps bugs from penetrating your living space, and you've got a thru-hike-worthy winner. The engulfing exterior rain fly is one of the most solid features of the X-Mid. With its two-sided entranceways, you also get two usable vestibule areas measuring over 11 square feet on each side — more than enough to store your pack out of the weather.

The most common critique of the original X-Mid 1 was that the inner is somewhat small. The inner is now larger in all dimensions, making it quite spacious for a 1P tent. The fly and footprint remain the same size. The X-Mid is a very stormworthy tent, with arguably the best rain and snow performance of any trekking pole tent. However, the weakest point has been vulnerability to wind gusts on the side panels. The result is a substantial improvement in wind performance, such that the X-Mid is now very good for a 3-season tent, while continuing to have excellent snow shedding and rain performance. The X-Mid is a very simple to use tent because its design is informed by extensive use in tough conditions where you want a shelter that just works. A more spacious, stormworthy and user friendly tent is great — unless it is heavier. For the second generation, we did make changes that add weight and yet we kept the overall tent just as light at 28oz.

Durston xmid 1

The X-Mid Pro 1 is the ideal tent for the ultralight backpacker. The X-Mid Pro 1 is a seriously spacious tent with more interior volume than any other 1P trekking pole tent. It's not just spacious in the context of superlight tents, but actually is more spacious than almost every 1P tent - at any weight. You can comfortably sit up throughout the length of the tent while two people can easily sit in the tent together. In addition, there are dual large vestibules which put the main area beside the door instead of blocking it, and can easily hold large packs and other gear. The X-Mid design was formed in tough real world conditions where you need a shelter that works, and this elegant and capable simplicity continues in the X-Mid Pro 1. Thanks to the absence of poles and struts it packs short enough to store horizontally in your pack. More than just a spacious tent, the X-Mid Pro 1 is a robust shelter for harsh conditions. It uses ultra strong DCF fabric and combines that with the highly regarded X-Mid shape which optimizes wind and snow shedding. Other features found in the X-Mid Pro 1 — but otherwise unheard of at the 1 lb mark — are peak vents important to minimize condensation and zippered doorways blocks drafts, increases structural integrity.

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The X-Mid 1 has been developed from the first principles of geometry to achieve the most weight efficient, simple to use, and stormworthy design for a trekking pole shelter. The enormous rain fly does most of the heavy lifting of keeping you dry. Small Packed Size. Contact Support. Be careful when pitching out your tent — especially if you opt for only the four required stake-out points: if any of these stakes pop out, your shelter will come flopping down. A backpack fits easily in the main area. Protected Setup. Once we swapped out the included tent stakes that came with the X-Mid 1P with our own stronger stakes, the tent came in at 2 pounds. There are tents with traditional poles that are as light as the X-Mid 1. There was a convention of Durstons at Shaws hiker hostel in Monson. The Solid replaces most of the mesh with solid, wind resistant 15d nylon. The tent is roomy enough that I put my backpack inside. Most ultralight tents are designed more as fair weather shelters, and thus compromise stormworthiness and protection for weight savings - such as using lighter coatings that are barely waterproof, extremely thin fabrics, cutting away areas of the fly which leaves you most exposed, and omitting important features like peak vents and guy out points.

The X-Mid 1 has been developed from the first principles of geometry to achieve the most weight efficient, simple to use, and stormworthy design for a trekking pole shelter. The result is a double wall tent that is incredibly user friendly, capable and spacious while weighing just 28 oz g.

The most practical and noticeable difference between the standard and Solid variants is the inner body. Q How is the X-Mid so affordable? Written by David Lintern David has over a decade of experience as a photographer and writer and has produced dozens of articles for magazines, newspapers and organisations. Spacious More interior volume and useable length than any other 1P trekking pole shelter. I think that constantly packing the tent up wet strained the seams to the breaking point. Doubling up the responsibility of trekking poles to perform tent duties is a normal trick in the ultralight world and saves you the weight of having to bring a proprietary tent pole with you. If the corners are staked like a parallelogram instead of a rectangle, the ridgeline becomes unstable and loose in the wrong places. Q Why polyester over nylon? Quality control is excellent — everything is double stitched, and the 1 way, water resistant YKK zips are of high quality. All the panels are an ideal 50 - 55 degrees which balance wind and snow shedding to provide excellent all around performance. The X-Mid 1 has been developed from the first principles of geometry to achieve the most weight efficient, simple to use, and stormworthy design for a trekking pole shelter. The dual adjustable peak vents minimize condensation yet can close during harsh conditions. A traditional tent as light as the X-Mid is almost certainly far smaller and using more delicate fabrics and much thinner waterproof coatings. If conditions are favorable, you can simply drop the inner body and use it in tarp mode, which feels much roomier. When the poles are properly set they will not be knocked out of place easily if at all!