The first time I assembled was at 10pm on night one of a trip. It took maybe 2 min. I love the transparency as I could see stars all night and also any russtle in the woods is no longer a mystery. The rainfly is easy to throw on as well. SO impressed with this tent and will likely bring this even on solo trips as it's huge but not that much more weight than my 1 man tent. I really like that I can sit up inside with plenty of head room. The single pole design is genius. I didn't experience any weather this trip so can't speak to that.

FWIW, I am not a backpacking expert, and I won't claim to be. I want to be, but I don't have the time or energy. I bought this tent because it was fairly inexpensive and had fantastic reviews. Was I disappointed? Absolutely not. For the casual camper (those of us who say we're going to go backpacking, buy a few pieces of equipment and then end up just camping in the yard a few times with our kids or significant others), this tent is perfect. From the first time I put it up in my basement, to the other day when I spent the night outside with my son, it has lived up to the expectations that preceded it. For the casual camper, weight isn't a huge deal, I could take or leave a couple pounds and could more than make up for that with a better sleeping bag. Even still, this tent actually packs down pretty small and breaks apart into several different bags for easy storage in a backpack. The material is good and I haven't noticed any flaws in the build quality. Obviously sleeping outside has it's limitations and regardless of how thick the bottom floor is, I think there is still condensation that will slip through, regardless, I have had tents where I have woken up soaking wet and this tent did not have those issues. From the moment of putting the tent up, I was impressed by how easily it went up. It's not super fast (I'm sure it could be) but it's easy, no fumbling to feed tent poles through a sleeve, just extend the single pole and then clip the tent on. The rainfly also goes on extremely easily and covers the tent nicely. My last backyard adventure did see a large amount of rain and I never even noticed it inside the tent. Even the area between the rainfly and the bug net stayed dry overnight where I left my shoes. In the morning, I didn't have to rush to put the tent away but one of the best parts about this tent is that it folds up to the original size without any expletives. I have had tents that would never go back into their original bag and this one seems to pack smaller each time I use it. Tent poles are good quality, although they pick up a fair amount of dirt. The little circle tent pusher is a handsaver and that little piece is a pleasant bonus in the package. The single tent pole design breaks down easily and seems sturdy and well built unlike fiberglass poles (which may be a bit outdated by now).

Overall, I am sure there are much better tents out there, however, for the price point, if you aren't worried about the extra weight, or maybe you aren't planning on using very often and don't want to spend the extra money, this tent is a great buy. It sounds like the company stands behind their product, although I doubt I will have to test that theory. I am overall thoroughly impressed and happy with my purchase.

I received the new Zion 2p tent this afternoon and set it up in the backyard. I discovered Hyke and Byke when I was shopping for sleeping bags to take to Philmont Scout Ranch. I bought a couple of 15 degree bags and was very impressed with them. They were nice backpacking bags worked out great on our Philmont Trek. Lightweight, warm and durable.

So, I jumped on ordering this new tent from Hyke and Byke. I am not the most knowledgeable tent reviewer in the world, but I have spent plenty of nights year round camping as Scoutmaster for my sons troop. At Philmont we used the MSR tents available to scouts. As you might expect, compared to the MSR, this tent material felt less substantial although I would guess about the same weight.

During setup I liked the pole and how easy it was to put up. The pole is basically one unit that snaps together at angles and helped by the elastic running through the middle of the pole. The poles connect to the tent and the ground cloth by grommets and stay put because of ridges on the end. Then the tent body clips onto the pole making it very easy to put up and take down quickly. Compared to my old Kelty 2p this tent has much more vertical walls and tons of room, especially headroom, for a 2p tent. I am 6'2" and there was lots of space and shoulder room to sit up in the tent. There wasn't much extra room for me end to end, but I didn't feel cramped either. I felt like the tent had excellent ventilation. There were also storage pockets in the corner, and one that hangs from the top.

The rain fly fit nicely on top. I expected to find grommets where it connected to the cross bar, but I didn't find any. The rain fly clips onto either the tent base, or the ground cloth if tenting with just the fly. Nice feature. It looks like the only way to connect the fly to the pole is by tying off the straps, which seems like that would be awkward. It comes with stakes and reflective guy lines to add to the fly, but I didn't use those for this setup.

The tent went up fast and dropped fast. I was worried about getting it back in the bag that it came with, and I had to work on that for about twenty minutes and four attempts before it went back in. I even ripped the bag a little, which was a bit disappointing. The bag should be bigger, or I should be better at rolling up a tent. Either way, getting it back in the bag might slow you down.

Overall I think this is an excellent tent and value and a nice upgrade for me over my old Kelty. I will be taking this out on a campout in a couple of weeks and may be able to give an update then.

I purchased this tent for an adult going on Scout campouts. It has room for one person in all reality. 2 could fit in, but not comfortably. I knew this before hand so this was not a concern for me. The tent is the perfect amount of space for one person with larger gear in the vestibules. I put this tent to the test. First, I submitted it to high winds and cold temperatures. With all the guylines, and the vestibule button loops employed for guylineage, the tent withstood 35-40 mph sustained winds with frequent 70 mph gusts. One of the button loops started to pull free but managed to hang on until the end of the 3 day camp. The temperatures were below freezing at night with high soil moisture leading to condensation freezing on the inside of the tent and dew freezing solid on the outside of the tent. The vent windows in the fly do not stay open under these conditions because the stay is not ridged enough to stay unfolded under natural forces. The next testing trip for this tent was during heavy rains in high humidity. The velocity of the raindrops hitting the fabric of the fly caused micro drops coming thru to the inside such that I could feel the drops but they were not large enough to make me more than just damp. Because the temperatures were hot and muggy, I was damp anyway. At the time I just growled and went to sleep and put up with it. However, again I found that ventilation was limited and I wanted the fly vents to stay open, but they could not under the impact of the down pour. I have not yet tried this tent out in a not too deep flooding environment. As I camp all year round, I am sure I will get the chance to try it out. I have done so with every other tent I have owned. Bathtub flooring, and tapped seams - even on the corners where the fly clips and stake webbing is - is the best way to remain dry in such situations. I do not know yet how well this tent will do with the corners under water. So far, overall, I have given this tent a good test run and have been very pleased. I am going to buy another if I can find a larger sized one. It is not heavy for the money, and has great durability. I am very happy. I just have to figure out how to solve the fly vent and micro drop issue. I have a larger ultralight tent from a different manufacturer and that one has stiff stays on the fly vents, and the fly material is silicon permeated. I wonder if I could retrofit this tent with these 2 features. I also plan to get old fashioned liquid seam sealer and treat the floor corners just in case. This is the best tent quality I have found for the money. THE OTHER THING THAT TENT BUYERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF IS: Because of the engineering of this tent, it allows the tent to be broken down in the rain. Here is what I mean. During a day long deluge, I packed up my gear and put it in the vestibule. I then got into the vestibule myself and unhooked the tent body from the poles while leaving the fly in place. I transferred the tent stakes to the fly, unhooking the tent body and the foot print, leaving the fly in place overhead. I then packed up the tent and foot print. I put my tent in my pack, put my pack rain cover on my pack then my rain gear on myself, then I got out of the fly and packed it up wet and strapped it on top of my packs rain cover. I then had a dry tent to set up that night with only a wet fly to worry about. Because of the way this tent is engineered, this is a very easy process to do.

Very well made and thought our tent. The single pole frame makes set up super easy. And it repacks into the original bag!
Gear loft!
Door and rainfly Zippers work smoothly