Durston - X-Dome 1+
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Last updated: Aug 19, 2025 Scoring
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"Very light and can accommodate two 25" wide pads. ... The Durston s can accommodate two 25" wide pads since they have 52" wide floors."
"at just a smidge over 1kg the X-Dome offers considerable weight savings :-)"
"and I maintain a "close to" ultralight base weight (pack in more food, more days on the trail)."
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"it has more room than most one person tents. The extra room is why I've always use a 2P tent."
"Very light and can accommodate two 25" wide pads. ... The Durston s can accommodate two 25" wide pads since they have 52" wide floors."
"It's big enough to store some stuff inside the tent alongside a 25" pad (ha, and/or dog)"
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"I do think it offers high performance *for an ultralight freestanding tent* (e.g. I don't think another doublewall freestanding tent under 1kg could hold up to more but a 2kg tent certainly can). ... it is working very well for what it is (an ultralight freestanding tent around 1kg)."
"Freestanding! No more agonizing over getting the right angles to avoid the roots/rocks/dips and finding out you were off by a few degrees after everything is setup, just pick it up and adjust before staking out. I know this is obvious and the main reason the tent was created, but it is HUGE!"
"Freestanding! No more agonizing over getting the right angles to avoid the roots/rocks/dips and finding out you were off by a few degrees after everything is setup, just pick it up and adjust before staking out. I know this is obvious and the main reason the tent was created, but it is HUGE!"
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"I've used the X-Mid 1 for 4 years, 2000+ miles."
"We haven't seen an X-Dome 1+ break when it is assembled properly. ... With proper assembly, the tent is working very well. ... we've seen lots of reports of it handling verified 30-50 mph winds."
"they are counter balanced (angled against each other) so they are more stable for side to side forces like high winds too"
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"It has magnetic tie backs to open the fly & vestibule up but also a hangover on top so that the inner remains relatively protected from rain when it's open/being opened."
"Magnets! Coming from tents that don't have these, these are amazing. Immediately change an annoying process into something so simple."
"Magnets! Coming from tents that don't have these, these are amazing. Immediately change an annoying process into something so simple."
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"need trekking poles or sticks for for support"
"need trekking poles or sticks for for support."
"the Durston (I use) needs trekking poles to work"
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"Do you think you might slightly widen the narrow end to make both ends feel a bit more natural to place your head in for the June mesh inner batch? ... Also seen some users wanting their 30inch pads (Exped megamat, BA etc) to fit, in fact I would love to take my Exped Megamat 10W for a car camp in this tent. ... I also see that narrow end corner with cord pulling oddly to the 4th corner, never looks that neat in videos. ... I would love to see a bit of the vestibule space deleted for a slightly larger narrow end (which would then make it a more natural head end) and also support an inner only pitch on nicer nights with more 'head' end room (if ground dictated laying that direction) as there is no covered vestibule, just the pole of the 4th corner 'floating'."
"I would say if it did it would absolutely be at the limit. ... I am close to that and I fit stretched out without touching but there isn't much extra space."
"ive had the same finding regarding the short-side of the inner 'floating' when pitched indoors and staking the corners with a desk chair and other random objects :) I couldn't really get the inner tensioned as id like because there is no mechanism to tension it"
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"Now, unfortunately, I've seen a few reports on YouTube about snapped frames. ... That's not optimal when you're two days' walk away from the next ferry that comes twice per week. ... I'm sure it's a great tent (I might want anyway for less demanding hikes, not sure yet), but it might need an upgraded frame set to actually meet those promises? ... The gusts in Hornstrandir can be quite intense though."
"a glue issue where the metal insert slid out of position leaving the pole was unsupported. ... That is a serious issue"
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"ive had the same finding regarding the short-side of the inner 'floating' when pitched indoors and staking the corners with a desk chair and other random objects :) I couldn't really get the inner tensioned as id like because there is no mechanism to tension it"
"I couldn't get the inner not to be saggy & the fly is a little higher than I expected, so hopefully this is also solved with proper staking ... the cross-bar being on top or below greatly affected how the inner pitched for me at lower fly tensions (it seemed better-tensioned with the cross-bar on the bottom)."
"When going outer-only, the tent loses tension when the door is unzipped and topples toward the door-side."
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"Requiring two separate zips to open / close and having a bug sized gap where all three zippers meet when closed is not ideal."
"Requiring two separate zips to open / close and having a bug sized gap where all three zippers meet when closed is not ideal."
"Requiring two separate zips to open / close and having a bug sized gap where all three zippers meet when closed is not ideal. ... What the X-Dome has is three separate zipper pulls that all meet in the bottom right corner if you are looking at the tent. ... if you want to open it in any other spot then you have to make it wide open."
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