Durston - X-Mid Pro 2
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"A good robovac is a life changer. Even a $350 basic S8. It is a great place to start. ... I promise you that you will not be disappointed by a basic S8. It will change your life even if it can't fit under every piece of furniture you own. ... My two S8s just finished vacuuming our entire house in about 46 minutes. ... While my floors were being cleaned, I sat comfortably on our patio in the cool shade with a slight breeze and composed my far too long response to you while sipping a diet soda and relaxing. ... I will have to spend about four minutes maintaining my two S8s. This will be my entire contribution to my home floor cleaning effort for today. Four minutes!"
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"We have traveled to 3 countries with it, set it up on taxis etc."
"Super easy. ... Took about 20-30 minutes"
"sets up in under 3 min including stake out time. ... Take down is just as fast and it fits in its storage bag with out much fuss. ... set up in under 90 seconds 120 if you putting in stakes."
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"Coming from the Razer viper ultimate at around 74 grams to the X2 Crazylight at 35 is a surreal experience, the mouse is basically as light as a feather to pick up and move it almost seems like it's not even there. ... As a fingertip grip user the feel of using a mouse this light is bar none, it makes it so much easier to pick up and re adjust and just moving it around with your wrist in fine movements it feels much more accurate and controllable."
"After the third run of another 15 miles a few days ago, I was sold and grinning from ear-to-ear afterwards. It's light, fast and propulsive, responsive, stable, nimble, grippy, comfortable, and protective. It pretty much does it all in a very lightweight package."
"it weighs under 350g"
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"I shared a Durston X-Mid 2 with my partner for a big chunk of the PCT and it was the perfect two-person tent for us."
"X-Mid 2 footprint is 7.67 feet/2.34m long and 52"/132cm wide. It can fit two wide large 25" x 77" rectangular pads."
"A 6 man is perfect for a couple."
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"It stood up to a tornado i got hit with on my last backpacking trip in missouri."
"it literally survived a tornado while set up. I just had to stake it back down."
"surprisingly solid tent for hunkering down for a day or two in very wet and stormy Wyoming weather. ... exceed the quality of a lot of Western branded mid range tents in the $500 USD pricing tier based on my experience of seeing colleagues with a couple of very well known and popular mid tiered tents struggling under stronger winds and wetter weather."
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"Fooling around with a sharp carbide tip up just feels too risking that it will inevitably cause damage.............too much risk for too little benefit."
"I don't think I'll get another trekking pole tent because it's so hard to pitch on soft ground."
"I’ll take my big Agnes into the desert where a trekking pole tent would just be a nightmare to fiddle with - weight penalty be damned."
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"We took a Sundome to Black Rock Campground. It was there that I learned the value of upgrading tent stakes. ... I've never been in such a windy campgound. Our tent blew over and it's probably only by sheer luck that it didn't blow away. ... I would recommend beefier stakes."
"The Xmid2 isn't really cut out for Swedish winters. ... is ok up to 45mph (reports of higher but even Dan himself said he doubted those reports). ... Scandinavia and the UK receive very high winds in winter and you will normally assume you will experience at least a 40mph and if the weather becomes worse than expected it won't be unrealistic to say that you might experience 60mph on any large hill or mountain at least once a week and quite often not all that predictable for when it will happen."
"My personal experience is with one of my older tent coleman sundome, where the fly kind of goes just below where the screen material is. In windy conditions, the, due to the gap, the wind finds its way in and make the fly very flap around a lot and hence its very loud."
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"I'm 198 cm tall, and only X-Mid Pro 2+ is usable for solo use."
"It’s a tight fit and I need to sleep diagonally ... I’m 203 cm and use the Pro 2 — not the Pro 2+ — for solo use. It’s a tight fit and I need to sleep diagonally, but it works. That said, I do sometimes wish that I had the Pro 2+ instead."
"One consideration in the regular Xmid2 is that one of the two sleepers will have the end wall mesh pretty close to their face because of the geometry. ... I use it two up with my son and he elects to sleep face to foot to avoid that, even on a low profile CCF pad. ... Thanks, unfortunately we grow 'em big out here (6'2')."
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"It does have like any 2p trekking pole tent a huge footprint. ... Not always great in the mountains."
"Rocky or sandy conditions make it difficult at times."
"it's slightly easier to find placement for areas which are hard to find a pitch."
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"it does condensate a lot with 2 people if it's closed up. ... If the vestibules aren't open (say due to rain) my quilt gets wet."
"My Kelty 2p is barely big enough for 2 people. My partner and I were pressing up against the edges of the tent, causing the tent to push up against the rain fly and transfer all the condensation inside ☹️."
"My beef with nearly all nylon tents is how they collect condensation. ... I’ve had 5 people and 2 dogs in the Gazelle. All of that breathing made the inside pretty wet."
X-Mid 2 footprint is 7.67 feet/2.34m long and 52"/132cm wide. It can fit two wide large 25" x 77" rectangular pads. Please explain to me how this is only meant for dwarfs.
r/Ultralight • New Tarptent's MesoSpire 2: A Hidden Champion? ->I've not heard a single report of anyone having a problem with *any* 15D floor treated appropriately.
r/Ultralight • New Tarptent's MesoSpire 2: A Hidden Champion? ->Unless you’re all small a 2P tent will be too small. I’d recommend a 3P tent or a 2P tent that is really a 2+ like the X-Mid 2 which has space at the ends to fit a medium sized dog and has space for two wide mats. You could even go for a 4P tent like the TarpTent Hogback and still come out lighter (and more durable) than the Sierra Lite tent.
r/Ultralight • r/Ultralight - "The Weekly" - Week of October 20, 2025 ->The X-mid is a sturdy tent. I’ve used my 1P for years, no issues. It’s also very popular with folks newer to UL and lightweight backpacking.
r/Ultralight • r/Ultralight - "The Weekly" - Week of October 20, 2025 ->Buy once, cry once. I'd go for the x-mid 2. It is a super solid and useable tent which can't be said for many on that list.
r/Ultralight • Beginner Tent Recommendations ->I have a Durston Xmid and love it - I also considered Six Moons Lunar Solo and Tarptent Stratospire and rainbow. They have some other tents in your budget too. Gossamer Gear has affordable single wall tents.
r/CampingandHiking • Sub-USD$400 Backpacking Tent ->As others have said, a 3p tent may be more comfortable, unless you have one of the larger “2p” tents. I’ve got the Durston XMid Pro 2p (used for my AT thru hike), and it’s one of the larger 2p tents and has vestibules on both sides, which helped. It was a pretty comfortable size for us, but we also just use it to sleep in and don’t really hang out in it much. As for sleep system, we previously had 2 separate pads, but that was never comfortable (especially since they were different heights. You can get pad couplers, which I’ve heard somewhat good things about. You can also get a duo sleeping pad, such as the Big Agnes Rapide “tent floor” pad (very comfortable but also expensive and heavy), the Exped Ultra Duo (lighter and cheaper (I just got this)), or one of the super cheap double pads from Amazon. Also, some sleeping bags that have zippers on opposite sides and are from the same manufacturer will mate together as one big 2-person sleeping bag. I’ve never tried this though
r/backpacking • How do couples sleep when backpacking? ->We have an X-Mid 2, she carries that while I carry all the food. Separate pads and bags - but we can zip them together if we want.
r/backpacking • How do couples sleep when backpacking? ->Durston Gear X-Mid all the way, baby!
r/Ultralight • 2 person tent recommendations ->"Camping gear" is so broad as to be almost meaningless.... I love camping, I've camped all my life, but it's impossible to reccomend anything with such a wide remit. My lightest backpacking tent (Xmid) weighs less than 700g and is fabulous for what it does. My heaviest 'tent' is our family folding camper (a Pennine Pathfinder) at 1000kg. That's also fabulous, but completely incomparable. Then there's a whole range of tents in between. The same applies to all my other camping gear, from pans and stoves to sleeping solutions and chairs... it's such a massive case of fitting the item to the purpose. And some certainly is BIFL worthy, while other stuff may compromise durability for lightness or some other priority. Tell us a little more about what you want to do? - car camping, backpacking, trailer camping - and in what terrain/environment and you might get something more useful.
r/BuyItForLife • The best camping gear around? ->Look at the X-Mids. Superb value, superb tents.
r/CampingGear • Lanshan 2 or similar tent? ->X-Mid 2. Ridiculously good value (even being the most expensive on the list) and lighter than the other options. I got the Pro 2 for the AT later this year and the amount of room, ease of setup etc. is awesome, though the Pro is... not cheap. It hurt... but it won't hurt my back!
r/Ultralight • Beginner Tent Recommendations ->I'm about to take the Pro 2 on the AT. If you ventilate well with a good pitch, condensation is minimised and it's super light, plus it's big enough I'm not in any danger of brushing against the sides anyway. All Durston tents get massively glowing reviews and for good reason.
r/wildcampingintheuk • Anyone have any experience with DURSTON GEAR X-MID 1 SOLID ULTRALIGHT TENT ->I've seen quite a few your height-gifted fellow hikers extolling the virtues of the internal room. Being aggressively average in height myself, I have a ridiculous amount of room!
r/wildcampingintheuk • Anyone have any experience with DURSTON GEAR X-MID 1 SOLID ULTRALIGHT TENT ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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