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Have the Wawona 4 and survived tornado events in the immediate area. Woke up the next day bone dry. Set up is magical. Amazing cross breeze for warmer weather. Highly recommend. For backcountry, I use a MSR 3-person Elixir and very happy with the quality of that one too!
The MSR Elixer 3 would work and has a unique yet intuitive pole design that is incredibly strong in high wind. I have an Elixer 2 and it has held up without fail in many wind and rain storms.
We have the MSR Elixir 3 from 4 years ago. It's still going strong.
Have one as well. LOVE IT!!!
I have had MSR Elixir 3 for several years and it has been solid and easy to set up. No idea where it sits on the lightness scale nowadays, but at least it doesn’t weigh like rocks. Would recommend it.
I've got an MSR Elixir 3 person tent, and it's just big enough for my wife and I and our packs. The poles and pegs are titanium, so they're super light and strong. It can also be used as an ultralight tent by connecting only the fly to the footprint. We've had it for 6yrs, and it's still going strong
personally for me and my gf we use the MSR elixr 3 person. perfect for us both with space for our stuff or even just get the 2 man
Elixir 3 from MSR. When at floe lake two summers ago we were hit with almost golf ball sized hail. A, the tent pad flooded and we were floating, but no water came in from below. B, the hail didn’t puncture, tear or wreck the tent in any way. The storm lasted some 4 hours if I remember right. Tons of people lost siding in Calgary etc etc. kept us dry and safe. Can’t recommend enough
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