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!
MSR Elixir 3. i’ve never used my tent with another person but i have used it with a belgian malinois a german shepard and a doberman. we all fit comfortably but i am around 5’2. it’s kept me dry in some torrential downpours. it’s on the expensive side but buy cheap buy twice.
I've been using the MSR Elixir 3 for backpacking trips and it's been pretty great. Absolutely rock solid in the wind. Nice and simple set up. It's just finished an 8 day trip in the Scottish Highlands weather.
It fits myself, my partner and the dog. I'm also 6'7 and the tent has plenty of head room.
Not had experience with the others but would definitely recommend the Elixir.
I've just finished the WHW with the Elixir 3. You can pitch it up with the poles going in to the ground sheet forst, the rainfly on second and the inner up last. It gives you a little dry space to put up the inner.
Super handy in a wet pitch and we did on more than one occasion.
I had a Half Dome Plus for almost 25 years and it served me well, but I just replaced it with an MSR Elixir 2 after returning a flimsy-feeling Nemo Aurora 2. Perhaps you should look at the Elixir 3.
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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