I’m 5’10” and wasn’t bothered by the interior space, so YMMV. I tend to use the HR because it’s easier to find a space that it fits in than the XMid, although the new tarptent seems intriguing.
EDIT:
The protrek is the tarptent i was referring to https://www.tarptent.com/product/protrek/
I’m using the Tarptent ProTrek this year. Silpoly, 700g (after seam sealing and added guy-lines). Not sub 500g but good luck finding that woth no dyneema …
FYI: Since this post went up, Tarptent uploaded more/better pictures to that spec page (The old ones were taken at weird angles or with a wide angle lens or something that made the tent look weird/crooked and hard to understand).
Anyway, my take is that’s a cool design that perhaps uses overly burly materials for its use case. A fair weather 3-season ~~tarp~~ tent like this yearns for a 10/15D fly, 10D noseeum and 15D/20D floor, no?
The more I study this design, the more I like it. I love the small footprint (and the fact it's a true rectangle), and as someone that only uses one pole, I like that it will only require one end pole (though TT should definitely offer a 28" carbon - vs aluminum - end pole). This thing has incredible ventilation options, and looks more wind worthy than the Protrail. I like that the roof hem is fairly close to the ground. Nice vertical ends with mesh (helps against wetting bag ends), and the offset pole design creates what seems to be a decently sized interior. I'm interested to see a video showing the entry options at work... I could see where the additional front entry might have some merit. We'll see.
Durable, functional, protective, and reasonably priced at $249. Looks like a winner.
The only thing I'm not thrilled about is the tieout on the seam on the rear of the fly. It kind of messes with the geometry, but that might be a function of the angle of the photo. That's probably a prime spot to add bungee cord to the tieout and then attach the guyline to the bungee.
Dan has explained many times that what's unique about his design isn't the offset poles (there were other designs with offset poles before the X-Mid) but the diagonal floor plan combined with offset poles.
If you think that the TT Protrek looks like an X-Mid then you basically have to take the position that the X-Mid looks like an SD High Route.
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