I got the 3rd gen Una as I wanted to travel alone.
Short version: I wanted to make biking holidays in Norway this Summer. We all know what happened, sad as it is. I layed pretty good and it felt very "natural", however I did not get any sleep. This might be because of outside factors (the Autobahn is really loud). Nevertheless the tent itself is as promised. It hangs securely in the air, provided you find three strong trees that arrange nicely.
Extended Version:
Setup: If the trees are "perfectly" positioned, I am able to bring up the tent in 10 Minutes. If they are not very well aligned, I need anywhere from 10 to 25 Minutes. This might reduce the more I get used to it, but again, not many occasions this year.
Sleep: As said in the shorter version, I could not get much sleep. However, the about 1,5 Hours I got were pretty comfy. I would highly recommend a skypad in addition. Without a mat underneath it gets very cold very fast.
Packing: Packing the tent needs some thought as it all had to fit into my bar-bag. Quick note: I have a 19 Liter bag where my tent, sleeping mat and sleeping bag have to fit in. But this only took me 2 tries and I got everything into the bag.
I would say the packing size is pretty small for a tent. (compared to 2 man tents).
Only thing I have to say it that the roll-up bag the tent was delivered in does not line up nicely up roll it back up (the straps are two different lengths).
The Tent itself:
I really like how you can basically have a hammock when you remove the mosquito net. This makes it also very easy to clean as you can just pad against the bottom and all dirt flies out.
The storage underneath is also very very useful. This was the ultimate decider for me to buy the tent. There are also two storage-nets inside the tent on either side of the head end and one storage-net that you can hang on two loops. I found this latter one really useless as it hangs completely in the way of my head. It might only be useful if you are not in the tent for storing things.
The zippers dont close completely, there is always a little hole of about 6-10mm in size. I found it was getting bigger as I moved more inside the tent, but that was to be expected. I really dont see how this could be done better though.
I cannot really find anything special/bad about the flysheet. It does what it promises. I never used the tent in rain, but I would not hesitate, knowing everything is made so good and well thought out.
Final thoughts:
I like this tent (coming from a german thats a pretty high praise :p). I really hope to be able to use it next year in Norway/Sweden
4 years ago
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