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Your wife bought you one of the best tents in the world.. yeah you are tiny and shoulda got a solo. But was super ungrateful, to get the "perfect" tent. It doesn't exist. But your wife is perfect. You should of spent duplex and solo money on a gift for her!!!!! C'mon now

Wife buys him a tent...he doesn't like it and buys two more....lol

Well done. Most helpful review I’ve seen on UA-cam.. thank you!

Great review. I have a Duplex and had been wondering if I should get the Plexamid which I believe is closest to the Solplex these days but your review basically convinced me I've got the right tent for me.

Dope video , keep up the great work ! This was definitely great knowledge for my trip 🔥💯🤘🏻

Just curious, while in Big Bend were you able to stake out the tent or did you use the rock method or something?

You sound like Lt. Dangle from Reno 911.

Great. Helpful. Comparisons.

Hi and thx for the review. Do you think the duplex could handle wind ? and do you know how much is it waterproof ?

Thanks.

Nice video. I know this is an older video. You still have the Duplex. Still durable? ✌️

Good practical review of 3 good tents. At 6’2” and 240lbs. I always get a chuckle when someone 5’6” tells me how roomy something is. Other than that personal quirk this is very useful review of the features of each tent.

Congratulations...I can't even get them to return an email.

Hey, you've got a trophy tent. How many people can say their tent survived a bear attack. I think ZPacks did a great job repairing it. For $100 repair you've got a perfectly workable tent. It's worth buying a tent from company that will repaIr it.

wish you would have demo'd with doors closed to get full demo...

"I could never bring myself to buy one, because they are expensive.... So I bought three in one month." Wat

After watching this video I'm more convinced than ever that the Tarptent Notch Lithium (Dyneema version of the Notch solo tent) is what I want. My current solo tent is the TT Moment DW. If you compare the moment DW to the Notch design you can see Henry Shires, owner and Tarptent designer, substituted two walking poles for the Moments' single arch pole to save weight. Like the Moment DW the Notch design has two vestibules and plenty of space to store a pack in one and cook in the other in case of bad weather. And it also has more headroom than the smallest solo Z-Packs tent.

What site was the tent at when the bear tried to get into it?

I’m sitting here trying to figure out how I can afford one of these tents and this dude has 3 just to see which one he likes best. Plus the pole kit for all 3 tents. You must make some serious bank dude.

Darwin on the trail uses the Duplex, even when solo.

You need a holiday inn.

Do u still have the altiplex,

Would be interested in a follow up video of all the gear you didn’t need.

What an ornery cantankerous bastard that bear!!!!

Aah, the beauty of being able to return things I love doing those type of comparisons and I've done it a few times myself saves a lot of time and and headache when you have to return something and then wait for something and then return that something is just the smart way to go especially when you've got a credit card. I agree with some of the other commenters nice information much appreciated and I would choose the duplex myself also but for one reason that you didn't mention or at least I didn't hear because I live here in the southwest would be the ventilation the cross flow through from one side to the other and I really like that I don't like the slope ear if on the other one because you only have one opening and therefore you don't get as much been elation so that's my pic great job thanks

It might seem pointless to mention this now, but I would suggest adding a first aid kit and extra batteries for the headlamp. I bought a Garmin inreach Explorer+ just in case I need help in places where there is no cell phone service.

Thank you ,i am new to your channel and i like it so far !!

Pay very high dollars then have to buy th stakes it needs to set up is stupid fzpacks

Next time bring a S&W 500 lol

Did you have enough water? I’ve done the outer mountain loop and I’ve gone through more water than that before the cache. It’s hot out there!

Nice comparison. Yeah no brainer if you bring boys! Duplex is actually only 4.2oz more than Plexamid and needs 2 fewer stakes (0.6oz). Only $50 more than Plexamid and 19oz is still very light for solo hiker. I'll take the ~3.6oz "penalty" even for a solo shelter for the dual doors ventilation and space!

I’m giving you a thumbs up because it’s such a crazy story and just dumb luck!

This was SO helpful! Thank you for making this video!

How waterproof is this Dyneema? (in mm of h2o )

I'm 5'6" as well. It's nice to see someone my size in the due Plex

Agree with your final conclusion. In the end, you can’t do much better than the Duplex.

Im so UL I just use a garbage bag as tent and my farts for insulation.

OMG, WHAT A BUMMER!!!

We had several bears in a tree planting camp. During the day, I left the door open and when we came back, all the tents were down except mine, and you could see the bear track inside my tent.

Thank You.

That's a shame

What did you think about the air flow difference between the Solplex and Duplex tents? Noticable? I have a duplex, thinking about the solplex for solo thru-hiking

Major Heath Warning!!! This tent will cause HYPOXIA. Lack of ventilation will give you a major headache. You must leave at least one vestibule open at all times, even in the freezing cold and rain. Condensation is also a major problem in cold weather camping. You will have ice and or water on everything inside including your sleeping bag.

I'm fairly short but seriously considering the Altaplex for gear and breathing room. Something about your review that confuses me is why you say you could fit a kid in the Altaplex with you, but not a backpack. At 36" you should have a good foot-wide lane beside a wide pad. Also, I've tried a Triplex and while that'll certainly have much more horizontal space, I found the peak height to be barely sufficient, even for me at 5'7", so it felt a bit vertically cramped. Some other pluses I see in the Altaplex are steeper walls for shedding condensation, and usability of the rear 'vestibule' space that is wasted on the Solplex because of the netting. Lastly, regarding the clothes line which I also use, I would set one up between two of the wall loops on the Altaplex that hold up the bathtub floor. If you're really ambitious you could set up a spiderweb of 6 lines between all four loops and dry a full load of laundry!

Thanks for sharing.

This fella sure loves hanging socks smh

With the altaplex, you can also hang that light from that loop using shock cord or a soft shackle to put it at whatever height you want - or hang it from the bottom of your clothes bungee (see my comment below) assuming it's water resistant if it's under wet clothes. Though if your clothes are wet enough to drip, I wouldn't be drying them inside your tent anyway. Your down bag/quilt will not like you after it gets dripped on.

To string wet socks from a single loop: make a single 8-12 inch loop of shock cord (3/8 or less diameter is best) with a stopper knot to close the loop - figure 8 works well. Then string 3 or 4 or more barrel stops (the plastic stoppers that lock in place with a spring button) onto the loop. Tie the loop to your anchor point (in this case the single loop at the top of the tent) with a lark's head knot. Put the first sock in and cinch in place with the first barrel stop. Put the second sock in and cinch in place with the second barrel stop. Repeat as necessary. I use a couple of these on the outside of my pack to air out my dirty socks and shorts, etc while I'm hiking. It works very well and is super cheap and easy to make. For use at the top of a tent, I suggest starting at the bottom of the loop and working your up as you add more clothing items in order to keep a few inches of clearance between your wet gear and the inner surface of the tent (even more important on a single layer tent like that).

Jeremiah - I have watched both your videos on your damage and repaired Duplex tent. Funny thing, my Duplex also just got damaged by an animal (Wild Brumby) last week and I have sent it back to Zpacks to fix also. I made a video about it here - ua-cam.com/video/gRo7820TQks-/v-deo.html if you want to check it out. I hope they do as good a repair job as they did on yours, although my damage is not as bad as yours was.

Gun seems pretty unnecessary...