ANYONE USED THIS TENT?

I've been looking at 2 person/3 season tents and for the price I think I'm going to go with the Marmot Limelight. Has anyone on here used this tent before? If so, how do you like it?

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I love this tent! Works great and it comes with the gear loft and the footprint. I let my friend borrow mine and he liked it so much he bought his own. It's a little bit heavier than some of the other back packing tents, but its more roomier and is a better price than your high end and super light tents. You can fit two people in here with some gear in the tent and out in the vestibule just fine. Also this tent is on sale at REI this week for 160 or 165$ till this Friday.

Sweet! Thanks for the input Nate. That's good to know. This is my first non 'Walmart' special tent and I was hoping it would be a happy medium between cost/weight/function. Planning on doing a lot of multi-day peak bagging trips and this one seemed to fit the bill.

Since you're not concerned about weight, I'd nudge you toward the Kelty Trailridge series. The 2 has more head-room, a second door and vestibule, and is available for $20 less.

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While both tents are good I did notice that the Kelty doesn't come with a footprint which would cost ya extra. But the two doors and vestibules is a nice feature on the Kelty.

I'll never buy a two-man tent without a second door and vestibule again.

Hey Austin why so? Just curious. I've only ever owned a tent with only one door and no real vestibule.

Depends on if you share it with anyone else. Having two doors means that nobody is crawling over anyone else to get out and go to the bathroom at night and having two vestibules means that you can both keep your shoes and other gear out of the tent but still not out in the open.

Used to have a Marmot Swallow. That tent was bomb proof and I always thought I would stay with Marmot. After about 12 years I bought a Marmot Aelos. The clear plastic windows delaminated, and the waterproof coating on the interior of the fly turned to goo. This was after a years moderate use, and then storage in an air conditioned closet for a winter. Yes it was put away dry. Marmot sent me a new fly but when I decided to get a one man I went with Big Agnes and bought a Seed House. Love that tent.

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I work for a gear store and sell this tent regularly in store, I do not own one. With that being said I do have a strong opinion.

Advantages:

Durable, well made, tough
Waterproof, storm window, spacious
Includes a footprint, packs down easy
Easy to assemble and guy out
Vents well
Great price

Disadvantages:

Heavy
Not designed to withstand high winds
Only one door and vestibule
Bulky

I like this tent a lot but I don't think it fits a specific niche. Which can be a good or a bad thing. I think it is an okay all around tent. One of the biggest downsides is the single door and vestibule, which you mentioned you don't mind. This tent is on the more heavy end, so its not an amazing backpacking tent. Its also not super weatherproof, or four season, so its not particularly designed to be a strong base camp, expedition style tent. However, a lot people buy it because it works for a bit of everything. Its not so heavy that you wouldn't want to carry it for a few days, and it would stand up to some tough nights of weather, but probably not a week long storm. I think the price is a great buy, but its even cheeper on Rei.com, and shipping is free! Check the link here. But anyways, I would spend some more time thinking about what specifically your going to use it for. If your mostly going on 3-season summer backpack trips for 4-5 days or more, you can easily find a tent for around the same price but a pound or two less. Of course this comes at the cost of some durability, but your back will be thanking you. If your doing mostly base camping on climbing trips this is probably the tent for you because of its durability, although I would consider looking at something that has two doors and vestibules, especially for the storage space. If you have more questions or want other recommendations I'd be happy to lend a hand.

Limelight is gonna be one of the best tents for your money out there, plus it comes with the gear loft and foot print but......it is certainly not the lightest 2 person tent out there. If you're OK with carrying a little extra weight its great, and roomier than a lot of 2 persons.

Austin Baird wrote:I'll never buy a two-man tent without a second door and vestibule again.

So if weight wasn't as much of an option what do you guys think about the 3P version? It has 2 doors and vestibules for about 1 pound more. I realize 1 pound can make a huge difference but would it be worth it for the extra door?

Def worth the extra door if weight truly doesn't matter......depends if you're car camping, hiking a few easy miles to camp, or all out backpacking.....for myself I would never get this for long slogs with a lot of gear, too much added weight/space. As I get older I prefer lighter gear and more booze haha

Bonneville wrote:So if weight wasn't as much of an option what do you guys think about the 3P version? It has 2 doors and vestibules for about 1 pound more. I realize 1 pound can make a huge difference but would it be worth it for the extra door?

My wife and I have the Limelight 3 - has two doors, rain fly with two vestibules, and the footprint. Often seen it on sale for less than the 2P. Love the tent. Easy to set up by myself. The rain fly is real easy to put on in the dark with no light half awake (maybe even half drunk, don't quite remember). No water intrusion, but it wasn't a storm just a drizzle.

Yeah, it's not a 4 season all weather beast, but it works well for the camping I do. If I need an ultra lite tent for hiking, I can just take the footprint and the rain fly and make do (part of its design). Very versatile. Even better, with the 3P you can put a QUEEN air mattress in it. Talk about cush. Not much room for anything else if you do, but . . .

As to someone stating that it doesn't hold up in wind storms, I would have to disagree based on my experience. Been in Moab at night with gusts up to 20 - 30 mph and in ATL where bigger tents were getting blown over. Put the rain fly on with the guy lines and had no problem. Tent didn't even budge.

The stakes that it comes with, though, do leave something to be desired and there really aren't enough for me, so stop by Wal-Mart and pick up some cheap Coleman lite weight stakes and your good to go.