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Rab Latok Mountain Tent - Thoughts?
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I'm looking for a 2 person bivy/on route tent and the Latok Mountain is on my short list. Does anybody have experience with this tent? |
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I own one. Used in a variety of places. For a small single wall it's hard to beat. Easy to set up, durable, takes heavy wind like a champ. You need to mange moisture and condensation, like any single wall, so you'll need to fiddle with your ventilation preferences. Two grown adults will be very...cozy. If you're taller than 6'2", you'll need to do some diagonal sleeping. Hope that helps. |
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Thanks for the response! I expect to be cozy and a little cramped. I don’t think there is a tent in this category that is anything like roomy. I’m not tall but my climbing partner is very tall so he might be uncomfortable but again, there’s no tent in this category that can comfortably accommodate someone who is 6’6. The other tent I’m looking at is the El Dorado but I can get the Rab for much less so it looks pretty attractive |
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Bomber and love ours. Have used it everywhere from the bugaboos to the Alps to thundering blizzards on Mt Shasta. AFAIK, i's one of the better two person alpine tents for taller people. |
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I have the Latok 2 from a few years ago. Durable, not crazy light and packable but decent. Burly in storms. The bungee cord inside the tent poles wore out in about 1.5 years and the thing doesn't breathe worth a damn. |
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Breathability isn't surprising, I think that was one of the main complaints of the Latok 2 that I was hoping they would address. I plan to cook in the tent if need be so working out a way to vent it properly may be a challenge. |
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Definitely not very breathable. Tradeoffs in all things. We have cooked in ours, generally at the front with the door open, but ideally in the vestibule. |
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If you want to cook inside the tent, you may consider adding a vestibule. Also consider the Crux X1 range of tents. They are made from a fabric that is pretty good at managing humidity. I have the X1 Assault, the one with a vestibule. Very satisfied with it. |
John Edwin wrote: Cook in the entrance, keep the door full open, orient properly to the wind and keep the vents open larger than you think you might want to. As you've heard, it does not breathe (but I've yet to come across a truly breathable single wall alpine tent), but if you start more "open" you'll figure it out. The extra headroom as compared to the Summit is well worth it. The Summit is truly low-slung. |
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Super burly, lots of strong guy points, very easy to get inside and set up in a storm, many strong tie-off points, great open vent opposite door. I have vestibule, which l think is really nice addition, but more money and more weight and complicates setup just a bit. Havent used a bibler or bd tent, but l really like this Rab and would get another if l needed it. |
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Thanks for all the replies, I ordered the Latok yesterday and it was the last one they had. I definitely plan to get the vestibule before I need to cook in it |
John Edwin wrote: I own both the Eldorado and the Rab tent in question. Rab is a little lighter, slightly easier to setup (the poles don’t fit quite as tight, so the end result isn’t as drum-tight as the eldorado, but guy-lines make up the difference) but I wouldn’t hesitate to take either one out in alpine conditions. I have only used them in anger one time, and it was in a very windy spot in the mountains, but because we pulled a sled each man had is own tent. It is worth noting that Eldorado takes up a shit load of space in a pack. If you want then tent for non-extreme, i.e. a comfortable summertime tent also, the eldorado manages condensation/bugs better (has a screen) but in the snow, the screen (obviously) doesn’t matter. I have vestibules for both and the vestibule design on the rab is better. |
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Hey John, how did your partner like sleeping in the Latok Mountain? I'm 6'3" and have scoured all the major tent makers and this seems to be the longest 2p assault style tent made at ~88" so I'm considering it. |
John Sigmon wrote: John, you might want to check out the Slingfin Crossbow2. It’s 4 season, very strong due to its Webtruss suspension system and internal guylines, and the floor is 92” x 50”. I have one and think it works extremely well, but I am not nearly as tall as you. It’s about the same weight as the Latok Mountain. The Hotbox has a better entrance for an alpine climbing tent and is lighter, but not as long: https://www.slingfin.com/products/hotbox https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/123925359/slingfin-hotbox-tent-reviews |
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Thanks, Terry! The crossbow looks like a good option and quite a bit longer. I’m a bit worried about how well it would hold up on bivy ledges with the side opening. Any experience there? The hotbox looks super appealing, but at 82 inches is on the shorter side and comparable with a lot of of the other ones out there. Too bad nobody makes a long version of any of these tents. |
John Sigmon wrote: John, I have not used the Crossbow on any bivy ledges. I’ve used it for ski touring, pitched where space is not an issue. I also have a mesh inner, which I switch to, from the warmer inner, during the summer, plus a bathtub floor that can be used with just the fly for a lighter set up when bugs are not a concern. The different interchangeable inners make the Crossbow a versatile tent If I was richer, I’d buy a Hotbox too! It wasn’t available when I bought the Crossbow 4 years ago. |
