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The North Face Fortress 33
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An all new tent series that utilizes a tunnel design to provide an exceptional space to weight ratio. The highest quality fabrics and materials have been combined with The North Face's on the mountain experience to produce reliable 4-season performance.
Features: Silicone/PU taped flysheet; DAC Featherlite SL aluminium poles; taped true bucket floor; loads of internal pockets and hang points; large front vestibule with front and double side doors; multiple guy points. Weight: 4.5kg / 4.0kg (min) Fortress 23 - 2 man version | Site | Price | Postage | Total |
 | £295.99 | FREE | £295.99 |  |
 | £370.00 | £4.50 | £374.5 | |
User Reviews
Reviewed by Robert Hornby (Preston UK) on 2006-10-01:
General comments: I got this tent about 8 months ago, So far its held up to pretty much everything that has been thrown at it and it has been used in some pretty bad conditions.
The Tent is a 3 man tunnel tent and is classed as a 4 season tent. Which is think is quite a good description although id say the tent is actually big enough to fit 4 people in or three in with alot of extra space to spread out. The tent uses DAC featherlite Poles which so far ive found to be pretty strong but my sister managed to bend one of the poles when she was camping in strong winds up in the lakes near helvellyn, but im not really sure how that happened because they seem solid enough to me, and there much more solid than any other tent poles ive ever used and much lighter too!
The tents front none sleeping area is almost as big as the sleeping area which is a big plus with me because it means you dont have to attempt to cook outside in high winds and bad weather. Also the tent is all flame retardant which is great. All the tents zippers glow in the dark and all the seams of the tent are sealed so all in all its a good tent. And the guy ropes are the strongest ive seen although there could do to be a few more, because there are only 6 and its not a small tent, but when placed right they do the job.
There are two entrances one at the side which can be held up with a pole to create a kind of porch and there is a front entrace with a vent above it.
So all in all its a great tent and worth the money, although it is alot of money and there seems to be a big differnce in the price depending on where you buy it, the differnce can be in the hundreds if you look.
Pros: Pretty much everything, keeps you dry mostly and you arent exaclty cramped when your inside it either!
Cons: Colour, For a four season tent it seems a stupid colour really when all the outher 4 season tents are bright colours.
And also the price i payed £360 for it and i dont think its in the same league as the mountain 25 so why should i have to pay nearlly the same price?!
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