I recently used this tent for seven days in the Holy Cross and Maroon Bells areas of Colorado, and loved the roominess (I'm 6'3""), ease of setup, and water proofness. I had to setup in the rain at one point and had no trouble with water or setup.

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incredibly roomy and easy to set up. light weight and compact. An excellent buy for the typical backpacker. One person can set it up very easily, unlike those big dome tents with 4 poles.

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First sub-6lb tent. Function to weight is great. Room for 2 and a few gears. Passed torrential downpour and thunderstorm with flying colors. Stayed dry through two nights of rain. Ventilation is average with the rainfly on. Hammock feeling without the rainfly. Set-up takes less than 10 minutes. The flipside takes 30 minutes. I'm a neat freek. I dust off the tent as much as I could before folding it back up. Rush packing takes around 15 minutes.

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Overall. Full functional for its weight.

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I bought this tent mainly because it was light in weight and Kelty was a respected name. Well the Kelty Windfoil Ultralight has performed very well. The tent truly is waterproof. It offers plenty of room with a small vestibule area. I recommend it. Setup is easy.

I bought this tent as a "roomy bivy," and for the extra 2.5 lbs. or so in weight over a bivy, boy, do you get the room! It is LONG, even for someone of my height (6' 1"), although not overly high (I can't sit up in it). The Windfoil is a great tent for solo trips. I have also tried it as a two-man tent, and it is much more cramped in that use, but certainly usable (and still more roomy than two bivys, for the same weight as two bivys). Ventilation is excellent, as is the quality of workmanship, especially for the price (I got mine via the Web for $109 and was *ecstatic* at that price).

This is an excellent tent for lightweight, fast, summer excursions.

This is an excellant tent. It's light and very sturdy. I must say that I was surprised by just how roomy it actually is. You really can put all your gear inside the tent and it won't cramp up the tent. I was looking for a light backpacking tent, what I got was a palace. The ventilation works out well enough, and it holds up well against the wind. (Plus I got it on sale for $140 so that was awesome!)

I've used this tent for on more than a dozen occasions. This tent meets every standard for the
best 3 season tent available for size to weight ratio. Rain, snow, or the most beautiful night ever, I've endured in this tent. I recomend it highly due to an unexpected snow storm I sleep the night in. The tent held up in almost a foot of
snow...definitely didn't expect this one. If you would like to see the photo email me at risk#369@aol.com, it will show all. The tent is also very spacious, I spent 11 days in this tent sleeping two, and didn't mind it a bit. This is definitely a five tent.

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I used this tent everyday while guiding canoe trips in the Quetico and Boundary Waters last summer. It is very light and compact. It easily withstood a storm with 80 mile an hour winds while all of the other tents collapsed. It is more than ample space for me and another person and I am 6'4'' and about 235. If you are alone and dont want to risk your gear under the vestibule it can all come in the tent with you quite comfortably. If the guylines are not out the rainfly tends to sag there is not enough mesh for it to be really comfortable in hot weather, but aside from that it is really a great tent.

I have several tents and this is my favorite for solo backpacking. On a recent group trip to Haoe Mountain in the Joyce Kilmer National Forest, I felt that my Kelty Ultralite outperformed the other tents on the trip. The wind is always blowing on Haoe Mountain and some campers complained of problems with the wind, including wind blowing under the rainfly and making them cold. I had no problems, plus my tent was lighter than the others. The extra length makes this tent the best of its type. This tent is not free standing, but that has never been an issue for me.

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I've had this tent for four years now. I've used it in the mountains of New Mexico, the Smokeys in Tennessee, all over Mississippi and Louisiana, and I even brought it with me to Woodstock 99. Never fails to be the best weight for utility, function, and space tent in the woods. Cavernous for solo purposes, but I used it as a double 90% of the time. In a good rain it works great keeping thins dry, but if you have heavy rain and high winds, do yourself a favor and use the guy lines, otherwise the fly will sag and start to drip. The Windfoil Ultralight weighs nothing and does everything. Only wish it was free standing. Oh well. Hehe.

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I just bought a North Face Nebula. (I needed something for when I bring more than one friend along, and it's freestanding.) More suited for winter camping than the Kelty. I love it.