Product Description
The Kelty 3 - season Grand Mesa Tent. A SUPER VALUE for adventure seekers of all skill levels! If you're looking for an affordable, high-quality and easy-to-pitch Tent, this is it! For 2-, 4- or 6-person crews, the Grand Mesa makes "roughin' it" a little less rough, with superior weather protection, durability and plenty of space for your gear. Pick up this Tent and earn your scout badge in bargain hunting! Kelty and us, a formidable team: 1800 mm PU nylon taffeta ArcEdge floor with taped seams guarantees a dry spot to sleep in wet conditions; 68-denier 190T poly taffeta walls; 2 sturdy DAC Featherlite poles pack light; Mesh panels for superior ventilation; Color-coded clip construction for easy assembly; Internal storage pockets; 2 doors, 1 vestibule; Fly features and material: Side-release buckle tent-fly connection; 75-denier 1800 mm PU poly taffeta with taped seams; Fly vents; Noiseless zipper pulls; Guyout points; 2-person measurements: Floor area: 29 sq. ft.; 82 x 58 x 44"h.; Packed measurements: 20 x 7" dia.; Weighs 4 lbs., 10 ozs.; Vestibule: 6 sq. ft.; 4-person measurements: Floor area: approx. 53 sq. ft.; 96 x 80 x 55"h.; Packed measurements: 25 x 8" dia.; Weighs approx. 7 lbs., 4 ozs.; Vestibule: approx. approx. 19 sq. ft.; 6-person measurements: Floor area: 99 sq. ft.; 130 x 110 x 70"h.; Packed measurements: 27 x 9" dia.; Weighs approx. 13 lbs.; Vestibule: approx. 29 sq. ft.; Pick yours and order today! AVAILABLE SEPARATELY: Kelty Grand Mesa, 6-person; Kelty Grand Mesa Tent, 2-person - word search in our store for 'Kelty'. Kelty Grand Mesa, 4-person
| List Price: | $209.95 |
| Price: | $157.95 |
| as of Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:26:10 GMT ***Remember, deals price on this item for sale just for limited time*** | |
Product Details
- Size: 4 Person
- Color: Ruby/Tan
- Brand: Kelty
- Model: 40721004
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x 8.00" w x 25.00" l, 15.00 pounds
Features
- Versatile four-person, three-season dome-style tent, great for camping and backpacking
- Freestanding tent with 18.8 square foot vestibule for gear storage
- Large mesh windows for optimal ventilation, full coverage rain fly, bathtub floor with wrap-up sides
- Color coded DAC PressFit aluminum poles for easy setup and excellent strength
- Includes tent, pole and stake bags
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Blending affordability with versatility, the Kelty Grand Mesa is a great choice for packing on your trail excursions. This freestanding tent sleeps up to four campers, offers three-season usage, and includes a single vestibule for storage. It also includes large mesh windows for optimal ventilation, full coverage, UV resistant polyester rain fly, and color-coded poles for quick-and-easy setup. Weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces, the four-person Grand Mesa has a 53.3 square foot floor area and a 18.8 square foot vestibule.
The aluminum DAC Press Fit poles offer more strength for improved durability and a more wind-resistant pitch. They use a color-coded clip construction that eliminates the hassle of feeding poles through cumbersome tent sleeves--just slide the shock-corded pole sections together and attach the clips. The tent also offers post and grommet type assembly with locking pole tips for convenience and security. The bathtub floor offers wrap-up sides for extreme weather protection, and the main fly and floor seams are factory taped for extreme weather protection. Other features include a single flashlight loop, mesh interior pockets for gear storage, external guy points for added stability in windy conditions, and noiseless zipper pulls.
Specifications
- Dimensions: 96 x 80 x 55 inches (LxWxH)
- Interior height: 4 feet, 7 inches
- Floor area: 53.3 square feet
- Vestibule area: 18.8 square feet
- Weight: 7 pounds, 4 ounces
- Seasons: 3
- Doors: 1
- Windows: 3
- Wall material: 68D 190T polyester taffeta
- Floor material: 1800mm PU nylon taffeta
- Fly material: 75D 190T, 1800 mm PU polyester taffeta
- Number of poles: 2
About Kelty
Kelty is based in Boulder, Colorado, and uses the natural backdrop of the Rocky Mountains to test, create, and continually innovate within their diverse outdoor product families of Apex, Backcountry, Trail, Basecamp and KIDS gear. Kelty combines the best in new technology with a healthy dose of common sense to create exceptionally made, affordably priced outdoor products.
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Selecting a Tent
Fortunately, there are all kinds of tents for weekend car campers, Everest expeditions, and everything in-between. Here are a few things to keep in mind:
Expect the Worst
In general, it's wise to choose a tent that's designed to withstand the worst possible conditions you think you'll face. For instance, if you're a summer car camper in a region where weather is predictable, an inexpensive family or all purpose tent will likely do the trick--especially if a vehicle is nearby and you can make a mad dash for safety when bad weather swoops in! If you're a backpacker, alpine climber or bike explorer, or if you like to car camp in all seasons, you'll want to take something designed to handle more adversity.
Three- and Four-Season Tents
For summer, early fall and late spring outings, choose a three-season tent. At minimum, a quality three season tent will have lightweight aluminum poles, a reinforced floor, durable stitching, and a quality rain-fly. Some three-season tents offer more open-air netting and are more specifically designed for summer backpacking and other activities. Many premium tents will feature pre-sealed, taped seams and a silicone-impregnated rain-fly for enhanced waterproofness.
For winter camping or alpine travel, go with a four season model. Because they typically feature more durable fabric coatings, as well as more poles, four-season tents are designed to handle heavy snowfall and high winds without collapsing. Of course, four-season tents exact a weight penalty of about 10 to 20 percent in trade for their strength and durability. They also tend to be more expensive.
Domes and Tunnels
Tents are broadly categorized into two types, freestanding, which can stand up on their own, and those that must be staked down in order to stand upright. Freestanding tents often incorporate a dome-shaped design, and most four-season tents are constructed this way because a dome leaves no flat spots on the outer surface where snow can collect. Domes are also inherently stronger than any other design. Meanwhile, many three-season models employ a modified dome configuration called a tunnel. These are still freestanding, but they require fewer poles than a dome, use less fabric, and typically have a rectangular floor-plan that offers less storage space than a dome configuration. Many one and two-person tents are not freestanding, but they make up for it by being more lightweight. Because they use fewer poles, they can also be quicker to set up than a dome.
Size Matters
Ask yourself how many people you'd like to fit in your fabric hotel now and in the future. For soloists and minimalists, check out one-person tents. If you're a mega-minimalist, or if you have your eye on doing some big wall climbs, a waterproof-breathable bivy sack is the ticket. Some bivy sacks feature poles and stake points to give you a little more breathing room. Also, if you don't need bug protection and you want to save weight, check out open-air shelters.
Families who plan on car camping in good weather can choose from a wide range of jumbo-sized tents that will accommodate all your little ones with room to spare. A wide range of capacities is also available for three- and four-season backpacking and expedition tents. Remember, though, the bigger the tent you buy, the heavier it will be, although it's easy to break up the tent components among several people in your group. It's also helpful to compare the volume and floor-space measurements of models you're considering.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful.
By Amanda
I have been extremely pleased with this tent. It is spacious enough for my family of four and is very easy to set up. My ten and seven-year olds can pitch this tent almost completely by themselves. Hooks for the poles is a vast improvement over running poles through slits. The connections for the rainflap are very easy to use. The inside is pretty spacious. The one loop for a lantern is good, but would have liked one or two more. The storage compartments inside are sufficient,and between them and the space created when you close the rain flap we had all our gear out of the elements. Given the size of the tent it is not overly heavy, although I could not fit this in my pack using the bag is comes in. Instead I connected it via some extra straps on my pack and it worked just fine. We have had no issues with any component of this tent and would recommend it to other campers.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
By P. Miller
I took this tent on a three month road trip across most of North America. It held up in the wind in the Grand Canyon (60mph that night!!), the hail at Yellowstone National Park, the rain in Denali National Park, the 106 degree weather in the Badlands and the freezing cold weather in the deserts of New Mexico. One night a little rain water seeped into the bottom of the tent, granted it was a torrential downpour and we were basically in a puddle...I got some sealant and sealed all of the seams of the tent and we also had to seal the seams on the back ventilation window located on the fly due to dripping. Other than that little bump and the occasional condensation (the tent doesn't breathe spectacularly) the Grand Mesa held it's own and comfortably fit a queen sized air mattress and two adults. The strange thing however is the footprint designed specifically for this tent seems a bit small. I'm sure there is a reason for this but it was a little tricky sometimes deciding to stake it and pull it taut or leave it as is.
I've never put another tent to the test in so many varying weather situations but this tent held its own and was a worthwhile investment.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
By kcoin
I wanted a tent that a) would stay dry b) was easy to put up c) wasn't really expensive d) could fit a full blowup bed. I have used this for a weekend camping on Cape Cod. There were drenching downpours in the evening, so much that there were puddles at the campsite of about 2 inches! I had pitched the tent on a bit higher level(not much really as the sites are small) and the tent was 100% dry for the whole weekend(it rained both nights!). My daughter is 5 and could put the tent up by herself(except that she can't reach the top connectors)..I taught her in 5 min at home prior to going! The fly is extremely easy too. Again my daughter will fasten the clips in each corner while I stake out the other sections! It really does only take about 5-8 min to get the tent up! The rain does get in the tent when you open the vestibule to get in(like all other tents like this) but you can sit at the edge of the tent and quickly close it so that it doesn't get much wetter while you take off the wet shoes/clothes! I did use a ground tarp underneath to save the floor of the tent which I'm sure helped with the rain! As expected, the stakes are not great(thus 4.5 stars). I bent one easily and the ground wasn't that hard! The only other thing to watch out for is the wind. This tent has a long wide side. If there are gust of 20MPG or >, the tent will take off if not staked down well..or you could make sure the front is facing into the wind and staked well! I did not have any issues, as we were at a campsite with trees. In the backyard my daughter was in the tent without it staked and a gust did pick up the tent and start to roll with her in it! The instructions warn of this.
All in all a great buy!
Cheers!
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