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Snow Peak Alpha Breeze vs Durston x-mid 2
Snow Peak Alpha Breeze
11 positive (92%) · 0 mixed (0%) · 1 negative (8%)
Trust + time weighted: +84%
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I have the Snow Peak Alpha Breeze and I love it for me, my partner, and our dog. However, it’s a little more challenging to set up alone than other tents due to the heavy metal poles and the old school pin design (where you hook the polls into the tent body). You absolutely need a second person to help.
Love it!! Our family of four (two kiddos) sleep comfortably in it. Love the front overhang.
For the quality, craftsmanship, materials, and build… the extra few poles and straps are worth it. I love these poles for how strong they are. The are smooth fitting with nothing extruding and they glide through the sleeves with incredible ease.
I don't have much to compare it to, but I love our alpha breeze! My husband and I slept with our heads at the rear wall this weekend and I didn't even notice the lack of head space. He's 6' tall.
Great tent! It’s my favorite tent and I used to own several MSR and Big Agnes tents prior. Those were geared more for backpacking so hard to compare but regardless the Alpha is my favorite.
Durston x-mid 2
9 positive (82%) · 1 mixed (9%) · 1 negative (9%)
Trust + time weighted: +71%
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I plan on buying: Durston X-Mid 2
I was also trying to compare the Duplex to the HMD Unbound 2 as the main fabric of the tent seems to go down closer to the ground kind of like a Durston X-mid 2.
Durston x-mid 2|$289|34 oz / 965 g|-3 oz / -84 g|Outstanding community feedback, roomy, not much weight loss over baseline; most expensive option
The newest version 3 is also quite light for the size you get.
My only problem is the price. Id be fine with paying the 300€ for the X-Mid 2 + groundsheet but since I live in Germany you can make that at least 450€ because of taxes, shipping and so on.