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Too fragile for me, for the rest alsmot perfect.

Me and my partner were looking for the perfect tent, we were going to live in it for a long long time and do lots and lots of hiking, but found it extremely hard to find a tent that would fulfill all our needs: lightweight, good ventilation due to the travel in different environments, sturdy (becaus...e we didn't want it to break lol and we were travelling in patagonia, which has lots and lots of wind) and roomy vestibules due to our two enormous backpacks. On our journey finding these tents we noticed that so many people had such different experiences with different tents, we also noticed that lots and lots of reviewed were definitely trustworthy because either the review was plainly fake (and thus overly positive) or they were not using the tent we were going to use it like. It was a frustrating search as every single tent seemed amazing until I found some rare harsh review burning it to the ground, or there was something crucial like bad ventilation we just couldn't afford in a journey of 6 months. So why did we choose this tent? We still didnt have actual experiences of people doing what we did but the reputation of this company was outstanding, the ventilation seemed perfect and people were positive about it. The new OSMO technology was very attractive, the weight was just right (even a bit too light but ill get to that later), the fibers and pole materials used seemed like the strength we were looking for, also the the fact we got proper stakes with the tent was also a big plus for us (and they were really good). Last but not least: compared to another tried and tested tent, the MSR hubba hubba, this tent had way more guy line connection points (which was crucial for the wind we were going to experience) and the vestibule was way roomier than the MSR. There were probably more positive points but I must have forgotten. Our only concern really: light weight tents seemed to have a tendency to just simply break or tear because light weight/ ultra light often times mean the companies made sacrifices in quality to make it lighter weight. Light weight has become a hype and its a shame the quality of tents have gone down that way. So the big question, how did we use it and what did we think? We have used the tent in numerous different environments: We camped over a month in patagonian winds and: it held. We encountered many MSR hubba hubbas coming back from the torres del paine hike with broken tent poles but our tent didn't have any such issues (the winds also weren't that bad in the park at that moment for us, so cant say for sure, but we did spend the night in lots of other places in patagonia where we were exposed to its signature winds). The tent poles are extremely flexible, to the point that I have had the outer tent up to my nose whilst sleeping when the winds got really bad, meaning the whole tent was almost flat but went straight back it to its form when the wind gusts went away. So big plus! Two negatives though: - the outer tent fabrics seemed to stretch over time, meaning it wouldn't hold its original posture anymore. Water would hit the inner tent sometimes and it seemed to catch more wind, function as kind of sail if you'd like. That brings me to my next point and also my biggest concern, the places where the guylines connect to the outer tent simply starting tearing. No other way to put it, the tent held the wind, but the fiber simply wasn't strong enough. We were forced to use ducttape, mind you, this started happening in the first month of our trip. Another place the fabric started tearing was the inner mesh, small parts of mesh started tearing at the inner tent zippers, being forced to also put duct tape on these places. So NEMO: fix these issues please, add those extra grams to make your tent more durable, this is not acceptable. Last but not least another negative point was the zippers: We like the two zipper system, it was handy and worked like a charm, BUT they are so light weight, so fragile that closing and opening got worse and worse, having to be forced to always be very cautious about opening and closing them. We had used another tent in Torres Del Paine, which was a little heavier but the zippers were to notch, they flew open and were super sturdy, it was a big quality of life we missed in the nemo. Sadly it didn't stop there, in time (6 months) the zippers started breaking down, some teeth started bending and the zipper head couldn't close the zipper properly anymore (meaning it would simply not close anymore, pretty hectic if you are to protect yourself from mosquitoes). We were told by nemo that this was due to a lack of cleaning, and yes our tent was not that clean, but fixing it was way harder then they advertised. And it was not simply clean and fix. Although cleaning the zipper thoroughly did seem to help close them better, it didn't fix the bent zipper head and in the end, after trying the steps they advertised for fixing the head, we had to replace it. Mind you this was at the end of our trip so we kind of gave up on the tent as it was not in a usable state anymore (more zippers started to malfunction). Could it have been our fault because we didn't keep the zippers clean?, yes definitely. Am I of the opinion that even if you kept them clean, the zippers would still break down over time? Yes, they always had felt fragile and I never liked them. These were the only negatives, so the other positives that seemed true before buying ended up being true after buying it: ventilation, tent pole strength, quality stakes, roomy vestibules etc etc. All in all we loved this tent, really we did, and we completed our journey, we were able to stay the night in all the places we were planning to (with the help of a little bit of ducttape ). Tearing tent fabric nonetheless is unacceptable, it really is. How can a tent protect your from the elements if it starts tearing after one month of use (inner and outer). So can I recommend this tent? I really want to, I really want this tent to be my dream tent because there is just so much good here, but I can't for the conditions we were using it in. Yet there is still no other tent I would trust buying in this bracket, which is a real shame and a good representation of the tent market. My take, save up more and buy a higher grade tent, sorry NEMO. Yet, there is a good chance that if you are using this tent in milder conditions, it will work perfect for you, it just wasn't what we expected. Mind you, I did call NEMO before buying this tent, talking about the trip we were going for, they approved. Nemo is a US company so they don't do any warranty outside of US, but through hard work we were still able to get a new tent through the webshop we bought it from originally. (We could have bought a higher grade lightweight tent but this was not in our budget, simple as that, also I was looking for pictures but couldn't find any, they were made by my partners phone)