Eureka Apex 2XT Adventure 7-Foot by 5-Foot Two-Person Tent
Retail Price: $129.99
Our Price: $111.03
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Average Rating: 4.5
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Product Details
Main Features
- Lightweight backpacker tent sleeps two (7' 5" by 4' 11" floor; 36.5 square foot area)
- Full vestibules on each side (6.7 square foot apiece) for stashing your gear out of the way
- Double-coated StormShield polyester fly and polyester bathtub floor provide excellent weather protection
- Well ventilated by one entire wall of no-see-um mesh, protected by Stormshield polyester fly
- Center height of 43.5 inches; weighs 5 pounds, 12 ounces
Description
Get great value for the price in this 3-season tent. StormShield cloth fly provides extra UV and weather protection. Two easy entry, drop down doors with zipper covers. Poke out vent on side wall increases air flow. Semi-vestibules on front and back for stowing dirty boots. Durable, shockcorded, self-supporting fiberglass frame and ring and pin/pole pocket assembly. 2 side opening door panels are constructed entirely of no see-um mesh to maximize air flow inside. Poke-out vent in side wall allows the option of additional ventilation when needed.
Other Details
- Brand: Eureka
- EAN: 0083826281044
- Label: Eureka
- Manufacturer: Eureka
- Model: 2628104
- MPN: 083826281044
- PackageQuantity: 1
- UPC: 083826281044
- Item Dimensions: 88.80 in x 58.80 in x 43.20 in; 6.00 lb
- Package Dimensions: 18.75 in x 5.75 in x 5.75 in; 6.50 lb
Customer Reviews
Great little tent
I used this tent on my last backpacking trip and it work out great, and for the money you spend it can't get any better.
Not that great
I took this tent on to a motorcycle trip and I was really excited about the size/weight of it. I set it up at home before hand and it was a painless set up.
The first night of camping I didn't have any issues and I was a happy camper. The second night it got real windy. The next morning, the snap that holds the zipper on the rainfly was broken. Also the plastic buckles that hold the rainfly on the corners, rubbed the sleeves of the tent causing 4 small holes in it. The snap could have been simply a bad snap, but the buckle rubbing on to the sleeve seemed like a bad design.
Next day I called customer support and explained that the tent was brand new and even with the flaws I was going to keep it but I needed a rainfly exchange and to see if they could fix the holes on the sleeve. I bought this tent for a Central american trip coming up in four weeks.
They told me that was not possible since it takes 5 weeks for the Customer support center to fix the issues (To fix a snap?), but if I wanted a new rainfly that I should send in twenty something dollars until I get the other one back. So they could decided if it was my fault or not.
Here is were I lost it. The tent was brand new and the snap broke. I needed a replacement, I was not going to send in any money. This is not the case of guilty until proven innocent. I was somehow happy with the tent but their company policies are not customer friendly.
I decided to return the tent to Amazon instead of dealing with a company that doesn't back up the customer. They lost me as a customer. I bought something else, will never buy a Eureka product again.
If it weren't for the bees...
...this tent would be 5 stars! I had been researching for months for a decent upgrade from a $25 dollar tent from Target. Finally I decided to purchase the Apex by Eureka and there are so many positive aspects to it: setting up is a snap (it doesn't even need the stakes if there's zero wind conditions), materials are nice, construction is quality and I found it for $80 on another site!
I couldn't wait to go camping when it arrived in the mail, so my boyfriend and I took the tent on a little Joshua Tree rendezvous. After all of the obvious positives and the astounding reviews, I was awoken at 5 am to HD stereo buzzing. The tent had attracted a swarm of HUNDREDS (no exaggerations necessary) of happy little bees, as they must have thought the Apex was the most lovely prize queen bee of the world being that it is bright yellow. There was no way to sleep and somehow every hour one would sneak in to the tent by some unknown route. We had to pack-up and leave, I got stung two times and it was really disheartening. A month later we took a camping trip to the Yuba River and when we arrived there were no bees, so we thought maybe it was a fluke in Joshua Tree. Sure enough, the next morning just as the sun was rising, we were right up with it and the bees!
The moral of the story: if you want to harvest honey spontaneously buy this tent and just wait! If it weren't for the bees I'd be in love with this tent, it's got all of the features and quality that could be desired in this price range. I can't believe no one else wrote about this problem, because if I would have known I would not have purchased it.
Good Buy
I've taken this tents on a few trips so far, and it's preformed very well. Although it's officially a three season tent, I used it in the snow and it worked just fine. I also slept through a thunderstorm in it and stayed completely dry. I also like the fly wings since they create a lot of storage space.
Not a two man tent
A 2 kid tent yes, a 2 midget tent yes, 2 man only if they are small and lovers. I'm 6' 3" and I sleep corner to corner in this tent. You can put a full size air bed mattress in it and it takes up the entire floor. It's a super 1 man tent. Light, easy to set up and disassemble. Actually goes back in the nylon bag provided. I spent two weeks in this tent and got rained on about 30% of the time and I stayed very dry. One cool feature is that the tent itself is almost all mesh. The picture of the tent has the rain fly on it. But if you know that it is not going to rain you can leave the rain fly off and you can sleep under the stars and the bugs can't get at you nor any other small critters. The only bad thing about this tent is that if you open the rain fly door when it is raining you and your stuff will get wet. No way around it because of the domed configuration. I love this little tent. I highly recommend it for one person.