If you are a nature lover but your friends and family aren't so much, you may not need a big and bulky tent for two or more. A solo tent is great for nature enthusiasts and individuals who travel alone. Our popular models include Sierra Designs, Eureka and Big Agnus to name a few. Pick a model that suits your outdoor needs. A 1 person tent is the perfect fit!
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Eureka Spitfire Tent 1-Person 3-Season
GREAT TENT!
By: SatyaJZ (Seattle, WA)
I was a little queasy about ordering a tent online–not being overly familiar with lightweight, single man tents, I thought it might be safer to check them out in a shop. But, hey, this is a cool tent! It sort of exceeded expectations–better looking than the ad, more vertical room than I'd anticipated, goes up and packs away very nicely.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Eureka Spitfire Solo vs. REI Chrysalis UL, January 12, 2008
By D. Paradis
Both of these two wall tents received many favorable reviews on the internet. Both tents advertise a weight of ~3 lbs. I decided to do a non-outing tent to tent comparison. If you look at all the web reviews available, it is clear both these tents can handle weather that you would prefer not to be out in. That was not my concern. I was more interested in which of these tents worked best for me and if there were any show stoppers between the two. Both tents are very easy to set up. As mentioned before, the Chrysalis is free standing. The Spitfire is not free standing. The Spitfire is so easy to setup, I do not consider this a major reason for choosing one 1 person tent over the other.
One of the advantages of a free standing tent is that the poles and fly can be put up first in rain and the rest of the tent pitched under the protection of the fly. In the case of the Spitfire, Velco ties on the underside of the fly and the tent body's external clip system also allow the fly to be setup first in the rain. You do have to improvise a loop on the fly end snaps (both ends) to do this. In this manner, both tents can be setup as a fly/poles only tarp. The Spitfire's vestibule is only large enough for boots. It's triangular shaped with a ground apex of ~ 1 foot. A second similar area is available under the fly, but only accessable by being outside and reaching under the fly. The vestibule is considerably larger in the Chrysalis (apex ~2.5 feet). You could put your boots and a small pack in it. A large pack would not fit. The Spitfire has some built in pockets in the mesh side that are big enough to hold glasses and a flashlight. Head room in both tents is adequate for me to sit without touching the roof. The Spitfire has a few extra inches of head room compared to the Chrysalis UL. The Spitfire 1 person tent has considerable more mesh than the Chrysalis.
This would be a real advantage when a person wanted to do without the fly. The Chrysalis has a little porthole window in the fly, and the tent body has some panels of translucent fabric that make it very light inside. The porthole window is intriguing. It would be easier to look out at the weather with the fly on, but I would need more data on whether it would hold up. It seems a little like a gimmick. When I lay in both tents, I came across a show stopper. I was able to lie in the Spitfire with over 6 inches at both ends of the tent to spare. Not all of this space would be usable by a taller individual, but it was there never the less. I was able to roll side to side without touching the 1 person tent sides.
In the Chrysalis, my feet were touching the bottom of the tent and my head was touching the front of the tent. It was very uncomfortable. I'm 5 feet, 8 inches tall. The Chrysalis 1 person tent floor plan is nonsymmetrical at the wide end and narrow end of the tent. It forms an uneven parallelogram like shape. This results in an large unusable area next to your head and a similar small area at your feet. My decision was to keep the Eureka Spitfire and return the REI Chrysalis UL.
