[okieboater]

I have a hilleberg staika (spelling may be close)
Purchased some years ago but still like new
I considered the tunnel models but the dome models seemed to fit my need better.
I used it on river trips as it is a dome and is stand alone.
This tent and I suspect all Hilleberg models (especially if you get the expedition models) is as bomb proof as it gets. Hard to find the quality elsewhere. And, being a gear collector I have went thru a lot of tents.
I purchased my tent some time ago and it was expensive then and these tents are really expensive now.
Probably way over kill for what most of us do these days.
My tent model is bullet proof and heavy. works great on a raft trip or truck camping.
I can go in a lot of detail but you can look up reviews easily.
I will say Hilleberg tents especially the model I have and probably the ones you are looking at are very expensive and heavy. My opinion, based on my use of my Staika is if you could only have one tent to use for a life time on river trips, the Hilleberg Staika is that tent. Being stand alone you can use sand stakes on sand bar sites and this model has mesh doors on both sides for venting in summer time. Good venting options is something many of the Hilleberg tents do not have as the country of origin is pretty much winter time most of the time.
My opinion for what that is worth.

 

[okieboater]

Forgot, I keep my tent inside and outside together. A lot of work to pitch the outside then connect the inside.

 

[okieboater]

I spend about as much of my fun money budget on tents as I do on boats. The one perfect all around tent is just as hard to find as the one perfect raft. But I keep looking for both.

This thread got me thinking about my long time desire to test out the one pole tepee style tent.

I got a internet big sale email and picked up a mountain smith mountain tipi hybrid shelter on close out. Pretty cheap and I took the bait.

Put the tent up in the yard and am very impressed. Just me in my tent on floats. Plenty of room for me plus almost able to stand up. The tent turned out to be full featured. Has a nice floor, mesh inner tent and a light weight aluminum pole. Fly has plenty of tie downs for additional stakes. Pretty light tent and even on my first time the tent went up in minutes. I used some para cords to make loops to make using sand stakes easier if pitching on sand. Hopefully, will get a canoe overnight float soon and can report back. If the yard setup works as fast and solid in wind as I think it will, this tent might well become a favorite.

 

[okieboater]

I looked at mountainsmith home page and did not find this tent
This is a old design that was updated but for some reason was discontinued by mountain smith. Some how one of the many gear review sites I monitor emailed me about the sale.

As mentioned, I had wanted a tepee style tent but most I saw did not have a floor or the mesh. This version does and it looks good to me. Typical high quality construction I have come to expect from mountain smith products.

I did find the below on youtube.