Sierra Designs Zeta 3 Tent

Best Bargain Tent-2009 Backpacker Gear Guide

The Zeta 3 from Sierra Designs is an affordable and spacious 3-person, 3-season, freestanding tent. The Zeta uses Sierra Design's Tunnel Dome engineering to increase roominess and allow quick and easy set-up. Two 10 square foot vestibules add to the tent's spaciousness.

Other important features include a bathtub floor to prevent flooding, ball cap connector, Jake's Foot pole attachment and swift clips for easy pitching and a vented vestibule for additional air circulation. The Zeta 3 includes stakes, guy line, poles, stuff sack and a lifetime warranty.

• Ball Cap Connector with SQ Ring-eliminates the tip and grommet at the end of the ridge poles. The unique shape allows the ball cap to pivot and rotate without release.

• Bath Tub Floor-Raised, taped perimeter seam provides waterproofness.

• ECO - Dye-Free Optic White Canopy-Optic white canopies transmit light more effectively to give a brighter and more pleasant environment for long hours inside tent.

• Jakes Foot Pole Attachment Updated-Simply snap the pole ball ends into the Jake's Foot for secure hold. A simple twist of the foot to the side quickly releases the pole. Jake's Foot allows easy attachment to fly and foot print.

• RCT Swift Clip-The RCT Swift Clip clips on easily to any pole diameter and removes with a simple twist.

• S-Stopper-An innovative way to tension the ridgepole and body while keeping the pole safely out of the way.

• Tunnel Dome-Innovative architecture combines the strengths of both dome and tunnel tents in one unified design. Freestanding ease of setup and large doors from dome tents meets steep walls, covered doors, and spacious interiors of tunnel tents.

• Vented Vestibule-Allows for additional air circulation.

• Visor Connector-Allows for 90-degree pole connection with easy, but secure, snap in ball and pole.