Nice design... hard to put the end of pole through loop, need a lot of strength

This is a really good looking tent: It's just not quite big enough for two average size adults to sleep comfortably. Two kids; yes. Imo, It's EXCELLENT for one adult; especially a larger or taller adult. The interior tent is almost entirely mesh, and good ventilation. There's two "D" shaped doors on both sides of the mesh. The tub floor is a good quality waterproof nylon cloth (I will waterproof mine as I do all my outdoor equipment). The aluminum tent poles are quite different from most tent poles I've seen; it's a single pole double-Y on each end. It was really quick to put together and set up....the whole tent was pitched in about four minutes. I like that. There's a three foot aluminum pole that snaps into a top clip, and widens the outer tent structure, and gives it the geodesic look. Really cool looking. This added feature gives me plenty of space outside of the inner structure to store my gear and shoes and keep them dry in bad weather. The outer structure is an odd "glow-in-the-dark" color....not quite white, and has an ever so slight greenish tinge to it. I doubled checked the description to see if it actually glows - it doesn't. Lol, thank goodness! It very closely resembles parachute fabric...very lightweight, and water resistant. On the two ends of the outer structure are two ventilation flaps that can be closed, or held open by fabric covered and velcro-ed prop sticks for added ventilation. When the outer cover is on, there are no windows unless the two door flaps are secured open...which is a pretty standard design for this size of tent. Overall, this is a very nice tent that will do well for hiking, and is very suitable for larger adults who feel cramped in "pup tents". Nice tent and great looking design. I like it.

I'm 6' 4" tall ( 76 in / 193 cm) and need some extra length in my tent. However, I wanted a tent that is very light weight, but could hold up to some "light-duty" 4-season use (mild winds). I already had a "bomber" 4-season tent designed to handle extreme winds, but it weighs 11 lbs ( 5 kg) and I did not want to carry that kind of weight for the back country ice climbing I had in mind. MSR designed the Access 3 for 4-season backcountry skiing where the tent would be in protected conditions near the tree line. This sounded like it was designed exactly for what I had in mind. The 84" length was perfect for my taller than average height, giving me an extra 8" of space so I would not compress the down in my long sized 0 F ( -18 C) sleeping bag against the tent walls. I liked having the 3-person space inside the tent for extra room, but still keeping the overall packed weight right at 5 lbs ( 2.25 kg). Having two doors and two vestibules makes it really easy to store gear out of the weather and allow occupants to get out of the tent without disturbing others. Further, the doors face opposite directions so if you need to get out in higher winds, you can pick the door that is down wind. Because this tent is so light, I think going with the 3-person version, for just two occupants is perfect. However, you could fit 3 people if you slept head to toe and were willing to be in much tighter space. With two occupants, there is a lot of space inside the tent and in the vestibules. I had read concerns about condensation and lack of air flow in the tent. I have slept in many different 4-season tents, and when temperatures are below freezing, your going to have some condensation in any tent. I found the condensation in the Access 3 was mild, and just on the tent wall above where I was breathing all night. The condensation froze on the wall, and I just wiped off the ice crystals in the morning above my head before moving around. The temperatures were as low as 15 F (-9.5 C) during the night and I felt the tent did a great job keeping me warm in concert with my properly selected 0 F ( -18 C) down sleeping bag. We had a bit of snow and some light 15-20 mph winds (24 - 32 kph) and the tent pole structure held up well. I just shook the tent by one of the poles in the morning, and the snow slid right off as expected. I read some reviews saying the carbon fiber poles had issues producing carbon slivers at the pole ends. My poles did NOT have this issue at all. The poles were smooth at the ends and there was no carbon material breaking off or causing any slivers. Because the tent is designed with very light weight fabrics to keep the tent light, I also purchased the separate foot print to protect the tent floor which adds 11 oz ( 311 g). I was also careful with the tent when setting it up and when going in and out of the tent. It seems very durable as you would expect from MSR and should hold up to some abuse. However, because it's designed as an ultra light 4-season tent, I think special care is warranted and a fair trade off for this tents ultra light weight. I did need to add a few additional MSR ground hog stakes, as it does not come with enough stakes to stake every single guy out line. This is very common with tents, so I did not down rate them for this. I always bring enough stakes to guy out every single line just in case winds pick up unexpectedly. Overall I think this tent is designed very well for it's intended purpose and performed flawlessly for my 3-days in the backcountry of Cody, WY. I'm glad after careful review of many tents, that I selected the Access 3.