Kelty Discovery Trail Backpacking Tent Lightweight Easy Setup 2 Poles

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1. Albert Verified Buyer – 22 April 2024

   I watched a video on You Tube about the assembly process and it seemed very easy. It was easy to assemble, lightweight and most important, kept the mosquitos out. I thought about purchasing the one person tent but opted for the two person for the extra room. I was glad I did. I was camped on a low incline and I rolled around the tent all night. It would have been a nightmare if another person was in the tent. Sleep by yourself with a little extra room in case you want to bring your pack inside.
   

2. Clay Verified Buyer – 10 August 2024

   I like the tent. Price is good. Overall quality is “ok”. I’ve had many Kelty items in the past and frankly was expecting a little bit better. Very easy setup, had my friends jealous of how quickly I was finished. However, the tent material feels thin and cheap, stitching is not straight, and for the life of me I can’t get the rain fly tight enough so that it doesn’t sag and touch the mesh of the tent. Overall it’s a good budget tent but I doubt it lasts more than a few camping seasons. FWIW: I am a scout leader and camp 10-12 times per year, roughly half of these trips are backpacking. I’ve been buying camping gear for over 30 years and have an assortment from various manufacturers.

   

3. Adventure Rider Verified Buyer – 7 October 2024

   Easy straight forward set-up and folds up compact and the 3 man is light enough for motorcycle adventure riding.
   

4. Melissa P. Verified Buyer – 1 February 2025

   My husband and I took this on a 2 night, 17 mile backpacking trip and were so pleased! The extra space allowed us to bring our packs in during a rainstorm but kept us nice and dry. Quite lightweight compared to our previous 2 person one which was much appreciated on our trek. Our daughter also loves it for a quick backyard camp! This tent will be taken on many more adventures! Zippers and seems are high quality, set up was very quick and easy, and it ventilated well while raining and 85 degrees!
   

5. Nancy Arena Verified Buyer – 4 February 2025

   This might be the easiest tent I’ve ever put up and I’ve done a fair bit of serious backpacking under many different conditions. It’s also super light weight and I think would work well for multi-night hiking/backpacking trips. Both nights of our recent camping trip rained and it was unseasonably hot and muggy for August in upstate New York but this tent did keep us and our stuff dry. My only criticism is that in conditions where you cannot keep the fly open due to rain, there is only one hole for ventilation in the fly when fully zipped up and the tent was pretty hot overnight. There was only two of us and we managed ok by opening the front flap of the fly between bouts of rain but ventilation could be improved upon.
   

6. Jorge Verified Buyer – 9 March 2025

   ++++ Updated Oct 2023+++++ New set of poles were sent to replace. It was a new set, still in the bag, and wrapped in plastic. Not the same way the others arrived. But I am happy with the customer service of Kelty and my brand new replacements poles for th tent. The tent was my first one-man tent., Tent preformed as expected and was light enough for thee trip. Happy with the purchase. It was two days before leaving on an 18 mile backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail. I opened the bag and tried to remove the set of poles, but I eneded up pulling out three poles individually because they were not attached. I dont believe the tension from the elastic connectors would have broken once placed in the bag. The poles are designed to be pulled and setup many times. This may be a quality control issue. The other set of poles were fine. I will update my review once Kelty responds to my inquiry on the issue.Tent poles were detached. Not what I expecteed from Kelty.

   

7. Brandon Tran Verified Buyer – 13 March 2025

   Perfect tent! Bonus the price is affordable! I bought 2 of these for my family.
   

8. M.E. Verified Buyer – 18 March 2025

   So far so great – have used in trips amounting to six overnights now. As advertised, it’s a solo setup. I’m 5’11” 180lbs and have just enough room to lay the sleeping pad on the bottom with a little room left over for boots, water bottle, spring/fall jacket at foot of tent. You are not going to bring much else into the tent. The fly is just big enough to cover my medium size pack. A big wow for me was this tent sets up and takes down in just two min. tops.
   Also well thought out was the small pop out window on the wall side opposite the door to allow air circulation and a very cool “shark mouth” stuff sack to put the tent into when packing up. My friends were impressed with the tent. ease of setup and breakdown, but when they were wrestling to get their “3 gallon” tent into a “one gallon” stuff sack they really appreciated the shark mouth stuff sack.

   For solo light to medium use, I don’t think you can beat this tent!
   

9. Anonymous Verified Buyer – 23 March 2025

   I bought 2 of these (Kelty Discovery Trail 3) for my kids for scouts. One of the shockcords inside one of the tent poles was broken when i opened it for the first time. That is my only complaint. It took me 5 minutes to run a new piece of shockcoard through the poles and we were back in business. (To me this is a PRO, it’s good to know that they are easy to repair. Nice aluminum poles and tent pegs. I also bought off-brand footprints (Redcamp 71″x83″) which is just an couple inches smaller than the bottom of the tent (which is perfect). I did replace the rainfly guy-line with reflective line. Total tent weight with the added footprint and some spare tent pegs is 7lbs, 2oz. Not bad for a $150 (+$20 for footprint) 3 person tent that can be distributed between 2 people and have plentiful room for gear inside. The front vestibule has plenty of space to keep your boots dry in a thunderstorm. I am a Marine, Eagle Scout, and a Scout Master, 25+ years Backpacking, I like the tent at this price point for kids that will use it every month.

   

10. Melanie Bathgate Verified Buyer – 13 April 2025

    This is the perfect little tent! I have only used it for car camping, but hope to eventually test it out backpacking. I am 5’6 and with my sleeping pad and bag, I still had room for my duffel bag at my feet. I can sit up and not hit my head on the tent roof. The side pockets are handy for storing a headlamp and other quick access items. I recently used it without the rainfly, and the mesh is see through for stargazing at night. I purchased the tent with the footprint to protect the bottom. It’s excellent for what I need on solo adventures!