This is a two person ultralite tent, with a single wall SiLite (silicon impregnated nylon) and PU coated 6000 mm nylon floor. Further weight savings are made through the lack of true vestibules. The tent relies instead on the Reverse Angle Door design, in which the front doorway is angled forward to provide an overhang.

Shape-wise the best description is a windsock split down the middle, achieved through a pre-bent Easton pole hoop at each end and 3 Spectra guy ropes at the front and one at the rear, with 4 corner pegs bring the total to 8. Pole attachment is via thread-through sleeves, which despite being a pet hate of mine were surprisingly trouble free when inserting and removing the poles.

To counteract the innate condensation issues of single wall tents both the front and back of the Den2 have mesh inserts that are the full size of the doors allowing the tent to be opened up for as much airflow as possible.

    The first couple of uses were actually a year apart at the same overnight mountain bike race that requires a tent to be carried for the two person team. First impressions were very good, it was light and small! The pre-bent poles do effect the bulk a little, but I found they strapped to the outside of my pack with no concerns. Both these times I was camping in a field with a peg friendly loamy soil, quite damp with intermittent rain throughout the nights but not getting overly cold (~10º C/50º F). There was plenty of room for two tall guys and enough overhang at the front to cook under while lying in the tent (about all we were capable of by that point of the day anyway). Where the lack of vestibules showed was storing our packs/shoes. In the first race our map (laminated) was draped over the guy lines, at the second race a silnylon tarp was hooked from the tent out to two upside down bikes. In the mornings the packup was easy though there had been quite a bit of condensation despite having the doors mostly open, easily solved by wiping out with a pack towel before packing.

    After these races the tent still looked new, so feeling the shame of having an expensive tent sitting around waiting for infrequent races, I decided to take it out on a few more trips. One of which was Mt Kaputar a 1500 m mountain in western New South Wales, where we camped just below the summit. Here the weather and terrain was a bit more of a test for the tent. This started with the tent site which was a well compacted national park site with a good mix of rocks that the skewer stakes didn't get along with very well (prompting the change to Y stake pegs). The weather was inclement with a strong gusting wind which increased the difficulty of setting up and made the tent look a bit unstable (particularly with side-on breezes). The temperature got down to ~3º C (37 º F) and I kept the zips mostly done up for a bit more warmth. In the morning after a slightly restless sleep due to some flapping of the tent what little condensation had occurred cleared up quickly in the sun while I had breakfast. Further trips have had the tent in some cooler (-8º C/17º F) and lower humidity conditions and the tent had minimal condensation with only small amounts of ventilation.