I have a Kelty tarp, a Kelty camp chair, and a bunch of Kelty duffle bags. I have four Marmot tents, ranging from their cheapos to one of their heavy-duty four season tents. I don't think you can go wrong either way. I'm happy to do away with the "screen porch" because I put a Kelty tarp over the picnic table where I really want to be if I have to cook or hang out or get organized or pack up camp in a drizzle. Personally, I'd rather have the two doors in a multi-person tent. Long term, I think the Marmot will be more durable (the difference in the floors will show up five years down the road, when each has lost some of its new-out-of-the-box waterproofing as all tents do). Bad weather or pushing into cooler spring/fall camping, I'd rather have the Marmot. For nice weather camping, I think either would be fine. If it weren't for the closeout pricing on the Kelty, the nod would go to the Marmot, but $165 difference is a significant difference. Basically, you are looking at a "better" and "best" version of the same tent. Here are videos from the same retailer on the 4 man versions of these tents so you can compare some of the details: I set up my Halo 4 by myself and I'm sure I could set up a Halo 6, although having two people would make putting on the fly a little easier. I've never heard BackcountryEdge mention that a tent is tricky or that it takes two or three people to set up. It sounds from the videos below that the Kelty is a bit of a bear to set up (the vestibule). Not a big deal on a sunny day if you take the rain flys off, but huge on a warm rainy day where opening up the opposing vestibules for cross ventilation would help. There's no mesh on the small back door of the Kelty - no cross flow. The Halo also has better ventilation, in the form of four large brow vents in the fly (I don't think the Kelty has any) and in the form of the two large partial mesh doors that can create a cross flow. Both have massive amounts of mesh, but the Halo can be closed up completely from the waist down with zipper panels, so it will be better in cold weather. It stops short of the ground on the sides.
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The Kelty doesn't have a completely full coverage fly. The tradeoff is that the screened panels on the Kelty can't really be sealed against the wind and the rain, so this tent is not going to handle a big thunder storm as well as the Marmot.
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The Kelty has one small vestibule plus a large vestibule in front with a support pole and screened walls to serve as a quasi screen porch. So one person could have their shows and duffle bags and junk in outside one door and the other person with their own door and storage area. Marmot has two large standard vestibules - identical. Since it is inconceivable that someone would buy a tent this size for solo camping, I think two doors is a significant benefit, especially in the middle of the night.
The Kelty only has one door (plus a little pass thru to put stuff in a small vestibule in back. The Marmot has two doors and two identical doors and vestibules on either side of the tent. This is one of the significant differences in these two tents. The Marmot has 3000 mm waterproofing on the floor compared to 1800 mm for the Kelty. Both have 1800 mm waterproofing on the fly. I would strongly suspect they are made in the same factory.īoth use polyurethane coated polyester for the flys and polyurethane coated nylon for the floors. Marmot is a higher end brand and their pricing reflects that. Generally speaking, Kelty makes great middle of road camping gear. Marmot is a sister company of Coleman and ExOfficio. Kelty is a sister company of Sierra Designs. 12mm DAC17 aluminum poles.īoth are subsidiaries of large conglomerates. The Marmot is going to pull all four sides out a bit more. The Kelty uses one halo pole, the Marmot has two.
A two pole dome with "halo" poles running around the top to pull the sides out. The Marmot might be a bit taller at the sides of the tent, but they are both big tents. The Marmot is 10 ft x 10 ft, but has more vertical walls.The height is the same: 76 inches for the Halo, 75 inches for the Kelty.
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It's discontinued and it appears that the footprint is not available, although any 10 x 10 footprint would work, including the Marmot Halo 6 footprint.īest deal on the Marmot 6 is at SunnySports, $399.95 with free shipping.Įssentially the same. With 35% off discount, $217 plus $17 shipping, total $234. Ok, best deal on the Kelty is at Sierra Trading Post.
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