Durston X-Dome - A Mountain Camping Fail

​My first mountain night out with the Durston X-Dome didn’t go very well haha!

There was a standard slightly ropey mountain forecast but nothing out of the ordinary. I wasn’t expecting it to be a bad-weather-tent-test kinda camp and I thought I was pitching in a nice sheltered spot by a lake backed by majestic cliffs, then the wind changed direction, naturally

The tent poles were bending inwards, two of the pole sections kept pulling apart and then the crossbar snapped. I didn’t manage to get the tent up fully so I can’t say how it would have fared if I’d finished with it, but I just don’t trust lightweight pole tents in our unhinged UK weather

This tent has performed very well in more sheltered conditions (see that video here), it has innovative design features and is a great tent. I just don't think that lightweight and 'stormworthy' are qualities that can be found together in pole tents. In my experience, you choose one or the other

GEAR LIST

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TENT
Durston X-Dome 1 + Footprint (no affiliation)
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GPS / NAV
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MUSIC IN THIS VIDEO

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Who’s That – Ty Simon
In Other News – Sam River
Sleepless – Notize
Nocturne Op9 No2 – Aviva H
 
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