Sierra Designs Lightning 2 Person Camping Tent

The Lightning was one of our first major successes in the ultralight category, winning a Backpacker "Editors' Choice" award in 2004. Freestanding, simple to pitch, the Lightning weighs a scant three pounds, 15 ounces. Clip-Locs and Swift Clips pull up to the x-pole design, meaning you can pitch the whole gig in seconds. With a nine-square-foot vestibule and plenty of mesh, it's comfortable, organized, and you won't get annoying condensation in the morning. DAC Featherlite NSL poles save weight without sacrificing strength, and the 40-denier fly sheds heavy rain for seasons to come.

Tent Apex Series Technology

Color Coded Webbing

Guides pole placement for speed and ease of set-up

Allows for quick orientation of rainfly set-up (color-coded on stake loops and on rainfly)

Constructed of durable, lightweight nylon

Dye-Free Optic White Canopy

Optic white canopies transmit light more effectively to give a brighter and more pleasant environment for long hours inside tent

Sierra Designs produces the Optic White Canopy™ without the use of chemical dyes

Swift Clips

A Sierra Designs innovation that allows the tent to be staked out before attaching the body to the pole structure

Computer Aided Design

A Sierra Designs system of using Computer Aided Design to make technically superior tents

Allows us to design tents that have a uniform distribution of stress

Lightweight Fly Material

40-denier, 1.94oz/ High-Tenacity Nylon with a 246 thread count in a Rip-stop weave

Silicone coating provides additional lightweight, waterproofness and UV protection

1500mm waterproof Polyurethane under coating allows for seam taping and is durable and waterproof

100% waterproof to 80 PSI

UL Stake Loops and Vestibule Stake Out Tensioners

Lighter than webbing stake out loops

Made from 3mm, reflective, cord and color coded to the fly to ease set up

The ultralight line locks are small and compact yet cinch down fast and tight

DAC® Featherlite NSL Poles

Thicker diameter poles with a thinner wall increases strength and saves weight

Expanded insert combined with a large diameter pole creates a stronger connection point between pole sections

The best strength-to-weight ratio of any tent pole available today

Unique joining insert allows for a cleaner, smoother transition in Reverse Combi Technology™ (RCT)

DAC® has greatly reduced the use of phosphoric and nitric acid in the anodizing process (cleaner manufacturing makes for a cleaner environment)

Reflective Door Binding Tape

By adding wide, reflective binding around the doors, our 4 Season tents provide extreme reflectivity in your head lamps during low visibility conditions

Locking Pole Tips

Keeps pole tips locked in grommet for faster, easier set up

Extended pole tips can be found on all 4-Season tents as well as the Tengu 3 and Tengu 2

A Sierra Designs innovation

 

SuperSeal Floor

Combines benefits of catenary and bathtub floors

Raised, taped, perimeter seam provides guaranteed waterproofness

Maintains a tighter pitch with a better wind line to prevent flapping

Tent Guard with Ultra Fresh

We begin using Tent Guard with Ultra Fresh in 2004 (a Sierra Designs exclusive at the time!) and with great success. Applied as part of the PU coating to our rain flies, floors and footprints, Tent Guard extends the life of a tent by thwarting mold, mildew and fungus. Particularly on extended trips or in damp climates, Tent Guard protects a tent if it is packed or stored temporarily while wet — another bit of piece of mind for your customers.

Specifications:

Trail Weight 3 lbs 15 oz
Fastpack Weight 2 lbs 7 oz
Packed Weight 4 lbs 6 oz
Packed Size 25" x 7"
Number of Doors 1
Interior Area 31 sq. ft.
Vestibule Area 9 sq. ft.
Peak Height 40"
Floor Material 70D Taffeta Nylon, 1800mm
Body Material 40D Nylon Rip Stop, 1500mm
Fly Material 40D HT Nylon Rip Stop PU/Silicon, 1500mm
Number of Poles 2
Poles DAC Featherlite NSL, 9.0mm