I received my Xmid 1P tent a few days ago, and set it up for the first time in my backyard. It was very easy to set up (

I love this tent! I've found that the larger footprint isn't such a big hurdle because it's only necessary to find a flat patch for the area of the inner. I've set the tent up over bushes and even a small log once:-) The two large vestibules are wonderful - I can use one for gear and one for cooking. Also, the narrow inner has never felt claustrophobic to me due to the mesh and large outer.

Finally ive found a review of this tent of someone whos actuslly used it. Everyone else just buys it and sets it up in their yard lol

Thanks for the review. Very Helpful. I am excited to get my new X-Mid 2P that is supposed to arrive tomorrow!

Thanks for sharing! I own mine over a year now and I absolutely love it! It gave me safe shelter in heavy rain, storm and it always felt good to be in it. I love it :-)

Nice review! I have the 2P and I love it. I am tall 6’2” and I have plenty of overhead and leg room. I also have the Stargazer Kit that easily allows me to set up the inner tent without the rainfly if I desire. I have had mine for about a year-and-a-half. Great tent!

Great review, very thorough. I am waiting for my X-Mid 2P, it should arrive in late April. They sell out in less than 5 minutes! For uneven ground I attach adjustable loops of cord between the tent and stakes at the vestibule. That way I can easily move the stakes outwards and pull the vestibule fabric tight.

hi Dori. good to see your still trekkiin , happy and healthy. envy the warm weather there. ir back in snow country at the moment. 10👍/10👍

Dorie, I’m glad you are back on. You have good info. You call it as you see it. i have the version 2. It has been up once in my lawn. Will set it up more in better weather. I plan to use it on canoe trips, and motorcycle camping. I want to try staking out a long door as a shelter to sit under. My camp seat is regular chair seat height, but not a wide chair, so it should work. In a base camp situation, I’ll extend a rainfly out from a door. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

you have a good tent indeed, thanks for the honest tips

Great review am taking mine on SWCP very soon and hope it stands up 👍

hey Dori love your stuff . I can see your good points on the tent especially the way you can set up the bug inner in our wa shelters, I personally am a zpacks duplex man with the options of trekking poles, freestanding or carbon tent poles it is two person but really best for one with room for your pack inside and superlight. I am not sponsored but i do smile with the same enthusiasm as you do when i talk about my tent. It's just the best. Thanks for the video I wanna skip work now and go bush.🌳

Hi Doreen, hope you’re doing great ! Sending good vibes to you from Perth here 😄👍🏻

Great looking tent! Nice review. I have seen a lot of people with this tent. Nice explanation. New follower here. Crow✌️

I normally like tents with a separable inner and outer, but I bought my Durston a few weeks ago, and this time I went for the single wall Durston X-Mid Pro1. I did that for the stronger contrast to my normal Hilleberg tents and for the extra space that the one person Dyneema version offers versus the one person double wall version. Just like you, I find the pitch quite easy to do if one does not seek perfection, and has flat ground, but quite the challenges if one does want perfection or encounters high and low spots on the corner surfaces. But I've only had it up about four times, so hopefully it will get easier as time goes by. The details and the quality of the Durston gear is outstanding and while I don't really care about ultra-light, I'm not complaining about the one pound (454 gram) weight neither. I'm glad to have found your review. There is bth a "skinny pitch" option for the Durston, for when the space is tight. Lastly, for those who don't want to carry trekking poles, it should be mentioned that Durston sells their ingeniously designed Z-Flick adjustable carbon fibre supports for a reasonable price, and they weight in at 93 grams and pack down to 31 cm. I love m'.

Very nice looking tent good show thanks

Great review, thank you. I'm curious though does the shape of the pole's handles interfere with set up or stability of the tent? I have Leki poles too with cord ergonomic handles. How would they perform as supports in the Dan Durston shelter? Thanks again!

Hey Dorie! Thanks for your review. I do own a trekking pole tent myself but I do not use trekking poles. So I usually look for sticks on the ground that suit the purpose and it works fine. Why is it that trekking poles are a must for the mid-x?

Just found your channel and subscribed! Great info for a truly fantastic tent. I had the original 1P, but felt a bit squished, now have the 2P and absolutely love it! There's not a better tent out there for the price! I love the quality, the sil-poly, the ease of set up, the overall thoughtfulness of the design and features, love, love, LOVE the double wall features (setting up as just a shelter, star-gazing mode, etc) fly first pitch, the weight. I also have the Duplex and, while the Duplex will win weight comparison every time, the features of the X-Mid win every other category. I saw in an interview Dan Durston is considering a double wall made with DCF for his next project - I will be all over that when it comes out!

Thank you for your informative and lovely sharing but I don't understand why many reviewer did mentioned also it is not easy to find good spot to pitch up this tend? But i guess its footprint are very similar to other stand-alone tent too. So why I keep hearing this reminder? I am curious. Can you further advise?

Great long term review. I am looking to get the 1p. It looks like the latest version is a little bit bigger on the interior. Do you ever regret not going with the 2p?

I'd low to know how you stand behind yourself :) - Great video thanks for your efforts!

Thank you so much. So refreshing to hear from someone genuine who isn't sponsored. Really helped me with the set up too 😊

Good review. Well done. I agree about the necessity of trekking poles being a drawback. I don’t always take them, sometimes I only take one and frequently I like to set up camp and hike up a Mtn using a trekking pole. All of that makes it hard to justify this tent style for me. The Durston tents do seem like the best option in this category though

G’day, Dorie. An update. Have done only an overnight canoe trip in my X-Mid 1p. Packing now for a 7 day canoe trip on Michigan’s Au Sable River. We move daily, so I get some practice in pitching and striking. Rain, of course is in all of the forecasts. (And - I looked at several forecasts, hoping to find a favorable one. 😏). I’ll rig a rain fly for a covered area for cooking, eating, and socializing. My experience so far is very favorable. As I crawl in and out, change clothes, stretch out, roll over, etc etc, I find myself saying “DARN IT!!” a lot fewer times. I find a grin on my face a lot of times. The tent accommodates and shelters me. And, isn’t that what it’s supposed to do? Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

Seems similar to my tarptent stratospire, apart from the fact that your tent has traveled roughly 1000km more than mine :-)

Hi, erecting the tent.. I would like to see how you set it up...

Thank you so much for such honest reviews” likes and dislikes”😊

Excellent review, it is especially important to have quality zippers.

Hey Dori,I am looking at this tent, the Xmid 2 Pro or the REI Flash 1 (not released to the public yet) for my 2024 AT hike. This one is the cheapest and probably the warmest and most durable. Weight is also understandably a big factor for me. If doing a thru hike of the AT would you go with this tent again or with the Pro version? And are you using a footprint with this tent?

I’m pretty heavily invested in Tarptents now but have to admit it is a great looking design. Would be interesting to see what a DCF version would weigh.

Nice job, thanks. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

Hello and good review. I'm very interested in the Durston tents. Like the lightness of the x mid pro 2. Can you use the trekking poles point or tip down, with handle in the upper position. Really enjoyed watching and subbed you. Thanks Steve 👍

i think Dan should consider a 1 door, 1 vestibule design. V2 of the 1P has more space but I think he can do better.

is there a way to pitch this tent on concrete?

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180 cm is not tall, its 5ft 9 you are a shorty !

great review! thank you, have a great day.