Customer Reviews

Eureka Adventure Apex 2FG 7-Foot by 5-Foot 2-Person Tent

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

My family has three of these, a great tent. I like that I can set up a low chair and read in my tent comfortably during bad weather. I don't care for the rain fly "wings" but both my dad and brother don't mind them and like the space. We all really like the double doors.

Just took this tent on a 7 day kayaking trip and it worked well for the most part.
We had many days of rain and on a few days the rain got heavy and the tent let some water seep through, not too much though.
The fly-out wings on the rain fly are a blessing and a curse. They are nice when its raining and you have gear you want to keep covered but don't want to bring in the tent. When you aren't in need of them they tend to get in the way when entering and exiting the tent and if the zipper is all the way down you have to crawl out in the narrow space to reach it when getting out. Kind of a pain....
The next problem is probably more of my own sloppiness and not specific to this tent. When it was raining I grabbed a bag of granola and took it back to the tent, I must have dropped a few crumbs and the next camp site I set it up at had a healthy fire ant population. That morning I woke up to ants all over the tent- how did they get in? They literally chewed holes through the tent, 6 in all. Never bring any food into your tent if there is even the possibility of ants being around.
So its a decent tent and pretty darn good when you consider the price but if you are going to be doing any serious treking, you might consider something else.

This tent was easy to set up and take down... it's lightweight and fits back in the packaging after use. I definitely recommend this tent for backpacking but you want to seal the corners as soon as you get it. Nothing like wanting to stay dry and your tent gets a puddle forming in the corner of it...

i've owned this tent for 5 years now and have spent over 100 nights in it - i just got back from a month-long road/rafting trip this last week

it doesn't provide a lot of heat insulation, but i've used it successfully for snow camping, and it's amazing for summer and warm-weather camping. the mesh is excellent - it's tight enough to keep out even the smallest bugs, but thin enough that it doesn't degrade the view too much. i have no problems with rips or tears - the tent itself is a bit stretched out from usage, but not a problem. i've also received a number of compliments on the color scheme :)

the tent does not perform well in heavy rainfall. the seams are sealed, but under heavy rain its elastic tabs (whose purpose is not clear to me) wick moisture into the tent and puddles can accumulate. in light rainfall, if you stake the fly away from the tent itself and put a tarp down *inside* (not outside!) the tent, you will probably stay dry. i haven't tried it in heavy wind, but based on the design i suspect it's not great in high wind either

if you're looking for a serious four-season tent capable of heavy wind and rain protection - i would buy something else. otherwise, i recommend this affordable tent wholeheartedly

I just took this tent on a three day backpack trip to above 12,000 ft. It was the perfect weight. It fit two people and two mid-sized dogs in it just fine. Nice and cozy! It faired very well against constant wind and rain. Bone dry inside! I would definately recommend this tent!

I've had my Eureka Apex tent for over 3 years now. It's been with my in the Rockies, Plains, North woods of Wisconsin, Ohio, backwoods of Kentucky and more places than I can remember. I've used it in all 3 seasons and in high wind, heavy rain and even a little snow. It's kept me reliably safe and dry.

There are several little design features that you don't notice at first glance. I appreciate the design of the venting throughout the tent. Coleman sells fans to increase circulation. The Eureka tent is designed to allow airflow, while minimizing moisture.

I'm tall. This is a 7' tent, but because of the slope of the tent I always feel like I'm hitting one of the walls. More a design flaw with me than the tent.

I've noticed a few reviews complain about moisture in the tent. I've never had *any* issues with water, but there are a few things I advise.

1. Spray with seam sealer (as with any tent). I also sprayed mine with permethrin to keep the bugs away in the AM.
2. If you're expecting rain, position the tent to where you think the flaps will block the rain from blowing in. If you don't know what direction that is, pull them in close.
3. Obviously select where you setup your tent carefully. No tent will stay dry if it's sitting in a puddle of water all night.

This tent should last you for a long time. It's really a wonderful little tent.

I like to travel lite, this tend is perfect for that, you should be carefull with the instructions about the corners or you will get flooded, I love the exclamation symbol in the side of the tent.

My wife and I use this tent frequently on backpacking trips. Of course, I am the one who gets stuck carrying OUR tent on every outing, but it is light enough that I really don't mind. The main selling points are that it is light for a 2-person tent at this price (aluminum-poled tents are lighter, but almost 2X as expensive), fairly compact when everything is wrapped up in the storage bag, easy to set up even in the dark (only 2 poles, rainfly clips on), and it is roomy and dry inside. The inside is big enough for my wife and I, plus both of our packs (63L and 80L) full of everything we brought with us. When we sleep, we put the packs at the foot-end of the tent and prop our feet up on them, which makes you feel like you fell asleep in a La-Z-Boy. There is also plenty of side-space so we aren't rolling over on each other in the night and can place items like flashlights and drinking bottles to the sides of us so we can have ready access to them if necessary. Vertical space is enough for a 6'2" guy to sit up and put a shirt on with no clearance issues.

The only thing I don't like about this tent is the rainfly. It does what it is supposed to do, but could be better. Allow me to explain:

The rainfly doesn't clear the edge of the tent on the door sides, so when it rains or heavy dew has accumulated on it, water drops have a tendency to fall into the tent if you have the door open (entry and exit). Even our "car-camp" 3-man Coleman cheapie has a rainfly that covers the tent so well that you can keep the door wide open in a torrential downpour. It is for this reason that I am looking at buying an Apex 2XT with the full-zip vestibule rainfly, although, it sounds like I may have some gripes about that one too, judging from reviews.

The vestibules on the Apex 2 aren't that roomy to make it worth having them on this tent. In the rain, I can set our folded-up tripod camp chairs under them, and a couple small items that the rain would not cause damage to, but not much else. That is why most everything we bring goes into the tent with us overnight.

A recommendation: If you can get the Eureka footprint (aka: "floor saver") for this tent, it is a good idea. We tried getting away with a standard tarp that was close to the size of the tent's floor and it really doesn't work out well. The rain and dew from the tent just ran off onto the tarp and was trapped between the tarp and tent floor. The water never came in through the floor, but you don't want to create a situation where it is more likely to happen than usual. Also, small rocks and twigs poked through the tarp, even though we did a thorough job of preparing our tent site. The Eureka floor-saver is the prefect size to prevent the water problem (water has a chance to run off and get soaked up by the ground first) and is more beefy than a plain blue tarp.

So i bought the tent a few weeks back, first night i got it I set it up and seam sealed the inside and the fly, used it that night. The next day it just so happend a HUGE storm came throgh that night, tent was still there dry as a bone! Took it camping this summer as well, rained a little there as well and still managed to stay dry. The next night was extremly hot (88F at night) was able to sleep comfortably with the rain fly off.
Awesome tent, easy to find in the dark!!
No major complaints yet and ive slept in the tent 3 times!

I have had this tent for a year now - I've used it probably about 10 nights (all of my trips are solo single night trips out of a kayak). As usual for a two man tent, it really only sleeps one plus modest amount of gear. However, if you are "camping" in the backyard with one of your young kids and have no gear - then it comfortably sleeps 2.

What I really LOVE ABOUT THIS TENT is that on dry nights, I pull out the two stakes on the ends of the rainfly, I undo the two clips of the rainfly and then I fold back the rain fly. I unzip and roll-up the windows on both doors. The third side (not shown in the picture) is all screen, from floor to directly overhead. When I do this, I am bug-free but sleeping under the stars! The fourth side does not unzip, but does not interfere much with the "under the stars" feeling.

Once when I was "sleeping under the stars", it unexpectedly started to rain during the night - I had to go outside the tent and snap back the two clips and it was sufficient (I didn't bother putting the stakes back into the ground.)

Pros:
- I have had no problems with this tent so far.
- The base tent is the easiest I've seen to set up. The rain fly is a bit confusing at first. Overall, a pretty easy tent to set up.
- The rainfly does provide shelter from dew and light rain for some small gear (like shoes). I have not been in any heavy rains or high winds.
- When folded, it is reasonably small for camping out of a kayak (does not take up too much room in the kayak hatch). But for backpacking, there are probably smaller tents (albeit more expensive).

Cons:
- Sometimes I think its ugly, but at other times I think its kind of cool looking - I guess it depends on the angle from where you look at it.
- I wish it came in other colors - the color is a bit loud (but easy to spot from the other side of a lake).