It's a 2 person tent, but fits four if you are close.

In my mind, at least when gear & product reviewing, one wants to throw the ‘kitchen sink’ at the product to verify that what it claims in print is true. While the Big Agnes Seedhouse SL2 is a tent for 3 seasons we put it through an environment and terrain that I’m not sure the Seedhouse SL2 was ever designed it for… a desert the size of France, Belgium & Holland combined, stinky adventure racing athletes and more sand than the world’s beaches combined.

Well guess what? It passed and with flying colors. Right from the get-go it became apparent that the Seedhouse SL2 was easy and quick to put up. Not that we ever needed it in a hurry, however when you have been on your feet for 36 hours and really want to get off them, a quick erecting tent is a must. The 1 pole construction that resembled something like an old analog TV aerial was great. This eliminated “which pole goes where” scenarios, with the only guess work being figuring out the poles long verses short end. The body of the tent clipped in quickly and easily removing the ‘other tents’ “100’s of clips” to secure the tent and pole together. The fly followed immediately thereafter allowing us to save even more time next time.

Doubles as a clothes rack too!

The inside is more than adequate when we were looking for a place to shelter for the wind, sun and sand. The small vestibule was in this case an asset making it easy to get outside, however in different conditions I can see this being a problem. But hey you wanted a light tent right? The Seedhouse SL2 comes with a footprint which conveniently attached to the body of the tent. Furthermore the tapered shape of the entire tent makes it effective in strong winds and again lends itself to the idea of creating a light, strong and practical tent with no wasted space.

I would have liked to have 1 or 2 more storage pouches sown in the body of the tent to make fumbling around at 2am for ear plugs a lot easier. However the 3 that I found were great.

For a tent so light (3 lb 6 oz) and easy to put up the Big Agnes Seedhouse SL2 is more than great, it’s a fantastic tent. To get to the end of a long day and not have thoughts of “oh we have to put up the tent” were quickly dispelled. The goal of having a light tent with simple construction that doesn’t cut corners however gives you essentially what a tent needs the Seedhouse SL2 is all that plus a few extras thrown in to create some escape.

-Paul Humphreys