I have a TNF RoadRunner 3.
After approximately 15 seasons, I'm officially retiring it after this year.
About 2 years after I purchased it I loaned it to a friend who put it away wet and never took it out to dry, which caused the taped seams on the fly to delaminate. I seam sealed it after cleaning it and I applied NikWax Tent & Gear Proof to it once throughout the years to maintain some water repellency.
I purchased a MEC Volt A/C 3 a couple years ago, but sold it after one or two uses. It was light and good specs, but I didn't like the way the door opened (one zipper went horizontally, the other vertically and when closed they would meet in the bottom corner, as opposed to a "D" shaped door); which they have since changed and also the cinch strings on the tarp fly would come loose in the wind very easily.
I've decided to go back to TNF's tent that has the closest design to my original RoadRunner 3 which is their Talus 3.
Price is quite reasonable $330CDN +/- and includes a gear loft and a foot print.
Total weight is 6lbs 1oz off the store shelf. It has simiar sized vestibule and floor areas as my old RoadRunner 3. In the RoadRunner3 we sleep 3 of us in it (6ft 180lbs +/- adult males) while "Snug" it's by no means claustrophobic. and the vestibules were large enough to protect our boots and packs from torrential rain.
They also make a 2 and 4 person version of this tent. Although no experience with this actual tent, my previous TNF tent and all my TNF gear I have has held up very well for me over the years.
