Trail weight and pitched footprint matter more than the season label · review
Foumteex two-person dome tent review
A two-person dome that publishes its inner box, its pack size and a 4000 mm (157.5 in) coating figure, but never says whether that figure belongs to the fly, the floor or both.
An inner space of 270 × 150 × 110 cm (106.3 × 59.1 × 43.3 in), two inner pockets, a packed bag weighing 1.9 kg (4.2 lb), a pack size of 43 × 14 × 14 cm (16.9 × 5.5 × 5.5 in), a 210T Oxford fabric with a 4000 mm (157.5 in) polyurethane coating, two mesh doors, and a pitch time given as five to ten minutes for one person.
The figure that is doing double duty
4000 mm, published once. The bullet is headed PU4000mm and the sentence underneath describes a hydrostatic polyurethane coating that works against rain. Rain falls on the flysheet. Nothing in the listing attributes that number to the floor, and nothing gives the floor a number of its own.
That matters because the two panels do different jobs. A groundsheet carries body weight on ground that may be holding water, and makers who measure both normally publish a higher figure for the floor than for the fly.
What is missing
Pole material. Not named anywhere. At this end of the shelf the choice is between an aluminum alloy and fiberglass, and it changes both the packed length and what happens in a gust.
A season rating. None is claimed, which is at least honest — a season number is shorthand rather than a standard.
Before ordering
Measure the pitch you actually use. The 270 cm (106.3 in) inner length is generous for two, but the packed roll is 43 cm (16.9 in) long, which is longer than some pack lids will take across the top.
Availability
The American Amazon store returned nothing, so the buy link opens a local search rather than a page that is not there.
Every figure here is what Keepa held on the day this page was last revised. Offers and prices shift without warning.
What it does well, and where it gives way
Strengths
Publishes the inner box in full at 270 × 150 × 110 cm (106.3 × 59.1 × 43.3 in), so the sleeping length is known before it arrives
Gives a packed figure of 1.9 kg (4.2 lb) for the bag itself and a 43 × 14 × 14 cm (16.9 × 5.5 × 5.5 in) pack size to go with it
States sealed inner seams and a double-layer construction under the seams and zips
Compromises
The 4000 mm (157.5 in) figure is published once for the coating and never split between flysheet and groundsheet, which is the split that decides a wet night
No pole material at all, and on a dome at this price that is the line that separates alloy from fiberglass
The 1.9 kg (4.2 lb) is not labeled trail or packed, so it cannot be lined up against a maker that labels both
Where this model is listed
A listing is not an offer: the reference exists on these stores, availability changes daily.
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Specifications
Trail weight
Not published on the listing — only one figure is published, and it is not labeled
Packed weight
1.9 kg (4.2 lb) — stated for the packed storage bag; the maker does not label it trail or packed
Floor area
270 × 150 cm (106.3 × 59.1 in) inner — stated as part of a 270 × 150 × 110 cm (106.3 × 59.1 × 43.3 in) inner space
Peak height
110 cm (43.3 in) — stated as the third figure of the 270 × 150 × 110 cm (106.3 × 59.1 × 43.3 in) inner space
Hydrostatic head — flysheet
4000 mm (157.5 in) — stated for the polyurethane coating, without saying it is the flysheet figure
Hydrostatic head — groundsheet
Not published on the listing — the single 4000 mm (157.5 in) figure is never attributed to the floor
Fabric denier
Not published on the listing — the fabric is given as 210T Oxford, which is a thread count and not a denier
Pole material
Not published on the listing
Pitch type
Dome — stated; whether it stands without pegs is not said
Season rating
Not published on the listing
Amazon reference
B0GQ9J83SY
EAN
0634052540971
What people ask before buying
Is 210T the same as a denier?
No. 210T counts threads per square inch of woven fabric; denier weighs the yarn itself. A maker can publish one without the other, and this listing publishes only the thread count, so the yarn weight of the fabric is unknown.
What does a single 4000 mm (157.5 in) figure leave out?
It leaves out which panel was tested. A flysheet sheds rain that falls on it; a groundsheet takes a knee pressing down on wet ground, which is a much harder test. Makers who publish both usually give the floor the higher number.
Does Foumteex publish a trail weight?
No. Not published on the listing — only one figure is published, and it is not labeled. What the listing does publish instead is the packed weight: 1.9 kg (4.2 lb) — stated for the packed storage bag; the maker does not label it trail or packed.
Our score
7.2/ 10
The geometry is fully published and the coating figure is not. If you camp on dry pitches the inner box is generous for the money; if you expect standing water, the missing floor figure is the one you would want.
The buyer this one serves, among camping gear
Two people who want a known inner length and pack size, and who camp where the ground is dry.
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 100.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Sources
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for camping and hiking gear and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
Two person · freestanding · 7001 aluminum pole · 20D silicone nylon · 4000 mm (157.5 in) + fabric figure · 1.9 kg (4.2 lb) unlabelled
A freestanding 20D nylon tent that names its pole alloy and gives a 4000 mm (157.5 in) figure to the fabric rather than to a panel, so the floor is left without one.
Best for: Two people who camp where pegs may not bite and want a named pole alloy under a 20D fly.
One person · freestanding · aluminum poles · PU 5000 bathtub floor · 1.9 kg (4.2 lb) unlabelled · 38 × 13 × 13 cm (15 × 5.1 × 5.1 in) packed
A one-person tent that publishes the figure most listings skip — 5000 mm (196.9 in) on the floor — and leaves the flysheet without a water column of its own.
Best for: One person on soft ground who wants a floor figure published and a vestibule for boots and a pack.
One person · 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) unlabelled · 3000 mm (118.1 in) fly · PE floor with no figure · fiberglass poles · pegs required
A 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) solo tent that states its fly water column, admits in its own bullet that it will not stand without pegs, and leaves the floor figure out.
Best for: Bike and motorcycle touring on ground soft enough for pegs, where a 12 × 38 cm (4.7 × 15 in) roll is the constraint.