Argali Yukon 8p review

[Josh Boyd]

This past fall I spent a lot of nights using the Argali Yukon 8p tent as a base camp at my vehicle. It was a mix of windy conditions on the prairie of eastern Montana and heavy precipitation conditions in the western half of the state. Use this thread to ask questions you may have about the shelter and its use. The final review should be posted shortly which should answer some questions but may generate even more.
-Josh




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[Josh Boyd]

The review is up.

Yukon 8p Review

 

[Ryan Avery]

Great review, Josh.

I have spent more than twenty nights in this tent. It is easy to set up, great in the wind, spacious, and very packable with stock. Brad and company have a winner!

 

[crich]

This will be my next large shelter. I'm glad I held off from buying a courthouse.

 

[schmalzy]

Any testing or feedback with snow use? Looks awesome!


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[Josh Boyd]

Any testing or feedback with snow use? Looks awesome!


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Yes. This past November was really wet in my area and the precip came as rain, switching to snow and back to a gloppy mixture of the two. I was never at an elevation where it would snow a foot overnight but the wet heavy snow loads shed really well from the shelter. The steep angled sides helped with the natural sloughing of snow, and the center ridge of the shelter didn't sag much at all. Over a few storm cycles snow would build along the bottom edge and would need to be scraped away. Overall it held up to snow quite well.

 

[Rural Alaskan]

Yes. This past November was really wet in my area and the precip came as rain, switching to snow and back to a gloppy mixture of the two. I was never at an elevation where it would snow a foot overnight but the wet heavy snow loads shed really well from the shelter. The steep angled sides helped with the natural sloughing of snow, and the center ridge of the shelter didn't sag much at all. Over a few storm cycles snow would build along the bottom edge and would need to be scraped away. Overall it held up to snow quite well.

How bad was the condensation?

 

[Josh Boyd]

How bad was the condensation?

It was not bad at all. I used the clip-in half liners which were extremely effective at minimizing condensation. Firing up a stove every day helps a lot too.


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[mlbcujo27]

It definitely looks spacious, I have the 4p tent and it’s a tight fit for 2 people with gear. One day I might upgrade to this one or the 6p one.

 

[Snowwolfe]

Looks like a decent tent for a fall float hunt in Alaska.

 

[Trav138]

Great review!

 

[DunnCoHunter]

Ive got a Yukon 8p that we will be using on our Montana rifle elk hunt in November. We have the Argali backpacking wood stove we can run in it for heat. I also have a buddy propane heater we could use for heat by the truck so we don’t have to find wood. But I’m thinking about getting a diesel heater to use instead of the buddy heater. The buddy can throw a lot of condensation. Any thoughts?

 

[Nontyp]

I just got back from 11 nights in the Yukon tipi in Alaska. We had a successful Moose hunt out of Bethel taking a 66” and a 60” bull and a bonus 21” black bear. The tent went up very quick and easy. I had the knockoff twisted stakes on the corners and doors. I used a larger than factory lightweight stake in all the other spots. I think the factory stakes would work in the lower 48 but you need something with more bite in the tundra.

I used the guy out points tying them slightly downward on the alders except for the 2 by the door. These I tied to the stake and placed a Y stick to help keep the sides pulled out. The Zipper did get stuck a few times on the outside cloth when shutting from the inside. A little adjustment on the guy outs mostly fixed it.

We went with both liners and so glad we did. The condensation is terrible with all the moisture in Ak and they kept us dry.

I have the floor but we chose to just take 2 sheets of Tyvek. We later used this to wrap our skulls for shipping home.

We had a day and 1/2 of 35-40 mph winds and the tipi held up very well over all we never had a pole fall and the twisted stakes did not pull any but 2 of the shorter 3 sided staked pulled about 1.5”.

We heated the Yukon with a Seek XL which worked great. The pipe is a little large for the stove jack so I cut an additional 1/4” into each of the factory slits.

I’ve had about 30 nights in a single pole tipi and my partner and myself liked the Yukon better for more useable space inside.

The only real negative is I think the sod skirt should be 5” or so. With the tussocks where we hunted it is hard to get a good seal with the 3” skirt. We were able to close most of the gaps with our excess gear. This will probably be less of a problem in elk camp.

 

[Josh Boyd]

Another season of Yukon use has started and it is still a highly recommended shelter. Once again I’m blown away with the size of the interior space. After spending the previous month in a one person shelter the Yukon feels like a palace.

The first pitch was in a foot of snow and temps in the 20’s. The half-floor was clutch keeping the sleeping area dry. And the propane stove warmed the interior nicely.

The second was in more mild temperatures but with substantially more wind. Everything held tight and kept us comfortable.

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