Finally had a chance to try the shelter out last night in the mountains. We had a little bit of rain/sleet last night and no leaks were present in the tent. I'm guessing that temps were in the upper 20's, low 30's as it read 34* on my trucks t-stat when I was up at 06:30. I was using a thermarest Zlite sol pad with an ancient thermarest airpad on top. My sleeping bag is an ancient North Face Mummy that I've had for over 20 years, I'm guessing it's rated at 30* since I had it when I lived in AZ.
I started off by firing up the stove just before I went to bed, stuffed my dog into the nest and then settled in. Before I knew it, the stove was ripping and I was hot. My dog had her own blanket and she must have been too hot for she opted to sleep on top of her blanket at some point in the night. This was fine until about 3 or 4am when she got cold and woke me up while trying to squeeze into the mummy bag with me. If you've ever owned a German Shorthaired Pointer, you know how stubborn and persistent they can be when they have their mind made up. So, after Mission Impossible failed, I reached my arm out of the nest, tossed some wood into the stove along with a solid fuel tablet, lit the tablet and all was well. It only takes a couple minutes for the stove to heat up the tent. I'd say the tent worked great, no condensation and I had plenty of room inside for my pack and wood for the stove. I still plan to get a different nest from Bear Paw but this thing is a keeper until I can save up enough money for a Kifaru Sawtooth.
