Luxe Gear Hexpeak XL Real Weight

[wannabemtnman]

Looking for feedback from other Luxe Gear owners.
I purchased a Hexpeak XL with snowskirt and Stove jack two weeks ago and set it up once to see how it looked. It seems to be a nice set up and I’m happy with the purchase for the price. The one thing I’m not please with is the weight. On their website it says the winter outer tent (which would mean snow skirts but not positive about stove jack) is 2.12 lbs or 34 oz. when I weighed my tent on my kitchen scale (without center pole, stakes, etc, just the tent & pack sleeve) it came in at 53 oz... now I purchased this as a light weight affordable tipi but the additional 1.5 lbs is pretty disappointing to me. Was wondering what other owners are seeing for weights or if they sewed rocks into my snow skirts.
I emailed Luxe Gear and their response is that they do not currently have any Hexpeak XL’s in house to weigh.
Looking for some feedback on if I send this back and get myself a Cimmaron or something truly light weight.
Thanks!

 

[rj2]

Wow I had been eyeing those for awhile, probably not any more. The guy running luxe hasn't been the most helpful when I've emailed a few times with questions.

Last time I asked him the exact weight of hexpeak + stovejack. He literally replied with "It'll be the weight of the hexpeak plus a few ounces". I asked how much is that, and got no reply.

 

[renagde]

The 34oz is just the tent, no seam sealer, no guy lines and no stuff sack. But I doubt that all adds up to 20oz. I know my Hexpeak is suppose to weigh 23oz but with seam sealer and guy lines it's about 25.5.

 

[wannabemtnman]

The 34oz is just the tent, no seam sealer, no guy lines and no stuff sack. But I doubt that all adds up to 20oz. I know my Hexpeak is suppose to weigh 23oz but with seam sealer and guy lines it's about 25.5.

Good to know - I haven't seam sealed this one yet either so it'll go up even higher. If i remember correctly I think with 10 Ti stakes and their aluminum center pole it came in around 73 oz.

 

[mlgc20]

Looking for feedback from other Luxe Gear owners.
I purchased a Hexpeak XL with snowskirt and Stove jack two weeks ago and set it up once to see how it looked. It seems to be a nice set up and I’m happy with the purchase for the price. The one thing I’m not please with is the weight. On their website it says the winter outer tent (which would mean snow skirts but not positive about stove jack) is 2.12 lbs or 34 oz. when I weighed my tent on my kitchen scale (without center pole, stakes, etc, just the tent & pack sleeve) it came in at 53 oz... now I purchased this as a light weight affordable tipi but the additional 1.5 lbs is pretty disappointing to me. Was wondering what other owners are seeing for weights or if they sewed rocks into my snow skirts.
I emailed Luxe Gear and their response is that they do not currently have any Hexpeak XL’s in house to weigh.
Looking for some feedback on if I send this back and get myself a Cimmaron or something truly light weight.
Thanks!

Sorry to hear that. 1.5 pounds difference is not acceptable. I get that there is variation in any manufacturing process. But, this sounds more like false advertising.

 

[renagde]

Good to know - I haven't seam sealed this one yet either so it'll go up even higher. If i remember correctly I think with 10 Ti stakes and their aluminum center pole it came in around 73 oz.

I know they use a different (heavier) material for the Minipeak XL. In fact I would try to make sure that you didn't receive a Minipeak instead of a Hexpeak.

 

[wannabemtnman]

I know they use a different (heavier) material for the Minipeak XL. In fact I would try to make sure that you didn't receive a Minipeak instead of a Hexpeak.

I've wondered that as well... I'll have to set it up and take some measurements to see what they match this weekend. I don't think there's any other way to confirm.

 

[wannabemtnman]

Just went back to their website to compare everything - definitely have a Hexpeak XL.

 

[jmsdad]

Good luck with the return. Here's Luxe's return policy:

"To be eligible for a return, your item must be unopened (never set up/used indoors or outdoors) and in the same condition that you received it (no dust, hair, grass or dirt). It must also be in the original packaging. We will refuse a refund that breaks these terms and the items will be shipped back at your expense."

 

[wannabemtnman]

Good luck with the return. Here's Luxe's return policy:

"To be eligible for a return, your item must be unopened (never set up/used indoors or outdoors) and in the same condition that you received it (no dust, hair, grass or dirt). It must also be in the original packaging. We will refuse a refund that breaks these terms and the items will be shipped back at your expense."

Sounds like it may just get a new home to a fellow Rokslider

 

[renagde]

They're a forum sponsor. I would PM them and try to work it out.

 

[jmike]

Just give them a call. We have 2 of their tents and they have been super easy to deal with.

 

[ILIKEBEARS]

Looking for feedback from other Luxe Gear owners.
I purchased a Hexpeak XL with snowskirt and Stove jack two weeks ago and set it up once to see how it looked. It seems to be a nice set up and I’m happy with the purchase for the price. The one thing I’m not please with is the weight. On their website it says the winter outer tent (which would mean snow skirts but not positive about stove jack) is 2.12 lbs or 34 oz. when I weighed my tent on my kitchen scale (without center pole, stakes, etc, just the tent & pack sleeve) it came in at 53 oz... now I purchased this as a light weight affordable tipi but the additional 1.5 lbs is pretty disappointing to me. Was wondering what other owners are seeing for weights or if they sewed rocks into my snow skirts.
I emailed Luxe Gear and their response is that they do not currently have any Hexpeak XL’s in house to weigh.
Looking for some feedback on if I send this back and get myself a Cimmaron or something truly light weight.
Thanks!

I weighed my winter Hexpeak XL and it came out to 3lbs 0.8 oz on the scale. I'm disappointed at the inaccurate advertising on the website as well. I assume when they advertise the weight of the canopy, they mean the whole thing. But based on the measured weights, my guess is they mean the canopy fabric totals 2.12 lbs; and are not including the webbing, guy lines, loops, or metal tensioning clips. I'm considering cutting off the snow skirt on mine to lighten the weight of the package, but I would figure it'll only save me 0.3-0.4 lbs. The whole point of going floorless was to cut weight, now my total setup weight with stakes, trekking poles, sack, straps, and ground sheet will more than exceed 4 lbs. Pretty BS if you ask me. Should have gone with a more honest company .....