MC TOMOUNT Bivy Tent Ultralight 2.42LBS 1 Particular person Backpacking Tent for Tenting Mountain climbing

Great tent.
This tent is easy to set up. Only used once and we didn’t get rain like we expected. It is spacious and made well.

Tent pole too long
Idk whats up but i cant get the tent pole in on both sides. Its like they sent me the wrong pole thats too long. Already bent one of the pole segments trying to get it in on the far side.Edit: took the liberty of removing an entire rod from the tent pole. It did the trick. Terrible quality control but atleast this thing isnt entirely useless. The fabric feels pretty thin so we will see if it holds up.

This is from the view of a lightweight backpacker, not a normal bivy user.
There are definitely a ton of things to talk about, and I’ll try to cover them all. The good and the bad.To start off this is my first bivy. But I’ve had my fair share of experience with small backpacking tents enough to weigh in on some key points.It’s rather light weight, and packs down small. It seems well built, with ripstop outer shell and a removeable inner netting it’s built like your average double wall tent. Strong doubled up patching on all corners and tie out points. I’m 6’1″ and I was afraid of my head and feet hitting the netting once I got on a sleeping pad. And unfortunately my 25″ wide sleeping pad didn’t fit, and flattened out the whole foot end with no room for my feet. So, I bought a cheap mummy style pad and it fits great. It’s actually thinner than my other one, so my head and feet don’t hit the netting as much as I thought they would. And the outer shell is far enough away from the netting even if my sleeping bag touched the whole footbox I wouldn’t get condensation on me and wet out my sleeping bag. I’ve rain tested it once so far and no signs of leaks. The rain fly covers down to the ground well, and far enough from the netting no splash back should reach over the bath tub. The bath tub is high enough, and well laid out that it should keep you covered from most if not all weather. The Velcro on the doors keeps the vestibule closed while you unzip it so it doesn’t drape down and get your netting or you wet until you detach the velcro (from the inside that is). And when open there isn’t a direct drip line from the open door to your netting so unless it’s raining sideways you shouldn’t get wet from opening and closing the rainfly zipper. It has nice vents, they come with kick stands to keep them open, and a stout band across the opening to keep them wide open and rounded.The fact that you get a vestibule on a bivy is in itself a pretty nice feature I’ve seen tons of small 1 person tents and bivy’s with no vestibule.Getting in and out was a bit of a challenge at first, but after 2-4 times it started to get easier to do and understand. However, one time while going to lay down to get in, I sat on the edge of the bath tub, and it yanked on the roof where the netting was hung from. Pulling it down and tearing some stitching. I’m worried it will cause a leak but it was completely self inflicted and USER ERROR, That all said to warn you, don’t sit on the edge of the bath tub and rip your tent! It didn’t fully rip it off, but it did unstitch a couple stiches that went through not only the tab holding up the netting, but also both layers of the tent pole guide loop. So if I have to patch it, I’ll be going through like 4 layers of material, and it will be tricky. I’ll also have to seam seal as it’s a stitch line directly over the netting and my sleeping area and if it leaks it will likely leak right on me. So only time will tell how bad that mess up is, or if it’s even a problem. Or if it rips worse from normal use.Pros–Dark color and low profile are good for stealth camping (blends in in the woods).-Quick set up and tear down.-Rain fly sits low to the ground, allowing air to move, but keeping rain kick back out.-Inner netting is removeable (fully double wall)-The inner is made and connected in a way that entire use of the door one handed is possible and easy. Very handy and well made in that aspect. 10/10 on the door function. it’s not loose or gets caught up ever.-Both doors have tie backs to keep the rolled up and open.-Weather resistant, no leaks in first tests.-Enough space in a minimalist, survival, or stealth camping situation to get the job done.-Vents up high and a ventilated foot box.-You can store a little bit of camp gear in the overhang at the end of the footbox.-There’s enough room in the vestibule for a small or empty backpack and your shoes.-They include a patch kit with a piece of fabric of EVERY kind. I can’t get over how cool this is, they have every color they used in material, the netting, and even a collar for if you break your pole you can fix it on trail, as well as an adhesive patch. It’s one of the most comprehensive repair kit’s I’ve ever seen with a tent.-There are 2 tie out points on the pole arch so you can tie down in windy conditions.-It’s fairly wind resistant.-The pole bag, and stake bag are quality made, and heavy duty.-The whole set up is fairly light, and for what it is, is a good price to weight ratio for a beginner backpacker, or a backup survival tent/bivy.-There’s a pocket in the side for phone, or other valuables you don’t want in the vestibule.Cons–Dark color makes it hot. Heats up quickly in the sun, and stays warm all day. Even with the door open it’s pretty hot inside.-Tight fit, taller or larger people will have trouble getting in and out, or even fitting in it with a sleeping pad.-Doesn’t fit normal 25″ wide pads, has to be a mummy pad or a thinner pad.-Not much head room, enough to lean up from a laying position to reposition or turn on a light, or check your phone.-The inner height of the netting means when you hang your light, it will dangle pretty low, and if you lean up it will be right in your face.-Going from a round top, to a triangular foot box it creates a crease up top, not too noticeable in first pitch, but if you don’t get it tightened out perfectly it will cause wind to make it flap, and you’ll get a slapping sound over and over as wind hit’s it. Tightening it down will help but not fully eliminate it if you have a strong cross wind.-The bag it comes in has a huge instruction sheet sewn into the bag, I tried to tear it out and it just pulled the stitching out of the draw string track. so DEFINITELY CUT IT OFF DO NOT PULL!!!!. I have to resew it back together now. I figured it was like most pull away tags just softly stitched in, but it’s stitched in with THE ONLY thread going around the top of the bag. so it will ruin the tent stuff sack if you try to rip it out just an FYI.-One of the string zipper pulls for the inner came off before I received it, I’m not sure if it was forgot to be put on, or lost somehow in transit, but if it came off during shipping it should still be in the bag and or box, and it wasn’t so I’m assuming it was just a little quality control error, not a big deal as zipper pulls are super cheap and easy to tie on. But something worth mentioning I feel, as it makes it hard to zip and unzip since it’s just an empty zipper with no pull on one side.The build quality, the overall layout and function I like and am happy with. the practicality of using a tent so small is definitely situational, but if you have a need or a want for a bivy, and don’t mind cramped spaces while you sleep (who spends time in their tent when they are not sleeping,) and don’t mind changing in camp outside your tent, (or changing on your back in your tent with some struggle involved) then this is definitely a decent choice. It’s not for everyone, but to the correct market, I’d say this is a nice bivy. Is it worth the price point? I don’t know 100% because I haven’t tried or seen any comparable priced bivy’s in person. But comparing it to what I see in the price point while searching amazon, it seems well priced, with a lot of functions and a good build for that price range.I will be taking this on all my day hikes that have any potential for needing to stay the night in the woods, it won’t be my normal backpacking tent, but it will hold a designated place as a backup or emergency tent and will fill that roll perfectly fine if that day every comes. If you need a place to sleep, and are 6ft and under this tent will do the trick!If you’ve read all this and think the issues I brought up are negligible and the good parts sell this tent, then I 100% recommend you check it out with serious intention. However if you’re turned off by the things I have to complain about, this just might not be for you. Doesn’t make it a bad product, but it DEFINITELY has a target audience and isn’t for everyone.I put a lot of effort into this review and made it as comprehensive as I could. I hope I covered everything I learned and I hope it helps!