Marmot Limestone 6 Review

Comfort
Its hard to find the right balance between how much comfort to sacrifice for storm resistance – this tent does a good job balancing that. They could have made it more comfortable by making it less dome shaped, but they decided to make it a little less comfortable and instead make it more bombproof, and add cool features to compensate.

They added in a doormat feature, which we like because it helps keep the inside of your tent a little cleaner. This tent also has gear lofts with a couple pockets in them, which is nice, but they tend to sag a lot if you put too much stuff in them.

We really like the large vestibule on this tent because it allows you to keep your tent more organized by having less gear inside the tent and more outside.

Storm Resistance
This tent is really good in bad weather. It's not a four-season tent but it performed better than the other three-season tents we tested in storm resistance. The rain fly has reflective guy-lines that make it really nice when you are getting back to your camp at night and need to quickly find your tent.

The ventilation on this tent works very well, too. It has multiple vents on the fly to help dissipate the condensation formed overnight.

Workmanship
The workmanship of this tent was really good, although we did notice a few things that proved to be a problem after lots of use. For example, the poles in this tent are DAC feather-lite poles, which are lightweight and good for backpacking, but they bent easily. After a really violent windstorm without the rain fly on, one of the poles was permanently bent because of the constant pressure of the wind. But these poles are totally fine if you aren't camping in a super windy area.

Another thing that we noticed was that the sleeves that the two smaller poles go into looked really worn down after only a couple of uses. We didn't have a problem but after extended use this may prove to be one.

Ease of Setup
It only took us about 10 minutes to set up and 10 minutes to take down this tent with one person. With two people it's about five minutes for each. The classic pole crossover makes this super easy to set up and take down.

Packing Size
This was the only other tent besides the Top Pick award winning Big Agnes Flying Diamond 8 that we could stuff into its bag without rolling up. However, we don't suggest doing that because it's bad for the tent. But if you're in a hurry to get out of a campsite it makes getting home a bit easier. The tent also packs down pretty small so it doesn't take up too much room in your car.