What is the Solar Event 2?
It's a spacious, lightweight and stable two-person tent, ideal for wild camping, multi-day hiking and trekking across the seasons. With superb eco-credentials, it uses Terra Nova's revolutionary recycled TriPlex™ fabric technology for highly packable performance, making it an excellent choice for more eco-conscious campers.
What is it made from?
Fly: The flysheet uses Terra Nova's revolutionary TriPlex™ fabric for excellent water resistance, durability and resistance to stretch when wet. TriPlex™ is a triple ripstop polyester and nylon weave fabric which is lightweight, stable and highly durable. The fabric is made from recycled materials sourced from post-consumer plastic bottles and PFC-free fibres. It's also solution-dyed to further add to this material's excellent eco-credentials.
The flysheet is fully encased with a high-pressure silicone coating on both sides for excellent water resistance, which eliminates the need for traditional water-repellant treatments that can contain harmful forever chemicals. This clever silicone coating delivers a reliable hydrostatic head rating of 3,000mm to ensure you stay nice and dry in your tent when the weather’s not playing ball.
Inner: The tent's inner is created from a 20D ripstop fabric made from recycled nylon. This material is lightweight and highly durable. It helps keep the tents overall weight and bulk down without compromising on performance.
Floor: The tent's base uses the same recycled nylon 20D ripstop fabric as the inner tent, except this section is enhanced with a silicone/ PU coating for excellent water resistance to help prevent water ingress inside the tent. This material boasts a hydrostatic head rating of 5,000 mm, making it more than adequate for camping in various weather conditions.
Poles: 8.7mm DAC NFL tent poles keep this fantastic tent stable and upright. They're incredibly strong and are made of lightweight aluminium to ensure they don't add too much weight to your trekking pack.
What are its features?
Entry: The tent features two entry points and two vestibules. They can be used separately as your own personal entry for you and your camping buddy, so you don't have to wake each other in the middle of the night if nature calls. They can also be used as separate wet and dry entrances to help keep the inner tent nice and dry when the weather's not playing ball.
Space: The Solar Event 2 offers space for two people to sleep shoulder to shoulder, with two vestibules for storing bulky items or wet gear. The tent features a tapered shape towards the feet to offer maximum sleeping space where it's needed most, whilst keeping weight and pack size to a minimum.
Guys, Attachments & Pegs: Reflective Dyneema® guylines increase visibility in low light and help to prevent literal night-time trips.
V-shaped alloy pegs keep the tent firmly planted to the floor and offer various pitching options on different terrain.
Optional Extras: Add extra protection and prolong the life of your tent with the Solar Event 2 Footprint (sold separately).
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Features
- Inner pitch first design offering a spacious and lightweight shelter
- TriPlex™ triple ripstop flysheet fabric for extra stability
- Recycled, PFC-free and Solution Dyed flysheet fabric
- Recycled, PFC-free groundsheet and inner fabric
- Compatible with Terra Nova's FASTPACK and PitchLite Systems
- Option to add trekking poles for extra stability
- Stable shape for use in poor weather
- Very easy to set up and use
- Front and rear fly hoods for great ventilation