Originally Posted By OregonMouse
While I can't address the Contrail, I have found that putting two persons (or one person plus fairly large dog) in a tent designed for one tends to overwhelm the ventilation system, resulting in lots of condensation. In my case, the tent was a Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo, and the occupants were me and my dog.

If your GF has not backpacked before, she will undoubtedly object to the cramped quarters! Consider a Tarptent Double Rainbow or, if you want something lighter, Squall 2.


Squall 2 was more or less my second choice. I'm certainly not opposed to it, and it's a better all-around shelter than the contrail, but I was just testing the waters to see how plausible 2 in a contrail was.

She will be a first-timer, so I don't want to kill it for her with something dumb, and I think cramming two of us into too small a space would qualify as such.

Any other thoughts are most certainly welcome...
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