Adding versatility, the Multi-Pitch system also allows you to pitch either the inner or just the outer as your shelter – something we will be doing more of as summer ramps up.įor additional stability there are spare pegs and guy-ropes included. This also makes it very fast to set up sliding the three poles through the pole sleeves, then simply pegging down the four corners, takes all of three minutes, with the only caveat on this being if you need to pitch on a solid-rock area or one with sand, where you may need to improvise with rocks/sand when pegging it down. This means that it will need to be secured front and rear using pegs for it to be set up, but you can set it up with the inner already attached to the outer – an always welcome feature when it is pouring with rain so that you avoid the tent interior getting water in it. The Macpac Olympus is a tunnel design tent that features Macpac’s all-in-one Multi-Pitch system. The Torrentwear XP floor is tough enough to cope with any terrain, while dual doors (large front smaller rear), four vents and mesh sections offer ample ventilation. Befitting its four-season rating, the construction of the Olympus is formidable: The UV30 flysheet (30-denier double-ripstop, silicon elastomer-coated nylon) offes excellent protection from the sun/wind/rain (3000mm HH waterproof rating), while the robust Torrentwear XP tub floor is rated at 10,000mm HH and claims high levels of abrasion and tear resistance (this combo of high HH rating and abrasion/tear resistance means you don’t need an additional footprint under the tent).Ī veritable palace for one and plenty of space for two.
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The two-person Macpac Olympus Alpine Tent (to give it its full title) has, in its many years on the market, garnered a bombproof reputation, similar to that of its slightly smaller two-person stablemate, the three-season-rated Minaret (see our extensive review here). Or is it? The Macpac Olympus, the NZ brand’s iconic four-season tent, puts forward a very strong case… With the variety of weather conditions experienced in different parts of Oz and the Shaky Isles – the wild and wet southwest of Tassie, and the dry and cold (at night) deserts, compared to the even drier (and wilder) high alpine of NZ’s South Island, for example – finding a tent capable of coping with this wide variance of conditions ain’t easy. As any multi-day hiker will know, it is incredibly hard to find the ‘one tent’ that is suitable for all the different types of long-distance hikes found in Australia (not to mention those across the ditch in NZ).