Backpacking~$530Sea to Summit
Sea to Summit Telos Evo
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Sea to Summit's Tension Ridge is the one genuinely novel pole idea in mainstream tents: the ridge pole bends upward rather than down, which pushes the door tops out and turns the usual sloping tent doorway into something closer to a rectangle. The Telos Evo pairs that with 19.4 square feet of vestibule and a stated non-PFAS fabric set. Note that Sea to Summit's own listing carries a unit-conversion error in the floor area — 2.6 m² is 28 square feet, not the 84.65 the page prints — so the figure here is converted from the metric number.
Floor area per person
14.0 sq ft
Standard — 14 to 17 sq ft each — the normal two-pads-and-no-spare-room fit
Weight per person
27.8 oz
from the trail weight of 3 lb 8 oz
Peak height
41.3 in
Approx. price
~$530
Length: a 88 in floor leaves room for a sleeper up to about 6ft 10in once you allow six inches for a foot box and a pillow.
Best for
Backpackers who spend time sitting in the tent and want the interior volume rather than the lowest weight.
The size run
One design, 2 capacities. The numbers at the top of this page describe the TR2; every size has its own figures below.
| Size | Sleeps | Floor area | Sq ft each | Vestibule | Trail weight | Packed weight | Floor L × W | Approx. price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR2 | 2 | 28 sq ft | 14.0 | 19.4 sq ft | 3 lb 8 oz | 3 lb 9 oz | — | ~$530 |
| TR3 | 3 | 39.8 sq ft | 13.3 | 21.5 sq ft | 4 lb 7 oz | 4 lb 9 oz | — | — |
Specifications
- Type
- Backpacking
- Rated capacity
- 2-person
- Floor area per person(estimated)
- 14.0 sq ft (standard)
- Floor area
- 28 sq ft
- Vestibule area
- 19.4 sq ft
- Peak height
- 41.3 in
- Minimum trail weight
- 3 lb 8 oz
- Packed weight
- 3 lb 9 oz
- Weight per person(estimated)
- 27.8 oz (trail weight)
- Packed size
- 20 x 6 x 6 in
- Fits sleepers up to(estimated)
- 6ft 10in tall
- Doors
- 2
- Vestibules
- 2
- Freestanding
- freestanding
- Poles
- DAC aluminum
- Wall type
- double wall
- Season rating
- 3-season
- Fly fabric
- Ultra-Sil LS sil/PeU coated nylon-polyester, non-PFAS
- Floor fabric
- 20D nylon and 50D polyester
- Floor denier
- 20D
- PFAS-free treatment
- stated PFAS-free
- Approx. price
- ~$530
Features
- Tension Ridge pole that bends up, for near-vertical door tops
- 19.4 sq ft of vestibule across two doors
- 100 percent non-PFAS fabrics
- Multiple pitch modes including a fly-only hangout mode
- DAC Featherlite NSL poles
In its favour
- The Tension Ridge genuinely changes how usable the space near the doors is
- Stated non-PFAS across the fabric set, which very few makers commit to
- 19.4 sq ft of vestibule at 55.6 oz
- Converts to a fly-only shelter or a stargazing pitch without extra parts
Against it
- 55.6 oz for 28 sq ft is a mediocre floor-per-ounce figure
- Sea to Summit's product page prints a floor area 3x too large from a unit-conversion error
- No published hydrostatic head for the floor
- The TR3's price is not published on the Sea to Summit store
Written from the published specification sheet, not from owner reports.
What owners report
No owner discussion has been collected for the Sea to Summit Telos Evo yet. Rather than summarise sentiment nobody expressed, this section stays empty until there is something real to read — the methodology page explains where these come from and why some tents have none.