North Face Tents

North Face Tents

Summary: What is North Face?

The North Face is an outdoor product manufacturing company, specializing in products like jackets, tents, fleece wear, luggage, and shoes started by Douglas Tompkins in . Their clothing and equipment lines are specifically aimed towards climbers, mountaineers, skiers, snowboarders, and hikers.

Mr. Tompkins sold the business in , and The North Face is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the VF Corporation, one of the World's largest apparel compa...

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Article Body: What is North Face?

The North Face is an outdoor product manufacturing company, specializing in products like jackets, tents, fleece wear, luggage, and shoes started by Douglas Tompkins in . Their clothing and equipment lines are specifically aimed towards climbers, mountaineers, skiers, snowboarders, and hikers.

Mr. Tompkins sold the business in , and The North Face is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the VF Corporation, one of the World's largest apparel companies, owning leading brand names such as Wrangler, Lee Jeans, Riders, Rustler, Brittania etc.

North manufactures three main types of tents: Expedition, -season and Ultralight tents.

North Face Expedition Tents:

North Face Expedition Tents include the Meter Dome, Himalayan , Expedition , VE and Mountain . All these tents are constructed with Waterproof Flysheet technology - Polyurethane coating, hot-sealed seams with polyurethane tape, and welded Velcro strips on fly attached to poles for added stability. Except for the Meter Dome, they also come with a polyurethane window, cold crack tested to F. Price ranges from $ to $.

The Meter Dome tent offers maximum space and wind resistance, mainly intended for expedition activities. Features include dual doors, interior canopy loops, denier nylon taffeta floor, and denier nylon Oxford canopy. It is the most expensive North Face tent.

The Himalayan is designed for resistance against weather conditions such as high winds or heavy snow. Features include dual doors with dual vestibules, compression stuffsack, internal pockets, internally adjustable zippered vents with mesh screens, reflective guyline loops, guylines and glow-in-the-dark zipper pulls, etc.

The Expedition , VE and Mountain are specifically designed for high wind resistance. Their features include most of the Himalayan features such as dual doors with dual vestibules (for the Mountain , a front vestibule), internally adjustable zippered vents with mesh screens, reflective guyline loops, internal pockets, etc.

The Himalayan , Expedition and Mountain all come with denier T nylon taffeta floors, and denier T nylon ripstop canopies.

North Face -Season Tents:

North Face -Season Tents include Trailhead //, Merlin , Petrel , Roadrunner , Bug , Rock and Talus , with price ranging from $ to $.

The Trailhead series come with denier, T nylon taffeta canopy, denier Oxford nylon floor, and include integrated roll down dividers for separated sleeping compartments. The series number indicates the number of people that can be accommodated.

The Petrel is a freestanding, front-entry, two person tent - a backpacking staple for three-season use. The Roadrunner is a two person tent with Waterproof Flysheet Construction. The Rock is constructed with Continuous Pole Sleeve Technology which increases tent stability by maximizing contact between canopy and tent pole, and distributes pressure and weight from high winds and snow; and both the Bug and Talus with Fusion Pitch technology which combines continuous pole sleeves with clip construction for easy setup and improved ventilation.

North Face Ultralight Tents:

North Face Ultralight Tents include the Tadpole , Particle and Vector , with price ranging from $ to $. All the three models are constructed with Waterproof Flysheet technology, with denier T nylon ripstop canopy and denier T nylon taffeta floor.

The Tadpole is a two-person tent with Fusion Pitch, while the Particle is a lightweight one-person tent with a silicone flysheet for ease of packing and water repellency. The Vector is a freestanding, two-person backpacking tent also with a silicone flysheet and dual doors.

All the Ultralight tents are equipped with the common North Face tent features such as compression stuffsack, fly only pitching, internal pockets, DAC Featherlite aluminum poles, reflective guyline loops and zipper cording etc.