Spartan 2 Hiking Tent

Unfortunately, you can't set this one up as a flysheet only, Doug. The Flysheet clips to the corners of the inner tent, which means you would need to replace the inner with a footprint... something that EPE doesn't make for this tent.

G'day Lauren,

I've just run a quick straw poll around our staff and it looks like most would go with the Black Wolf option, although you would be more than happy with either tent. 

G'day Lauren,

The Explore Planet Earth Spartan 2 Hiking Tent doesn't come with an official season rating but given the Waterhead rating and the fact that the poles are made of aluminium, I'd suggest that it sits around the 3 season mark. 

G'day John,

I've just double checked this for you and can confirm that the EPE Spartan 2 Hiking Tent does have dual vestibules. 

G'day Elaine, 

The Spartan tents are very new to us, but from looking at the specs it seems this tent has a 4000mm waterhead rating for the fly and 5000mm rated floor plus the seams are sealed - so unless it's extreme weather you should be nice and dry inside this tent. 

G'day Jenny,  

The Explore Planet Earth Spartan 2 Tent has a solid inner with mesh doors which attaches to the poles/frame so it will stand on its own – but it’s not made entirely of mesh. If you have a watch of this video at 00:25 you can see the Spartan without its fly which will give you an idea of the inner. 

There isn’t a 2 person hiking tent with an entirely mesh inner in that price range, but for a little bit extra you may want to consider the Zempire Atom Hiking tent. The Atom has a full mesh inner, and a quality fly with a water head rating of 5000mm, plus it is an extremely well-made tent so that's a model to keep in mind.