DD Hammocks SuperLight Tarp Tent

This tarp tent is very resourceful, packs tightly, super light and very roomy for a one person taro tent. Awesome to use the walking canes or wooden sticks.

I really like this tent. Lightweight and roomy. I purchased some tent pole repair kits to make collapsible poles since I don't carry walking poles; works perfectly. I have yet to try it out other than back yard. I will return for the last star and to update my review when I test it real world.

Just received this tent and did a quick setup on the grass outside. So far things are not looking good. Biggest functional issue is one of the pockets the hiking poles are meant to be slotted in to was sewn in in the same direction as the one on the other side, so it has to be twisted around. this does not seem like it will be stable and my suspicion is that pole will fall out if a breeze picked up. I suspect this is a defect and not designed this way but DD's documentation is incredibly poor. The instruction manual is text only with no photographs illustrating how it should be laid out and the setup video is shot from a fair distance back. From a design perspective the zipper is actually two piece, not a single zippered door but one down, one across so the zipper can only be closed in the bottom corner. Not necessarily a problem but an odd design choice. The pockets the poles are meant to fit in to aren't particularly large either and they don't cup the handle in a way that feels firm. Overall the design feels unnecessarily weak even for an ultralight. A couple small tweaks (and some QC) would make this excellent but it feels like they just couldn't be bothered. At this point I'm not sure whether to bother warrantying it or just modify it. I'm going to send an email to DD and see what they have to say, will update this review if I hear anything back from them. EDIT: DD got back to me promptly and confirmed the manufacturing defect. I have decided to correct the issue myself rather than Warrantying. I'm assuming Varusteleka would provide their usual excellent service but that's a lot of shipping for a 2 inch seam.