Today we'll take a look at the Luxe Megahorn 4-season tipi shelter. This
versatile floorless shelter is a suitable option for hunters and
outdoorsmen who enjoy 4 season winter camping. The Megahorn when paired with a
wood stove, allows ample room for two people to sleep and plenty of gear
storage. The Megahorn made from waterproof polyester taffeta, is an ideal
shelter for winter camping, providing enough space to use as a base camp
shelter. Let's look at an overview the Luxe Megahorn 4-person four season
teepee shelter. The outer tent is what we're gonna look at today, but we will
discuss the various inner tent options, mesh inner tent, as well as ground sheet
options, once we get this set up. What you're looking at is the bag that the
Megahorn comes in and will unload this, show you everything that's included with
the outer tent. Now quickly to cover some of the various specs about the outer
tent, the outer tent itself weighs 6.6 pounds. You do have 16
included stakes with the outer tent, that allow you to get the optimal pitch,
depending on the weather that you might be experiencing. The included center pole
is just over a pound, and then your total weight for the tent stakes and your pole
is going to be 8.7 pounds. Total space with the Megahorn is going
to give you a peak height of seven feet two inches and then you've got a
hexagonal shape, that's going to give you roughly 13 by 10 feet of total floor
space. Things that are not included with this, that are optional for purchase in
addition to the outer tent, is going to be a groundsheet or an inner tent, that
is available from Luxe. So what we'll do now is go ahead and unpack the tent from
the compression style bag. What you've got is a roll top style, that allows
really good access to the inside, to quickly get the tent in and out, and make
packing and unpacking the tent easy. Like I mentioned before included
items are the pole set for the center pole you also have your 16 included
stakes you have your tent body and then you have your top cap which is removable
depending on how you choose to set up the megahorn for your application this
particular model also has a stove jack which we will cover here as we get to
the tent set up and move around to look at the various options that are
available in the features of the tent to set up the megahorn you'll first want to
spread out the tent body on the ground orienting the doors in the direction you
would like to have them face next stake out the body of the tent at the four
corners of the doors do not stake out the sides opposite the doors until the
center pole has been inserted be sure to stake out loosely as we will adjust the
tension later and this will aid in getting your correct pitch next you'll
build your Center Pole there are five sections and for the top section of the
pole adjust the button so the button is in the lowest setting you'll use this
setting for flat ground additional holes are available for snow pits or uneven
ground
unzip one of the doors and insert the pole into the grommet at the center of
the tent in raise the tent
zip the door closed before the next step
at this point stake out the other two sides of the
tent now adjust tension with the nylon straps and make micro adjustments with
your stakes to make each panel have equal tension
adjust the center pole as needed each webbing strap at the peak should have
equal tension at this point next attach the top cap using the included hooks
additionally in high winds or to capture heat and low temperatures you can cross
the hooks to seal the vent cap the megahorn has ten additional stakeout
points to add additional protection against high winds in rain these are
meant to add stability to the tent panels use the reflective guidelines on
the non door panels to pull out the side panels and again add stability to the
tent the snow skirts may be rolled up and tucked away to allow increased
ventilation the megahorn features two doors each with a sewn in no-see-um mesh
panel both doors have hooks that allow the doors to be stored for easy entry
use the draw cord on the center mesh inside the tent to close the peak
keeping bugs out to insert a stovepipe for a wood stove remove the waterproof
cover from the stove jack then insert your stovepipe now that we've got the
tent set up let's go ahead and kind of look at the interior space of the
megahorn so you can see plenty of space for two
people on one side of the tent and then once you add a wood stove to the outer
tent you've got plenty of space for the stove to be able to sit as well as
working space to place additional gear and wood that you would be burning
through the night let's do a walk around and talk about the various features and
aspects of the megahorn to make it unique integrate force these an option
so the first thing you'll notice is that we do have the stovepipe we've got it
running on the 3w stove but again a hexagonal shape for the megahorn you do
have as noted in the setup these various guy out points that will be helpful for
when you are doing for season type of application with this and you need a
little bit more protection with various types of snowfall heavy rain and that
kind of thing and the ability to roll up or lower the snow skirts is a great way
to add increased ventilation or to capture more of the heat within the tent
various stake out points you've got two doors on the megahorn both have sown in
no-see-um mesh inner doors as well to with offer ventilation and protection
from the bugs now the material that is used on the megahorn is a polyester
taffeta that has a PU coating on it that PU coating does make it waterproof the
benefit to all in this application is when polyester
gets wet it has less of a stretch to it compared to a nylon material and so this
being a four season tent where you're likely to be in a setting where snowfall
would be occurring and heavy rains the polyester will help prevent excessive
stretch on the material making it so that it doesn't sag when you are
spending excessive amount of time in the tent now you can see the no-see-um mesh
door here again we've got the stove running we've got the stove jack that is
included in this option and this is a fiberglass type of material and that is
going to allow you to run any type of wood stove in the tent the top cap on
the megahorn is removable as you saw on the setup it also is not seam sealed in
this setup we do have the stove coming out of the stove jack on the left side
of the tent depending on how you pitch it that stove
jack will be on either side of the tent one of the benefits to the megahorn
depending on the stove that you plan to use is you have the option to place the
stove in the center of the tent and then run your stove pipe through the center
out the top cap and that's one of the benefits of having the top cap being
removable is with the proper equipment you are able to run a stove right in the
center of the tent which is an application that some people would
prefer over having the stove on the side of the tent now discussing the options
for various entertained you've got several different things to
choose from all available from luxe you've got a one-person a two-person a
two-and-a-half percent and a four person mesh inter tent that is available to
place on the inside of the tent here you've got various grommet options and
locations up here at the center of the tent
depending on what option of intermeshed n you choose to use those various
grommets will allow you to attach the inner tent that way looking back up the
center pole you've got seven feet two inches of total height which allows you
to obviously stand up inside of the tent and you've got the drawstring shock cord
for the mesh no-see-um mesh there to be able to close that off or if you are
running a stovepipe through the center the ability to open that up and again
with the right protective pieces that would allow you to make it so that you
don't melt the tent as well when attaching and inter tent to the megahorn
you do have various attachment points on the TOI outs in the corners to be able
to attach those inter tents another option you have is to just run a ground
sheet again you could use just your own type of ground sheet that we have for an
example here or you can get a bathtub style floor from Lux and use that in
this as well one other aspect about the megahorn
is all of your seams are taped for you and that makes it so that you don't have
to worry about seam sealing the ten yourself now whether you are a hunter or
a general outdoorsman that enjoys for season camping the luxe megahorn is
going to provide a versatile shelter that allows you to have modular aspects
of using inter tents bathtub floors ground sheets for whatever application
you would be using the megahorn for again it is a four person
sized tepee shelter it's a hexagon shape polyester PU coated material with the
ability to run various types of wood stoves it is a great great shelter for
any type of person looking for something it works well in a four-season setting
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