This is the original Lightwave tent from Luxe Outdoors. This small company makes budget backpacking shelters and more (www.luxeoutdoor.com/eng).

*Photos show setup and both fly only or inner mesh/floor insert. All weight on the scale is in grams and the scale zeroed for the box holding the tent bodies.

This is a two person single wall tent. The single pole and two ends struts support a cocoon line tunnel tent style. Six stakes will make this shelter stand, with more to secure under lots of wind. It ha dles wind well due to shape. The inner bathtub floor and big netting clips in with toggles and rings. This allows setup in the rain, and the inner stays dry. Or leave the inner and take the shell only for a light tarp setup.

This shelter has served me for about 12 years, with off and on use. I bought this as my first lightweight shelter option for backpacking and has been great from Maine canoe trips to high Sierra hiking trips.

This shelter had some issues, so has been restored and is in great condition. As a gear repair tech and industrial designer, I take care of my gear and can fix it as best as possible.

The Lightwave was seam taped, and that finally let go and peeled off easy. I cleaned off all the tape/dirt and seam-sealed the shelter fly. Sealing on all seams and zipper. The fly was then tested under a hose with a garden sprayer for a waterproof test. Tent had no leaks. The inner mesh and floor are in great original condition. All zippers, toggles, and guylines are complete and in good shape. Some guylines upgraded to spectra core. The 9x tri stakes in gold are original. I'm missing one and one is bent. I have included 4x DAC aluminum stakes for replacement/choice.

The original arch pole cracked at the connection port, and was replaced with an Easton aluminum pole from a third party repair site (black pole). I forget, but it's good pole segments and delrin tips like the original. Fits great with a slight weight increase,but the old pole design is defunct for a reason. The original pole (red pole on photos) was a "yunan ultralight pole system". I decided to go with a more sturdy option 185.4g vs. 149g. But seam sealing vs. taped seams seems to have lost weight. I am still under 3 lbs without stakes and all the stuff sacks. So seams are better sealed, and pole is stronger for less.

With the single pole hoop design, only 6x stakes are needed for basic setup. 4more to secure all points to ground, and two upper guylines on the pole sleeve. I never needed any stakes at the pole bottoms. I suggest bringing 8x stakes. So you can do the two upper guylines for the hoop and the two ends.

Now with new pole and seam seal and guylines replaced it's lighter. After repairs and such, I came out with 1306g or 2.88 lbs without stakes.

Tent and stakes with all guylines and stuff sacks included. The old pole is not included and can not be repaired due to lack of new tubing to match it available. The sleeping pad is not included, only for scale in the photos.