REI Flash Air 1 Tent | Testing The Tent In a New England Storm

I recently made a setup and initial impressions video of the REI Flash Air 1 Tent. In this video I will take it out on a good night and also during a terrible New England storm. Going to be honest... in the heavy rain the tent did not preform well with condensation at all. I mentioned the rain fly sewn to the floor was very worrisome and that proved accurate. Water all over the tent from condensation running down the fly into the bathtub
Some additional things I would like to mention the tent weighs about 4oz more for everything according to my scale at home. REI lists the full weight of everything at 1lb 6oz but the weight was 1lb 10oz on my scale. Please see below for the weight of everything according to my scale. I recommend using the grams measurements as the ounces I believe round.
REI Flash Air 1 Weights
Hub Pole - 1.25oz or 35g
Door Pole - 1.70oz or 48g
Foot Pole - 0.50oz or 14g
Tent Stake - 0.40oz or 11g (5 total) 2.00oz or 55g
Pole Splint - 0.40oz or 11g
Pole Stuff Sack - 0.40oz or 11g
Tent - 1lb 2.40oz or 18.40oz or 522g
Tent Stuff Sack 1oz or 28g
4 extra guylines - 0.90oz or 27g (weight is for all 4 total)
Stake Sack - 0.20oz or 6g
Total Weight for everything above - 1lb 10.8oz or 26.80oz or 762g
Total weight with Tent, Tent Stuff Sack, hub, door, and foot poles only (NO STAKES) - 1lb 6.90oz or 22.90oz or 649g
Total weight with Tent, Tent Stuff Sack, hub, and foot pole only (NO STAKES) - 1lb 5.25oz or 21.25oz or 602g
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