Well, I should be able to come up with a fair comparison, I have almost a solid year accumulated living in an Olympus. In a sulk over the changes to the Olympus from the old design I bought a Sirius 2. However, the more I look at the Sirius, the less I like it. Its actually done a bit of work and has performed well. But...I have real trouble pitching it without there being a sag around the strange box section in the back. This may be my fault but to me, the big square area over it is going to collapse in any amount of snow, and the big unsupported section in the centre of the tunnel between the two poles wont handle wind well. This is despite the fact its seen a bit of wind while Iv owned it and been fine. I just dont feel confident about taking it west.

Does anyone else who owns a Sirius 2 know how to pitch it so theres less sag and folds around the two short poles at the back?
Im thinking of modifying it to take an extra pole in the centre.

On a whim, and mostly due to the current sale, I bought an Olympus yesterday. Sorry bank account . Interested to see what it looks like pitched. The last model I used was three seasons ago. This one seems very light.

Minaret vs Olympus??

Steve wrote on Jul 18^th, 2010 at 9:44pm:


Two two man tents for one guy is probably enough. Especially since I already have a 12 man tent, a four man tent and a 1 man tent

Yeah I thought as much. Olympus it is

gimp wrote on Jul 18^th, 2010 at 9:41pm:

around 7-800 grams difference in the two. I just went and bought a minaret, allready have a plateau so wanted the lighter version to make the 2 different enought to warrant having them both