The Luxe Minipeak and Hexpeak floorless shelters are roomy, lightweight trekking
pole shelters ideal for hunting and backpacking. The minipeak, the slightly
larger of the two, is a pyramid-shaped tent with two doors and made from
ripstop polyester. Polyester ripstop prevent sagging from heavy rains and the
minimum of four stakes make pitching this tent very simple. The minipeak has
a total weight of 35 ounces. The hexpeak is a hexagon shaped teepee with one door
and made from ripstop nylon. The hexagon shape and steep walls of this tent shed
rain and snow very well. With a total weight of 23 ounces the hexpeak is an
ideal solo shelter. Today we're discussing the differences between these
two lightweight hunting and backpacking shelters from Luxe Hiking Gear. We're
going to talk about the minipeak versus the hexpeak because this is a very
common question that we get asked and so we wanted to take the time to show you
the differences between these two shelters so that you could make a better
decision on which one makes more sense for you. Now there are several things
that these two shelters have in common. Both of them are a floorless design,
which means that you're going to want to sleep with a ground sheet or purchase
the additional and optional inner tent that is going to act as a bug net as
well as a ground sheet for the inside of the shelter. Both of them are also going
to pitch using a trekking pole. So if you are already out hiking with trekking
poles you'd be able to pitch the tent using that trekking pole as the center
pole of the shelter. The minipeak is a true rectangular pyramid shaped shelter
that utilizes a polyester fabric for the body of the tent now the benefit of
using polyester is it's less prone to sagging in wet weather. Now you're not
going to have to worry about adjusting the pitch of the shelter as much with
this polyester fabric as you would with the rip stop nylon fabric that you get
with the hexpeak. The polyester fabric of the minipeak does make it weigh a
little bit more so a total weight for this shelter at 35 ounces but you do
have a very roomy and open type of shelter with the shape of this so
you've got eight feet of length, six and a half feet or so of width, and four and
a half feet of height. The minipeak also features two doors which makes this a
great shelter for two people because you can get in and out of the shelter
without having to crawl over the other person in the tent to be able to get in
and out. You've got two peak vents on the minipeak as well as it only requires a
minimum of four stakes for you to pitch. The additional stake out points would be
at your two doors and the optional guy out points for heavy winds as needed.
You'll notice that the sidewalls of the minipeak are a little bit more shallow,
not as steep as they are on the hexpeak. That will come into play when you do
have heavier snows, heavier rain. It's not going to slough off that snow as easy or
effectively as the hexpeak. However this is a very roomy open great shelter.
The hexpeak is a true hexagon shaped teepee shelter. Now this does require a minimum
of six stakes for you to be able to pitch this correctly and because of the
hexagon shape it does take a little bit more practice in time to get a proper
pitch with this, however the hexagon shape of the hexpeak is going to allow
it to perform better in high winds, it'll slough off the rain and snow a lot
better than the minipeak because you have steeper walls, but this is made from
that ripstop nylon material which has its benefits making it a lighter weight
shelter just over 23 ounces for the hexpeak versus the 35 ounces for the minipeak
making this twelve ounces lighter than the mini peak so it's a great solo
one-person shelter particularly when you add the one and a half person inner tent.
The hexpeak is going to feature a single door opening. You've got a single
peak vent. The total space of the hexpeak is going to be about 8 feet by 8
feet and then 4.5 feet in height so you do have a smaller
footprint with the hexpeak than you do with the
minipeak which makes it really easy to get into smaller campsites. In addition
to the six stakeout points you also have various additional guy out points as
well as guy out loops on the sidewalls of the tent for when you are
experiencing heavy winds. The last thing about the hexpeak is because of these
steeper walls of the hexagon shape you do have more space between the sidewall
and your sleeping bag versus the more shallow sidewall of the minipeak that
would require you to be a little bit further away from the sidewall of the
shelter. A couple other things about these two shelters is they are both
compact and easy to carry for backpacking. They also have the ability
to add an optional stove jack into the tent to add a woodstove on the inside
for that cold weather winter style of camping. Now hopefully that gives you a
better understanding of the differences between these two shelters so you can
make a better decision on which one makes more sense for you. If you have
additional questions please feel free to ask. Thank you for watching!