Built to handle mountaineering expeditions in extreme conditions, the Mission 3P is a double wall, 4-season shelter with an innovative architecture that can withstand the strongest mountain storms.
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Overall rating: 4.7 / 5 from 10 reviews.
Review topics: ["weight","weather","rain","pockets","tent","vestibule","fly","door","trips","wind","home","temps"].
"A 3P base camp that is truly a comfortable 3P, with room to squeeze a 4th in an emergency. Quick and easy to put up and take down. Every stitch, gusset, or guy line look like they'll withstand a nuke, so it's not very light, but that is expected from this type of setup. For people that are looking to divide the weight among their party, the poles and stakes are just a hair under 4 Lbs, the tent body is 3 Lbs and the Fly a hair under 4 Lbs as well. However, separating and reattaching the tent body from the fly is a pain, so plan to keep them together and just hand off equivalent weight items that are easier to swap among your party. In our case the easiest weight swaps were sleeping pads and such. HIGHLY recommended, would give this six stars if I could!"
"Used as a “base camp” style tent due to its weight, but a great tent. Tons of space, easy to set up, solid in both rain and snow."
"The mission 3P has a bunch of well thought out features that makes it the best expedition base camp weight tent that I’ve used. First for pitching, all of the poles clip on from the outside, making getting it up really, really fast. Second, it’s a spacious 3P tent. We had plenty of room for 3P to be comfy throughout a trip to Denali, and could have squeezed 4 people in if it was needed. The internal pockets are well sized and spaced. I always add a mesh net or cord to the ceiling of tents for drying gear, this tent has ample attachment points. Each anchor point had a long cord attached that was plenty long to girth hitch snow stakes and also t-slot them. Bonus points for all of the guy lines being attached with a bowline and nicely coiled when the tent arrived. That made setup and prep needs before the first use virtually nonexistent."
"Very good tent for hard conditions and comfortable for 3 people. Good vestibule in both sides. Easy to set up one difficult weather but difficult tu spread the part to carry it between the crew"
"Super spacious tent. Used as a luxury 2 person. We were confident we could fit 4 in the even of a tent malfunction in our party. Could be lighter"
"Absolutely the best tent I have ever owned. Easy to assemble. Spacious and sturdy. A wee weighty for a trail hike, but otherwise awesome."
"Bought this tent when there were ZERO reviews online, so it was a leap of faith. Great decision. It's 10 lb so not an ultralight. But it's a great design, strong material, and incredibly easy to setup. Very happy with the purchase."
"Never owned a 4 season before but I’ve stayed in a couple over the years. This tent was a very nice home for 18 days spent in the tordrillo mtns. Like the other review it’s great for 2 people plus gear and you could cram 4 in it if you needed to. The double vestibules are great for extra gear and possible cooking although we had a mega mid for that. Loved how easy it sets up with the outer poles. Plenty of guy outs and stakes so if you set it up right this thing could probably take a hurricane. Condensation on the inside was very minimal even on the really cold nights. It is a beast at 10lbs but I think it’s very comparable to other tents it’s size. And it just feels burley. Loved the tent and hopefully get many many years of use out of it. Thanks BD for another great product"
"I bought this tent because I needed a 3 person / 4 season tent for an Arctic Refuge river trip. The issue with packing for an Arctic river trip is you never know what you’ll get. Temps can range from 20 to 80 and there is strong potential for high winds on the coastal plain - so you want a decent 4 season tent in the event weather really gets bad. First the good: This tent is bomb. It is burly and the guy lines on all sides allow you to pitch in virtually any weather - which was nice on the coastal plain where we had constant 20mph+ winds for 30 hours with nothing available to act as a wind break . It is also cosy and warm in cold temps - which was nice the day the temp dropped to 30 and the steady rain turned to snow. At 10 pounds this tent is in the VE-25 / Trango 3 category in that you’re either using it as basecamp tent or you’ll hauling it to really inhospitable places. You could haul it to 17K on Denali (and I’m sure many will) but there are several tents on the market that are a few pounds lighter that can withstand 17K winds just fine. This would be an ideal base camp tent for an Alaska Range trip and you could pitch the tent and feel fine about leaving it in place for 24+ hours while you ventured on a 1-2 climb. The built in flaps open the vestibule would block spindrift during storms and the roomy vestibule would allow you to set up a pit / cook shelf on one end and store gear on the other end. It is a roomy tent and 3 people would be comfortable at basecamp if gear was stored in the vestibule (2 if gear was stored inside). In regards to color - the change in spectrum due to the blue color takes some getting used to - and the black cord used for guy lines should ideally be swapped out for a reflective cord - but these are minimal issues that most users won’t care about. And now the bad: If you plan to use this tent in warmer temperatures you will be unhappy. The lack of ventilation, while ideal for cold temps, makes this tent unbearable anywhere you might encounter warm weather. On our Arctic trip we had temps that ranged from 30 to 80 - and on the 80 degree evenings the tent was far too warm. Even with the vestibules completely rolled open and the screens down the tent lacked adequate ventilation and it was a very unpleasant sleeping environment. It could be argued that this tent was never designed to be used in summer temperatures - however I have spent many days in hot temperatures on the lower Kahiltna and this tent would be too hot on a glacier in direct Alaska mid-June sun. Black Diamond could have easily addressed the ventilation issue by either installation of an additional vent inside the tent (similar to the roof vents on the Trango and VE-25), installing full length screens on the doors, or installing a tie back loop that would allow you to completely roll back the vestibule on warm calm days (similar to tie back loops on the Kaitum). All that said - given we ended our trip with snow and temps in the 30s I am happy with the tent. When the wind was gusting steadily and it was dumping sleet and snow I had zero worries about getting wet or breaking a pole. And while being hot in the 24 hour Arctic sun was unpleasant it was something we could deal with - whereas getting wet and cold due to a lighter / more ventilated tent is something you really don’t want to worry about."
"The medium sized 3P is an excellent compromise size that can be used as a 2 person palace or a cramped 4 person home. I love that the fly is attached to the tent body so when I take it out in a downpour the interior of the tent stays dry. You stake the four corners of the rectangular floor, then assemble the poles into the structural frame before you raise the tent to attach. All these features make pitching a Mission tent in high winds and torrential rains a pleasure… at least in comparison to other tents. Love all the interior attachment points… I think I counted around 20. I’ve always had one vestibule with previous tents but having two equally sized vestibules and doors made getting in and out of the tent much easier and made it easy to keep equipment off the tent floor. This is listed as a 4 season tent but this tent would be tough to use in hot weather. The only ventilation to the tent body is from bug netting on the top 1/3 of each door (which I don’t recall seeing in descriptions or photos). And of course the fly extends basically to the ground. This is a no-compromise cool or cold weather tent, more so than previous 4 season tents I’ve used which had full netting doors. You’ll need a different tent for summer, but the lack of compromise make it extra nice in cool or cold weather. I wasn’t excited about the monotone blue color of the fly but it’s nicer in person than the photos. I will probably replace the black guy lines with bright orange line which will complement the blue nicely and make them easier to see. The tent body is white which is nice, but everything and everyone inside is going to look blue anyway. I like my yellow tents, but mostly I don’t spend a lot of time in the tent during the day. If I had to be in a tent all day as part of a base camp I suppose blue would be easier to live with. Finally, looking at the BD videos on the tent I was a bit concerned about how the fabric was flapping in the light winds. I have a Fitzroy single wall which has drum tight walls, and other 4 season tents I’ve use are a lot more taught than the videos of the Mission tents. In person though it’s clearly not a problem. There are a lot of guy lines. It’s never going to be like the single wall Fitzroy, but you can make it much better than the videos. I really like the Fitzroy and an old VE-25 I used to have, but this Mission 3P is my new favorite tent for cool or cold weather."
