TentCheck

REI Co-op Half Dome 3

Floor 90 × 70 in, 44 in peak, vestibules 9.4 sq ft + 9.4 sq ft. Drawn to scale from the maker's listing; the grid is 6 in.

Which pads fit

3 regular padsFits

An inch or more to every wall. Sit-up room +4.9 in.

3 wide padsDoesn't fit

They don't fit side by side: 1 in past the wall.

3 mummy padsFits

An inch or more to every wall. Sit-up room +4.9 in.

Pads side by side at their listed sizes, with the average man (5 ft 9 in) lying on each. "Tight" is under an inch to a wall or the sloping roof: the fabric gives, but a wet wall wets what touches it. Open it in TentCheck to try your own pads, cots and gear, or read how fits are checked.

Where 3 wide pads fit instead

The lightest 3-person backpacking tents where they fit with an inch to every wall.

Headroom

Roof overheadFloorShare
Anywhere43.8 sq ft100%
12 in or more42.1 sq ft96%
24 in or more35.8 sq ft82%
36 in or more21.5 sq ft49%

From the modeled roof, not measured. About 36 in is where an average adult sits up straight on a pad: a 35 in sitting height, plus the pad.

The numbers

Floor (listed)90 × 70 in, 43.8 sq ft
Peak44 in (3 ft 8 in)
Vestibules9.4 sq ft + 9.4 sq ft
Sleeps (maker)3
Packed weight114.5 oz (7 lb 2.5 oz)
Packed volume24.9 L
Regular pads that fit3 with an inch to every wall
Sit-up room on a pad, at the peak+8 in for 35 in sitting height
Pitched footprint90 × 126.5 in (7 ft 6 in × 10 ft 7 in), floor and vestibules
Groundsheet to cutAbout 88 × 68 in

On the campsite

Floor and vestibules together cover 90 × 126.5 in. On a square tent pad, as campgrounds list them: 8 × 8 ft: doesn't fit; 10 × 10 ft: doesn't fit; 12 × 12 ft: fits. Guylines and stakes need more room around that.

For a groundsheet, cut it a little smaller than the floor, about 2 in, so rain running off the fly doesn't collect on it and run under the tent: about 88 × 68 in.

Notes

Floor 90 × 70 in, 44 in peak, two 9.4 ft² vestibules. Its packaged weight and packed size include the footprint that comes with it.

Sources

Roof shapes are modeled from the floor, the peak and how the poles hold the walls, not measured. Treat a result within an inch or two as too close to call.