TentCheck

The North Face Stormbreak 3

Floor 88 × 65 in, 46 in peak, no vestibule. 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 +5.2 in.

3 wide padsDoesn't fit

They don't fit side by side: 3.5 in past the wall.

3 mummy padsFits

An inch or more to every wall. Sit-up room +5.2 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
Anywhere39.7 sq ft100%
12 in or more38 sq ft96%
24 in or more32 sq ft80%
36 in or more19.7 sq ft50%

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)88 × 65 in, 39.7 sq ft
Peak46 in (3 ft 10 in)
VestibulesNone
Sleeps (maker)3
Packed weight106 oz (6 lb 10 oz)
Packed volume18.1 L
Regular pads that fit3 with an inch to every wall
Sit-up room on a pad, at the peak+10 in for 35 in sitting height
Pitched footprint88 × 65 in (7 ft 4 in × 5 ft 5 in), floor and vestibules
Groundsheet to cutAbout 86 × 63 in

On the campsite

Floor and vestibules together cover 88 × 65 in. On a square tent pad, as campgrounds list them: 8 × 8 ft: fits; 10 × 10 ft: fits; 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 86 × 63 in.

Notes

Floor 88 × 65 in, 46 in peak, two doors. It has two vestibules, but REI lists no area for them and The North Face’s page couldn’t be read, so none is drawn.

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.