The North Face Assault 3 FUTURELIGHT™ Tent

The North Face Assault 3 FUTURELIGHT™ is the 3-person sibling of the Assault line: a freestanding, single-wall, 4-season mountaineering tent built on 4 carbon-fiber Easton Syclone poles and pitched as one unified structure. Unlike the smaller Assault 2, this fabric uses a FUTURELIGHT 3L laminate with a silicone-PU coating rather than an uncoated membrane, and the floor carries a 3000 mm rating; a specific hydrostatic figure for the fly itself isn't listed in the spec, so treat it as adequate for alpine conditions rather than a headline number. At 3100 g packed (2865 g minimum, about 1033 g per person across three) for 3.43 m² of floor plus a 1.35 m² vestibule, the total living space comes to 4.78 m² — a reasonable per-person allowance for a no-mesh, single-wall alpine tent. Two peak vents are the main defense against condensation, since there's no mesh paneling to help with airflow. Factory-taped seams save setup time compared to shelters requiring user sealing. This tent is built for 3-person mountaineering and expedition teams needing a freestanding structure that goes up fast in wind and cold, not for warm-weather 3-season backpacking where ventilation and bug protection matter more.