I have owned this since the first Half Dome 2 hit the market years ago. This footprint fits great and stays put if you place the gromet on the tent pole first followed by the tent gromet. I think this is a good design since the tent floor corners can be stretched to their limits without the footprint restricting the process.

This is not easy to set up with the tent because this footprint's attachment points, the grommets, are poorly placed on the footprint's webbing. In both length and width it is approximately 6" too long. Consequently the footprint is forever falling off the ends of the tent poles while your are trying to set up the tent or fine tune it's location. This is especially problematic when trying to pitch the tent in a wind. As you pick up one corner to place the grommet on the pole, the wind gets under the tent lifting it, allowing the other corners to fall off. The solution to the problem would be to move the grommets in toward the footprint's fabric. Bottom line; it performs it's intended function, but is unnecessarily difficult to install and keep installed.

After purchasing the footprint for the REI Half Dome 2 and having some difficulty in attaching the footprint to the poles, I took the tent and the matching footprint back to REI for advice. A REI associate and I measured the dimensions of the tent and the footprint and set up the tent and attached the matching footprint in the store. My footprint and a new one off the shelf both measured the same and had the same grommet spacing. It was found that the foot print was the right size but the location of the grommets do not allow a secure installation which makes installation difficult in even a slight wind and allows the footprint to migrate under the tent...possibly allowing collection of water under the floor of the tent. The associate said he would call the manufacturer this week and see what they recommend. Barring getting rid of the footprint all together, I would most likely try to install additional grommets closer on the attaching straps with a grommet repair and installation kit avail in store. REI associate said that I could return the footprint even if I tried to modify it and it didn't work. Will see what the manufacturer says first......