The best tents for backpacking will be lightweight but reliable and also spacious enough to be comfortable to ‘live’ in. To work out whether the space-to-weight will be suitable for you, check for the stated dimensions of the tent before you buy it; can you sit up inside it? Is it...
The Sea to Summit Alto TR2 tent is a brilliant backpacking tent. At just 1.3kg, it's almost, but not quite, ultralight, and it comes in three separate stuff sacks, which makes it easy to pack or split between two people. It can be pitched in under 10 minutes and is versatile enough...
Best Ultralight Backpacking Cup Best Buy: Toaks Titanium Single Wall 450 Top Pick: MSR Titan 450 Cup Top Pick: Vargo Titanium 450 Travel Mug Top Pick: Snow Peak Titanium Single 450 Lightest Titanium: Toaks Titanium Single Wall 450 Ultralight Lightest Overall: Sea To Summit Passage, No Lid Coll...
Pros: Ultralight. High warmth-to-weight. Affordable. Draft collar. Comes with dry bag. Offset collar cinch. Quick dry. Draft-reducing design. Cons: Middling fill power. Horizontal baffles over torso. Construction & Features There’s lot’s to like about the Outdoor Vitals Stormloft, not leas...
Once a niche segment of backpacking, ultralight (UL) gear is gaining traction among outdoor enthusiasts who want to travel faster and farther with less weight on their backs. Nowadays, there are countless choices of tents, sleeping bags, cook systems, and outerwear to choose from, but perhaps...
Best Affordable Ultralight Backpacking Tent for One Person:Durston X-Mid 2 ($280) Jump to Review ,, and If you and your hiking partner both use wide pads (or you just prefer extra space), you’ll want to bump up to the Big Agnes Tiger Wall 2. With enough structure to perform well...
What we like: A very affordable semi-freestanding tent; options to boost ventilation.What we don’t: One of the heaviest tents/shelters here. Just when you thought you had ultralight tents figured out, along comes the Tarptent Double Rainbow. Like the Zpacks and Gossamer Gear above, the ...
Every year, tents get lighter, stronger, and more sustainable. 2024’s batch of three-season shelters was no exception, with ultralight trekking pole designs, purpose-built bikepacking bivvys, and cleverly guyed-out basecamps. The eight winners of this year’s exhaustive testing process proved ...
There are so many choices of lightweight backpacking sleeping bags on the market. With so many options I have narrowed down the options to only those that are lightweight and ultralight. All the ultralight sleeping bags were chosen for their quality, lightweight, and small pack size. All the...
Our favorite backpacking tents, tested and reviewed: From ultralight solo shelters to spacious four-person hideaways, there’s a perfect tent for you.