The Hyperlite Mountain Gear UltaMid 2 is an ultralight, four-season, pyramid-style backpacking shelter designed to be set up with two trekking poles lashed together - Hyperlite Mountain Gear provides optional straps - or with an optional carbon fiber pole if you don't use trekking poles. Since it's
NEMO Hornet Elite 2 Tent Review
The NEMO Hornet Elite 2 is an ultralight, semi-freestanding, three-season backpacking tent with a single-pole construction, two doors, and two vestibules. It's the lighter (Elite) version of the NEMO Hornet 2 - coming in at 4 oz / 113 g less and costing $130 more. The Hornet Elite 2 has a packed
Hyperlite Mountain Gear Dirigo 2 Review
The Hyperlite Mountain Gear Dirigo 2 is a lightweight (28 oz / 794 g) two-person shelter designed to be used with two trekking poles and eight stakes. It's a fully seam-sealed, single-wall tent made with Dyneema Composite Fabric that pitches as a single unit (there is no separate fly). Don't use
Hyperlite Mountain Gear Ground Cloth Review
The Hyperlite Mountain Gear Ground Cloth is a 3.77 oz / 107 g rectangle of green DCF8 Dyneema® Composite Fabric measuring 96 x 52 in / 244 x 132 cm. It's a groundsheet, you know, that thing you put on the ground when you camp to protect your gear from whatever horrors may be strewn about your
REI Co-op Half Dome 3 Plus Tent Review
The REI Co-op Half Dome 3 Plus is an entry-level 3-person, 3-season, backpacking tent weighing in at 6 lbs 6 oz (2.89 kg). That said, I'll provide you with a bit of a spoiler here and tell you that I would recommend this more as a two-person car camping tent than a three-person backpacking tent, but
MSR Mutha Hubba NX 3-Person Tent Review
The MSR Mutha Hubba NX is a freestanding, three-person, two-door, dual-vestibule, three-season tent weighing in at 4 lbs 13 oz / 2.18 kg. It has a minimum weight (the weight of the tent with no stuff sacks, stakes, or guy lines of 4 lbs 5 oz / 1.95 kg. I'm a believer that the maximum number of
Big Agnes Copper Spur 2 Platinum Tent Review
The Big Agnes Copper Spur 2 Platinum is a lightweight, freestanding, two-person backpacking tent that's for anyone willing to spend $600 on their miniature house for the outdoors (or as I like to call it, my palace). I got this tent just before my Continental Divide Trail thru-hike and have spent
Mountain Hardwear SuperMegaUL 2 Tent Review
NOTE: The SuperMegaUL 2 has been discontinued and replaced by the Mountain Hardwear Ghost UL 2. I have used the Mountain Hardwear SuperMegaUL 1 (review) - the single person version of the UL 2 - for a long time now (including the entirety of the Pacific Crest Trail). The UL 1 has been great, but
Mountain Hardwear SuperMegaUL 1 Tent Review
NOTE: The SuperMegaUL 1 has been discontinued and replaced by the Mountain Hardwear Ghost UL 1. Tents: portable fabric homes for hippies, hobos, and hikers. Commonly employed outdoors for use whilst "camping" a tent can be a person's best friend and nightly escape from the elements (or a terrible