Backpacking Tents
Backpacking Tents
These tents are designed to be packed away and carried inside your backpack. The primary goal is to determine the lightest tent you can afford for a given environment. Light weight often comes with a price. It requires more engineering and the market for light weight makes these tents generally more expensive than car camping tents.
Recommendation
Type: Backpacking (dome or hybrid)
Quality: Mid-to-High
Size: 2-3 person
Weight: ~ 2 Pounds per person (32oz/person)
Fly: Full-length (not toupee rainfly)
Nice features: Air vents, double side entry, roomy vestibules, vertical walls
The best tent option is often dependent on what model happens to be on sale
Big Agnes Fishhook UL2 Tent
Backpacking Tent Examples:
REI – Half Dome 2 Plus
REI Co-op Half Dome 2 Plus Tent - 2020
Sleeping Capacity: 2-person
Minimum Trail Weight: 4lbs 14oz (58oz)
Packaged Weight: 5lbs 5oz (85oz)
REI Co-op Half Dome SL 2+ Tent with Footprint
Sleeping Capacity: 2-person
Minimum Trail Weight: 3lbs 15oz (63oz)
Packaged Weight: 4lbs 11.5oz (75.5oz)
Big Agnes - Copper Spur HV UL 2
Sleeping Capacity: 2-person
Minimum Trail Weight: 2lbs 11oz (43oz)
Fly / Footprint Pitch Weight: 2lbs 2oz (34oz)
Packaged Weight 3 lbs 2 oz (50.5oz)
Sleeping Capacity: 2-person
Minimum Trail Weight: 3 lbs 8 oz (56oz)
Packaged Weight: 3lbs 14oz (62oz)
Sleeping Capacity: 2-person
Minimum Trail Weight: 3lbs 3.8oz (51.8oz)
Packaged Weight: 3 lbs 8.5 oz (56.5oz)
If a tent is advertised as waterproof, a Scout will consider that a challenge