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

Backpacking Tent Examples:

If a tent is advertised as waterproof, a Scout will consider that a challenge