What ultra lite tent/shelter are you using

[canoe]

or wish you could use?

[Coffee]

Just spent my 34th night in my Hexamid Twin and I love it. Still in perfect condition as well.

[Kerosene]

My lightest go-to shelter is the zPacks Hexamid TwinTarp (without mesh when used for my Fall section hikes).

[QiWiz]

My lightest go-to shelter is the zPacks Hexamid TwinTarp (without mesh when used for my Fall section hikes).

I really like my Zpacks Hexamid. Before I got it, I used to use a silnylon Gatewood Cape (get a Wild Oasis if you don't want to wear your shelter as a poncho). The pyramid shape is my favorite tarp configuration.

I hear that Gossamer Gear will soon be coming out with a new crop of shelters and I'm eager to see what they will have. I love their packs and trekking poles. Disclaimer: I am such a fan that I became a "trail ambassador" for GG, so I may be biased. ; )

[garlic08]

I don't know if the Tarptent Contrail qualifies as UL anymore at 27 oz, but I just replaced the one I've been using heavily for seven years and many thousands of trail miles. I was tempted by newer models with different features, but I was really glad to see Henry still makes the tried and true Contrail.

[rafe]

Tarptent Rainbow, 2007 vintage, not sure if that qualifies at 32 oz or so. (I call that light.) I can't report on its performance in hurricane conditions. Single-walled, so condensation can be a problem. Setup/takedown is a snap -- I use the stakes. In fair weather, it's awesome. Incredibly roomy for a solo tent.

[Sarcasm the elf]

Tarptent Double Rainbow. It's light enough to use solo but when I use it with a hiking partner (which I usually do) it ends up being around 20oz* per person for a fully enclosed shelter.

*Edit: Does anyone know if this year's double rainbow is heavier than previous ones? The site says that it is 41oz, but when I bought mine a couple years back I thought it was closer to two pounds.

[Venchka]

Tarptent Double Rainbow. It's light enough to use solo but when I use it with a hiking partner (which I usually do) it ends up being around 20oz* per person for a fully enclosed shelter.

*Edit: Does anyone know if this year's double rainbow is heavier than previous ones? The site says that it is 41oz, but when I bought mine a couple years back I thought it was closer to two pounds.

I noticed that several TarpTents have increased in weight recently. I know the StratoSpire 1 went up. It and the Rainbow were both listed at 34 ounces last year. Now the StratoSpire 1
is listed at 36 ounces. It gets worse: different weights for the same tent in different places at the TarpTent web pages. I guess a phone call is in order before ordering. I have been been seriously burned by catalog weights and real weights when the item arrived.
http://www.tarptent.com/allproducts.html
http://www.tarptent.com/pdf/TT2014.pdf
http://www.tarptent.com/pdf/TT2014.pdf

OK, two pages say the StratoSpire 1 weighs 36 ounces now.

Looks like the Double Rainbow & StratoSpire 1 & 2 all went up. No worries. They still are some of, maybe the best, when you look at cost-weight-space-weather protection benefits.

Wayne

[Odd Man Out]

SMD Skyscape Trekker. Got if for Christmas. If it ever warms up, I will take it out for a spin.

[colorado_rob]

Finally sprang for my first piece of cuben gear, the Zpacks hexamid solo-plus (w/ beak and bug netting). "Only" $390, palatial in size for one (might actually work for two occasionally), 16 ounces total including cords. I was skeptical at first, but used it for 3+ weeks on the AT this spring, worked like a charm.

Still have my trusty BS Fly Creek 2, used maybe 100 total nights, and will use when with wife and can share the heavy tent load (2.5 pounds).

[Hoofit]

Tarptent Double Rainbow. It's light enough to use solo but when I use it with a hiking partner (which I usually do) it ends up being around 20oz* per person for a fully enclosed shelter.

*Edit: Does anyone know if this year's double rainbow is heavier than previous ones? The site says that it is 41oz, but when I bought mine a couple years back I thought it was closer to two pounds.

I just bought a double rainbow from Henry Shires, haven't weighed it yet but it is supposed to be be 39 ozs , as I ordered it with a carbon pole ( - 2 oz)....nice to get under the 40 oz mark!

[Miner]

Bought a Zpacks Hexamid Solo without the netting or beak back at the end of the year. I don't have enough experience with it in weather to say if I'm sticking with it yet. Before I was using a 2008 MLD Grace Solo CF Tarp which I was very happy with. I only swapped to the Zpacks shelter since I could save an ounce and to try something new after 6 years.

With it I'm also carrying a Borah CF bivy sack since I mostly cowboy camp.

[Kingbee]

Big Agnes Seedhouse UL1. Great little tent!SWVA 007.jpg

[squeezebox]

I got a seedhouse 1 for $100 at the last rei garage sale, In the backyard it seems big enough for 1 person and well arranged gear.
biggest problem I'm not a well arranged person.

[msupple]

I got a seedhouse 1 for $100 at the last rei garage sale, In the backyard it seems big enough for 1 person and well arranged gear.
biggest problem I'm not a well arranged person.

That's funny!

[mike220]

GG One, or a MLD Patrol Shelter with a bug bivy. Love them both.

[nastynate]

LHG Solong6

[Deacon]

LHG Solong6

I have a cuben version of this.

[Ercoupe]

I've used a Z-pack twin hexamid 50+ nights. Net floor. Rain and snow. Love a two person tent for the room. If I could replace it it would be with a Z-pack triplex tent. Easier entry, sew in cuben floor. Room for the Grandkids, for the three day excursions.

[daddytwosticks]

Tarptent Notch. Love it so far. Will probably sell it in the future in my quest for the ultimate lightweight shelter. Am looking at that new cuben fiber tarp from SMD. Can't even spell or pronounce the name! Deusomethingorother. That coupled with a Serenity net tent may be my next lightweight shelter.