I've been looking at the lightheart gear tents. I'm planning a thru hike in 2018 but will going with my service dog, a 125# Akita. Might want to take a look at them. http://www.lightheartgear.com/
I've been looking at the lightheart gear tents. I'm planning a thru hike in 2018 but will going with my service dog, a 125# Akita. Might want to take a look at them. http://www.lightheartgear.com/
I switched to a hammock but if was to buy a tent it would be the protrail from tarp tent.
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There's no best tent for all conditions. If you hike a lot you will own many tents. Same thing with packs, bags, etc.
So it's time to start building your collection....
I have the Nemo Hornet and love it. Probably one of if not the lightest and most packable freestanding tent on the market
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Pretty much true! Only the BA fly creek (probably the platinum model) is as light, maybe an ounce lighter.
Here's a decent little article on the advantages of double-wall tents, and a list of the lightest ones:
http://sectionhiker.com/advantages-o...-walled-tents/
Edit: just took a look, and it's the regular BA fly creek that's nearly the same weight as the Nemo, just under 2 pounds, the BA fly creek "platinum" is 1 lb 9 oz, probably the lightest free-standing 2-person traditional double wall tent out there.
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I got the Big Agnes fly creek UL1 for my 2017 thru. Has plenty of room inside for 1 plus a cuddle buddy, and a vestibule the rain fly creates for pack space. This will be my second thru and I am definitely a tent man. But this is all personal preference. If going with a tarp you might want to also invest in a no-se-ums net for bugs in the summer.
I was going with a hammock and tarp, as I stated earlier. Changed my mind and decided to go with my trusty Duplex. Makes the pack lighter and I sleep just as well lying on the ground or swinging in the air.
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Which one do you have, the Nallo, Nammatj, Kaitum or Keron?? Or whatever else?
Snow flaps? None of my Hilleberg four season tents have snow flaps. My MSR Fury 4-season doesn't have snow flaps. In fact, not any of my tents in the last many decades had snow flaps. These are snow flaps---(not fabric on the ground)---
The only tent I use now for all my trips is a Hilleberg tunnel. Summer and winter. Why summer? Because the worst winds are often in the summer atop open balds in terrible thunderstorms. Are Hillebergs perfect? Nope, but then again no tent is perfect. Show me a guy who uses whatever tent and if he has nothing critical to say about it he just hasn't used it enough.
I agree that most of the tents I see on my trips are 3 season tents like Big Agnes and REI and Sierra Designs and a few Marmots and a few North Face and a handful of Tarptents and the occasional Bibler. The current fascination and fad now is for either single wall tents or for double wall nets with mesh/net inner tents. A mesh inner IS NOT a double wall tent. And if you plan on doing any extensive backpacking in the Southeast mountains, you will rethink your desire to use a single wall tent as condensation as times is overwhelming. Even under a tarp. "At times" means maybe not for a weekend trip but stretch a trip out for 3 weeks and dripping condensation will happen, especially on a cold night in a wet snow.
I stared my thru-hike of the AT using a Zpacks Duplex (single wall) Tent. It was awesome until my mileage collapsed, my NOBO hike turned into a flip-flop, and I found myself going through the Whites in the middle of October. The condensation became absolutely dangerous. And my ten degree sleeping bag started collapsing from the nightly moisture (I was getting 'rained on' inside my tent every night).
It really just depends on what months you'll be out hiking. If you're going to spend all your time in the spring and summer, a single wall tent will be awesome for the savings in weight. But if you're going to be going through colder months with the possibility of high humidity, you'll want to take the hit to your weight and carry a more substantial tent (e.g. Neemo Hornet, Big Agnes Copper Spur, MSR Hubba Hubba, or even a Hilleberg 3 season).
Also... depending on where you'll be hiking, you may run into a lot of those horrible wooden tent playforms (e.g. in NH and ME). And tension tents really don't work too well on those things.
Used a Quest Nova Pyramid tarp and later an MSR pyramid tarp on and off over the last 40 years in winter. Like it much more than a tent. Higher pitch, no floor means i can come in with snowshoes or crampons and if I destroy the groundcloth, I can simply make another from plastic. If I bring a dog, she can run in and out to pee on her own. The 5-6' high pitch also means I can cook in there and take done is a snap. If I find a good hang branch, then setup is even better with no center pole. The best thing is weight is minimal ~ 3 lbs.
.....Someday, like many others who joined WB in the early years, I may dry up and dissapear....