all year touring tent recomendations

[stuee147]

Hi all

Im looking to get a new tent for touring but im wanting something that i can use any time of the year. In the past iv had lightweight tents for summer and heavey 4 season tents for winter mouths. Iv been looking at some MSR tents they look good light weight and can be used as more of a bug free area in the summer by leaveing the rain cover bit off, and i like that idea.

The main points im looking for in a tent (in no real order)

1) 2 person (i like the extra space for my kit)

2) good water and wind resistance

3) easy maintained (reproofing, drying, cleaning ect)

4) weight around 3kg max

5) smallish pack size

6)quick and easy to pitch (espeshely at night in rain and wind )

7) hard wearing and tough (im not looking for a festival tent for the odd weekend its a tent that i can go away in for 2 or 3 mouths at a time )

Any recomendations ?

Thanks

Stuee

 

[Dayvo]

Helsport have a very good reputation here in Norway, and it's rightly deserved.

Here are two possibilities:

http://www.tamarackoutdoors.co.uk/PBSCProduct.asp?ItmID=13558279

http://www.tamarackoutdoors.co.uk/PBSCProduct.asp?ItmID=9453331

 

[Geoff Crowther]

Simples; Terra Nova Superlite Voyager, 2 person, 3/4 season. Absolutely brilliant tent. The original pegs are a touch on the light side, looking like thin skewers, so we've changed 'em for beefier ones for difficult ground and bad weather (MSR groundhog stakes) . Used in some really foul weather with no issues. Classic, semi geodesic design so very stable in wind. Ours weighs 1.9kg including heavier pegs and a repair kit. Also possible to use without flysheet, if that floats yer boat. Cost? around £390.

 

[Profpointy]

well as you haven't mentioned price, then Hilleberg - Nallo 2 GT or Kaitum 2 (without GT which is an extended porch). Absolutely superb kit in every respect, but buttock clenchingly expensive. I have a Nallo 2 , and Kaitum 2 GT - but in hindsight a Kaitum 2 (without the GT) would have been a better bet, and cheaper that 2 tents. Very easy to pitch, lightweight for size & strength - room & strong for weight. Ticks every box, except price which is brutal

A bit cheaper, then I'd be tempted by some of the Vaude designs - dead easy to pitch, which I find important, and still reasonably good in other respects. Stayed in one in the Alps one summer and it stood up to quite a lot.

 

[Crankarm]

Hasn't this topic been done to death! Search is your friend.

 

[LimeBurn]

http://www.heason.net/reviews/2014/10/16/Quickhiker_Ultralight_4_Tent__Decathlon/

 

[classic33]

Hasn't this topic been done to death! Search is your friend.

Next years tents & camping equipment is making its way into the shops. So newer ones appearing.

 

[willem]

For ultra reliability I think the Hilleberg Nammatj 2 is best. The (high) price is about the same as for a Nallo, and it is heavier, but it is a bit more specious, has better ventilation, and is certainly harder wearing. For solo use you do not need the porch of the GT version, I think.

 

[Blue Hills]

specious: superficially plausible, but actually wrong.

So a typo for spacious i presume

all the best, thanks for your posts.

 

[bikepacker]

For ultra reliability I think the Hilleberg Nammatj 2 is best. The (high) price is about the same as for a Nallo, and it is heavier, but it is a bit more spacious, has better ventilation, and is certainly harder wearing. .

The Nammatj 2GT it is the only tent I use for winter cycle camping.

 

[Andy_R]

Hasn't this topic been done to death! Search is your friend.

helpful as usual, cranky

 

[Cycleops]

specious: superficially plausible, but actually wrong.

So a typo for spacious i presume

all the best, thanks for your posts.

They want to move on, say "very regrettsble, it happened in the past, things is different

Strange what people will comment on isn't it?

 

[Blue Hills]

er, pardon?

thanks again for your posts willem. Have always found them interesting and they have taught me a lot

 

[willem]

Sorry guys. Even though I am not a native Brit I do indeed know the difference between specious and spacious. My only excuse is that I am sitting here typing this on a tiny netbook, squinting at a tiny screen, in my temporary appartment in Bonn where I am working for a few months. I have made a first tour last Sunday, and the riding is great if you go West and/or South: forests, hills with quiet roads and tracks. This morning the weather did not look too promising, so I stayed home. That was a mistake as it cleared up at lunchtime.

 

[Blue Hills]

It's OK willem - my comment was meant to be light and to allow you to do an edit. I didn't think for a microsecond that you didn't know the difference. My posts are quite often typo infested due to an at times wonky tablet and the circumstances of using it.

I well know the feeling of staying in and then regretting it - will I ever learn?

all the best

(EDITED FOR TYPO/RELAXED TYPING/BRAINSTORM!!!)