I am interested in buying a light free-standing tent that could handle a little bit of snow. Any favorites? I’m especially looking for something thats easy to set up.
JalaJalan
Best Free-Standing Tent
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J, I don’t know what’s best but many AT hikers have happily used MSR’s Hubba Hubba.
Brian Osborne
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#3
There’s the Black Diamond Firstlite Tent, Hilleberg Akto…if not check out backcountrygear.com …a very good listing of ultralight gear.
jj
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you may want to look at the henry shires tarptent.com double rainbow. this is a 2.5 pound 2 person free-standing tent. the design looks very cool. i’ve ordered one for my thru-hike of the AT, but have yet to test it out. it gets good reviews…
Sweeper
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Check out the Big Agnes Seedhouse Superlight tents. http://www.bigagnes.com/str_tents.php?id=sh1sl
I used this for much of my AT Thru-hike last year and I never got wet. It handled snow and rain wonderfully.
slick b
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REI quaterdome tent. Room for 2 or one with ample room for gear. Getting rid of extra pegs, straps, etc cuts weight to under 4 lbs.
swamp fox
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REI quaterdome tent. Room for 2 or one with ample room for gear. Getting rid of extra pegs, straps, etc cuts weight to under 4 lbs.
swamp fox
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I was looking at the Rainbow but I wasn’t sure how it would stand up to high wind, rain or snow. Does anyone have any experiences in these conditions?
jalan
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I’ll second the Big Agnes Seedhouse. I also used it on my 2006 AT thru-hike and plan on using it again on my 2007 PCT thru-hike. Don’t let the number of stakes discourage you. I got by with only using 6 of them.
hurdt48