Lightweight tent recommendations?

Going to re-register my enthusiasm here for the Hubba Hubba NX .

1.54kg, 2 person, 2 door/vestibule, double wall, freestanding, packs down square.

Used it again recently and apart from being a slight faff to put up, and a little breezy inside, has been perfect.

Relatively light, strong, spacious and great little details like the duffle stuffsack and anodised hardware, webbing, great pegs etc.

Another thing worth noting is that, somehow, just like the 'American' white version, the light inside is.. white? So pleasant waking up in a neutral light and not a green or orange womb. Makes a huge difference.

I need to get a footprint for it, though.

Are you serious?

World´s lightest tent is 600g.

No, it's 496g
https://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/terra_nova_laser_ultra_1_tent_review.html#.VSkZjorF_qM

But saving those last 300g probably costs > £5 a gram.

Not that it matters: but that's not the measured weight in its stuff sack.

A solo is a smaller tent than a Zep 1 so taking size into account the Zep1 is lighter. Try sitting upright and cooking inside a solo :)

Tenting is like everything else, if your on a budget then loads of choice but with a bit of weight, some carefull repacking and maybe changing guylines and playing with pegs and you can drop a bit of weight and pack volume.
If you need low weight and are prepared to pay for it and live with any drawbacks of ultralight weight then those rad Terras are for you, you can also ditch the inner and just run the outer shell and really drop some weight, bit more protection than just running a tarp, depends on how bad the insects are where your camping (full tent for me in midge season, worth the extra weight) :)

7up, i don't use footprints as i try not to be in places that need them, soft ground is a nicer nights sleep. Bit of weight weenism...... the footprint for the Hubba is 270g (and well worth that for extended trips on rough rocky ground) a piece of builders poly sheet cut to size should be lighter and can be binned mid trip if needed. The big old orange survival bags make a good footprint too, or for really light the mylar/foil survival blankets and a check ground first for really pointy stones.
I cannot prove it but you "might" get a thermal gain from using a silver survival sheet.

Best way with a budget tent is look at the pegs and repack in something like an Alpkit dry bag, you can drop a bit of weight and reduce volume for not much cash, beyond that the weight will be in the material and poles used at that price point.
Steel round pegs are about 20g each, so some cheap alu V pegs could drop 100g.

Good shout, I was thinking of using a mylar sheet. I've got one somewhere.

Except I think that with the MSR groundsheet, you can pitch 'fly only' freestanding, as it has grommets in the correct positions for the poles to locate? I'll have to look it up.

I ended up with a Zep2 XL lite last year as the factory had a sale and it was too good a deal to pass on...... i had looked at MSR's

Been looking about today on http://www.backpackinglight.co.uk and your Hubba just got more interesting, have you seen the the "gear shed" attachment, a zip on to the doorway extra extension to the tent.

Terra do a similar thing with a groundsheet pack, ditch the inner tent, pay a load of extra cash for a fitted ground sheet, your tent is now as light as your wallet :) they did have a fancy name in place though for wine bar kudos.
The MSR sheet was fairly cheap so worth considering over my ultra budget ideas of a poly sheet.
I did try some of the foam underlay for laminate flooring for our Laser2, i cut to footprint shape as a possible for winter use but the weight was low but packing size was huge, doable but too much hassle in the end.

Yeah. 10% of the tent cost to keep me tearing it is probably worth it. I just skinted myself buying my gear almost all at once and never managed to get one.

I saw the 'gear shed'. TBH I can't see why i'd ever need it though. The vestibules on this tent are huge. I had one with 3 panniers and a 30L duffle in + boots, and the other free for cooking and drying things in. The thing I am interested in is the 'gear loft', for chucking stuff into the roof of the tent/drying.

The gear shed struck me as a practical idea, maybe a bit niche, but a workable idea.

ahem.... not being kinky or nuthing :)
gear lofts, bit like a suspender belt in attachment, you could raid someones knicker draw (or washing line)
i looked at them too and the costing of doing a ghetto fix with ladies undergarment bits :)

Pretty much regeared myself now, taken a few years as a bit old school in thought and kit. Major benefit was regualr trips to Fort William and all the gear shops there. And online surfing for bits and pieces. Think bulk of it was from Field & Trek and some instore from Sport Direct, some from independent stores Nevis range and backpackinglight, cotswold camping, Taunton leisure, and managed to vist Alpkit too, i can run a 42ltr pack and be unsupported for 3+ days as a walker. Just need to translate the packing from a single pack to spread around a bike now.

Been eyeing up the overnight train from Euston to Fort William, hope too try it as a walker this year and bike it next year when i get the Surly actually built up with gears and disc brakes for some off road touring action and not going anywhere near the Highland Traill 500 :)

If you fancy some company, I'd give it a crack!

Last proper adventure left Mrs 853 scarred mentally and me....... 2 weeks later i was trying not to die in hospital although the hospital did reckon a 2 week timescale post adventure did equate to me not getting very ill on holiday..... serves me right for picking a not often used route from Tarbett Jetty/Swordlands over to Sourlies bothy, didn't factor in the super hard going wet ground and a blizzard.

Still the TN Laser coped with camping on wet sponge ground with no leaks and when i did fall through the door into Sourlies bothy i was greeted by a very nice, very tall, very blonde lady who offered me whisky on the spot. I guessed Norge, she (and partner) where Finnish.

Going off topic now, taken a few years to get the parts for the Monkey (been enjoying it SS and v-braked) had a shopping spree last weekend at Bristols bike jumble at Mud-dock, now got to find a new job and fully re-locate to kent from somerset so might take a while to sort biking out this year........ next year hopefully..... welsh ride thing would be a giggle..... or scotland.

Still loving you lunar solo gabe?

Can't decide between that and the trekkertent stealth

@laner Looked at tarptent? Think I'll get one when I can. Seem really good.

Hangon is trekkertent just tarptent rebranded? I think so..

have got the tarptent notch on my potential list also, but don't know if the extra 100+ grams is worth the dual doors.

trekkertent are different i think, british company with some really good reviews, but currently not selling the stealth at the moment

You planning to carry walking poles, or getting the specific ones? I ended up taking poles even though I didn't need them. I used one as a bike stand (along with an elastic band on the front brake) and they came in handy for all sorts of other things, as well as walking back down at night/chucking at seagulls.

I used a Tarptent Stratospire once and it was great, huge. The pegs were shit though. Trekkertent is definitely a different company.

Look suspiciously similar...

Yeah, it's great, used it for 4 nights out in wales over easter, it's great, and super quick to put up.

Getting a terra nova laser comp 1 for £229 on Blacks, they have some good discount codes on their site atm, more discount if you spend more. £20 off for over £200 for example.

Not exactly super light but im going to go for the hoolie 2 over the zephy i think, will head out with it next weekend if all goes to plan

Buy mine if you want?
Good condition.

I did PM you about it a while back and thought about it at length, but in the end I was too charmed by the idea of having shiny new kit. Cheers though!

Morning folks. Thought it worth putting this up on here first - I've just upgraded my tent to an MSR (helped by some dutch courage last night...) and so it's time to part with my Vango Banshee 200. Here it is in action:

It's a great tent, lightweight (~2.1kg) and compact for the money. It got me hooked on cycle touring but I fancied something a little higher tech and more spacious in shape now. It's been well looked after - no rips, tears etc. and always dried out after use. Thinking back, it's actually had very limited use too, probably only 2 weeks in total! (seems a bit mental to have spent all that on an MSR now!)

Looking for £55 (to someone on here) and I'm around Brixton/Clapham North if anyone wants to have a look/more details

^ bargain! Those are great robust tents and go up so easily!

hoolie 2 bought, lets go camping!

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