Lightweight tent recommendations?

after having been a mountaineering tent snob for years, am now convinced this is the most cost effective way to go nowadays

We used it twice in two weeks so it's already paid for itself about 6x over.

For reals?

6x was a guesstimate but... £15 tent with no travel vs. £100 hotel + 2 x ~£20 taxi trips

Naturehike hammock looks pretty good at sub-£90 and 1.5kg

http://www.naturehike.com/wind-cloud-series-ultralight-one-man-hammock/

I love hammocks,
even with a thin foam mat inside,
I know I won't sleep if the temp goes under 15°C,
that's with no wind.

https://youtu.be/CTuGJgka1qc

LOL at that hammock

Get a DD for your BREKFEST FRAM DE HAMMECK

Have you got the superlight?

ya but the less superlight one with double skin, bugnet + tarp is still way lighter than that thing you posted.

If you wanna go under 5-7 degrees at night, you'd probably need an underquilt rather than a mat, or make a cocoon one from an open ended bag.

He needs 2 layers of insulation underneath the hammock,
and a sleeping bag and whatnots inside?
Still gets "phantom cold" in the morning with no wind.
And a frost bite.
He doesn't need such a varied assortment of cutlery to hold his lines.

shug > u

@spotter

Got myself a tenth wonder hammock. Yet to test it yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQddfq84y3w

Big Agnes flee creek UL. A bit expensive but definitely doing the job.

Topeak's Bikamper tent ($259) isn't an entirely new addition to their line, but with the growing popularity of bikepacking the company decided to update it to work with 29" wheels. One side of the three season tent attaches to a bike's handlebar and fork, and the front wheel is used to hold up the other side. When it's not in use, the tent packs down to roughly 10" x 5".

I'm hoping to tap into the wisdom of the forum for some tent advise.

I'm planing a 5 month trip to south america starting in patagonia and finishing in Colombia.

We want to do the full circuit at Torres Del Paine and want to camp. It will be summer so should not get much below zero even on a cold night but I am worried about the wind.

We would like a light tent but it has to be able to stand up to strong winds. I was looking at the ordos but think this is too lightweight as does the chap at Alpkit I just chatted to (he suggested the kangri).

Has anyone done it or have any advise please.

2 people?

I was really impressed with the Coleman cobra 3 I took to Holland this summer. Plenty of room for 2 and baggage. Held up to a couple of very heavy rain storms well.

Impressed by terranova laser in the wind, just get some proper pegs, not the tiny titanium ones they come with.

Up on the Scottish isles this summer I saw one pitched badly with the shitty toothpicks supplied. They all pulled out, and the tent must have rolled in a massive gust. However it then righted itself and survived until I found it, clinging to the floor with no pegs, just its shape. I was quite impressed as I pegged it back down and rescued the kit of the poor girls it belonged to.

When it comes to wind, I'm convinced decent pegs are as important as a decent tent.

Coleman cobra 3
Yup 2 people. 2 pretty clueless campers. Planning many practice erections before we get there.
That looks like an interesting shout and certainly a lot more economical than some of the others I've been looking at after discounting the ordos.

Makes sense about the pegs from what I can gather getting it tightly pitched with lots of guy lines to good pegs will be needed if the winds get up.

I've read the winds can really get up in summer to over 100kph so I'm wondering if a geodesic tent is required to be confident in those conditions.

Hilleberg are supposed to hold up well in high winds (Nallo looks good?). Nice but pricey.

A friend spent a few months riding through that area last year or the year before... I'll see if he has any recommendations.

I would look at serious mountain tents.
As has been said, pegging is critical but you should be looking at something that'll shed wind, and continue to do so for more than a couple of nights.
See my post on previous page, those winds were gusting to 100 kph and that was a quality tent, though not designed for such conditions.

Some advice from the ground would be brilliant.

The Nallo looks perfect but bit pricey. I'd like to spend a lot less than that if I can.

That is interesting and exactly what we can't really afford to happen, especially on the north side of Torres Del Paine which has less facilities.

What do you make of this - http://www.blacks.co.uk/equipment/010165-force-ten-mtn-2-man-tent-olive.html

That looks more like it, though I have no serious long term experience.
I like that it has options for order of pitching.
Think of UV resistance too, in the higher elevations that will be more of an issue. Polyester or siliconized nylon outers are better than standard nylon.