Ultralight 1 Person Trekking Pole Tent for Backpacking and Camping

what our customer say this product:

Powered by

1. Cary V. Verified Buyer – 20 May 2024

   First, let me say I was thoroughly pleased with the tent’s light weight, which came in just under the published figure on my scale. Upon purchasing m, I thoroughly waterproofed it outside and in. A subsequent trip to the mountains of New Mexico, though, demonstrated the inadequate ventilation. Overnight storms prevented me from keeping the vestibule open, and despite placing my pad as far to the head end as possible, my sleeping bag completely blocked the small foot vent. I awoke to ‘rain’ both outside and in, as the condensation both dropped and ran down the inside walls of the tent. After drying out my gear by a campfire following the rain, I got a good night’s sleep, but again awoke to a wet tent even in drier weather. I expect this tent will do well in my arid home environment or in places where I can sleep with the vestibule open, but ANY humidity at all makes this an unacceptably drenching experience.

   

2. Raymond smith Verified Buyer – 10 June 2024

   I know its not top notch…but i didn’t pay 700$ for it…It was on whatcampingtent.com for 75$ .it is just perfect..compact for my solo kayaking trips and roughing it on the motorcycle trips with the boys.
   

3. Anonymous Verified Buyer – 10 October 2024

   Got this with plans to try it out before Philmont next summer; used at scout weekend camping last week. Loved how tiedowns were reflective cord! It was new in the bag and I wish I’d have taken it out of the bag to let it off gas a day or two first, but not intolerable. First night: I was iffy on it. Rained so the ‘roof’ was damp on the inside, seemed awfully short with my (thick) inflatable air mattress. Second night: got smart enough to loosen the tie downs and extend my hiking stick more. MUCH better. Also discovered that if (it’s not raining and) you toss the rain fly back over the top of the tent, and adjust the location of the tiedown outside the door so it’s more out of the way, it worked much better. I faced my door away from the scouts so I could sit up, and lean out the open door a bit when getting dressed, that worked better. With thick (5″) mattress and maybe not extending hiking stick as far as possible, it was hard to sit up in bed and touch toes without hitting the top of tent… so if using it somewhere that rained a lot, that would be tedious to be trying to avoid touching the damp top of the tent and I’d probably try the 2-hiking-pole model. Next time I will think to put my foam sit pad outside the tent door to kneel on. Also liked that it had enough room next to me for my pack, but also plenty of room in vestibule for pack and then some. All in all – well worth the $.
   

4. Jason G. Verified Buyer – 3 December 2024

   I used this tent for a week long excursion and it saved me from a couple of downpours and stayed dry inside. It’s better if you can suspend the top with a rope instead of a pole because the pole cuts down on the size of the entrance quite a bit. I just used a stick i found, not a trekking pole. Expect a decent small tent and get out and use it. I’m 5’9” and it was plenty big enought for me to sleep in. No room for much else but you do have the covered vestibule to keep extra gear dry.
   

5. Scott Suarez Verified Buyer – 9 January 2025

   So far, I’ve only used this tent once. I brought it with me on a 4-mile hike/camping trip with the Boy Scouts. I let my 12-year-old carry it (I carried the larger tent), but I slept in it. It sets up quickly and easily. It takes some fiddling to get the support ropes in a good angle to hold up the tent as high as it can go, but it all worked well. I bent one of the aluminum stakes pushing it into the ground, but it was easy to straighten. It had good room for one person, though my son got sick in the night in his tent, and shared this tent with me for about 6 hours. Just enough room for two (1 adult, 1 large child) to squeeze in together. We did manage to brush up against the sides, so condensation got on the sleeping bag. But I think that wouldn’t have been an issue if I had managed to sleep in it alone as intended. I got the tent on a flash sale ($42), and am thrilled at the value for such a light and easy-to-use tent. I’m considering buying two more for my sons to use on their future boy scout hikes.
   

6. an owner Verified Buyer – 24 January 2025

   this will keep you pretty dry if and when needed. very lightweight, however not so very much recommended for a very tall person, im just about 6’2” and its a little hard to get in and out of.
   other wise nice product.
   

7. Captain Flow Verified Buyer – 14 February 2025

   I bought this tent for a small section hike of the AT, needed something light enough to carry myself, but big enough to accommodate me and my dog (22 pounds collie mix). For the price and the weight, this tent was a worthy buy! I’m 5’3″, and this tent was, shall we say, compact. My dog *needed* to be between me and the world, so sitting up was difficult without bumping on the walls, and I found the pole was a little too in the way. But I also understand that’s an inherent issue with this style of tent, not a problem with this tent itself. It was my first time using a pole-less tent, but I was surprised by how easy it was to do! None of the stakes bent on me, the lines were nicely reflective at night, all very intuitive. Just make sure you really get the bottom vent opened, I think I didn’t quite enough, and got a lot of condensation on the inside. I also recommend getting a footprint of some kind (I use a bit of that shrink wrap plastic you put over windows in the winter, very lightweight and versatile, while protecting your tent), lightweight comes with a wear and tear concern. Vestibule was big enough for my pack and shoes, lots of versatility with how much airflow to allow.

   

8. Trevor Verified Buyer – 7 March 2025

   This is an edit.
   Do not expect to get it all back into the bag, after a 1/2 hour my friends and I just stuffed it into the back pack.
   

9. Patrick T. Verified Buyer – 16 March 2025

   The good things is that it was just under 2.5 pounds out of the box and that was with the original tent pegs. I wanted to like this tent but I returned it for 1 main reason. The stake out points are in the wrong spots by design. If you could change where they were it would be a great low cost backpacking tent
   

10. LloydN Verified Buyer – 20 March 2025

    2+lbs with pegs and storage bag. I replaced the pegs with titanium units. Ditched the bag and stuff in pack. Weight well under 2lbs . Used once… so far so good.

    The placement of hiking pole inhibits access a bit. Vestibule is large enough for pack and boots.
    

11. … Verified Buyer – 21 March 2025

    This tent look cool but after just one night in rain I can clearly see that this is not water proof and I have water in every corner of my tent I don’t recommend you to buy this I’m tired of getting fooled by whatcampingtent.com that was the last thing I buy on whatcampingtent.com ….
    

12. Skye J. Hill Verified Buyer – 11 April 2025

    Good tent. I ended up buying a Big Agnes Copper Spur bc it was freestanding. This is nice since it uses poles you’re already carrying, however, it requires softer ground to stake it or the two rock method. Sometimes it’s hard to find enough rocks or I just want to set up camp easy and go to sleep.

    It’s definitely lightweight and I had no problems with moisture. I just am too spoiled for this kind of tent after walking 15 miles.
    

13. K M Verified Buyer – 23 April 2025

    Took on a three night backpacking trip in the Uinta Mountains. It held up fine the first rain storm but as more came through the mountains, water just came through the fabric. Used my emergency blanket to keep the water from soaking me and my bag. small lightweight and fairly easy to setup but I would never buy again. May bea fine tent if its not going to rain.