OneTigris SCAENA Lightweight Backpacking Tent for Camping and Hiking

what our customer say this product:

Powered by

1. Kevin Dickerson Verified Buyer – 13 March 2024

   This is a great quality tent that does very well in wet conditions. Maybe a tad bit heavy at 5lbs but the price is definitely better than most backpacking tents that weigh a couple pounds less.

   

2. Big Dog Verified Buyer – 5 January 2025

   Love this tent.
   Yea you can fit 2 people in it. It would be cozy.
   I’m 6’3” 285 and there is room for my wife but maybe one day she will actually try tenting again. Easy setup.
   Lots of overhead storage and places to hang lights and fans. I loved it. It was cold a couple nights about -5 Celsius and I was warm.
   

3. Jeff Slingerland Verified Buyer – 11 January 2025

   We bought this tent as it was lightweight and relatively inexpensive. It stood up to some wicked storms at Oshkosh. We stayed dry while many other people around us got soaked. The key is to make sure the zipper pulls are properly positioned to allow water to wick outside. It is a rectangular shape. I camped with my some, we both had a sleeping pad and they fit side by side. There was enough room to stand up the small suitcase by our feet. You won’t be able to stand up in tent as it’s quite short. Excellent quality
   

4. Mullens Verified Buyer – 12 February 2025

   Used this tent twice. Very roomy and good quality for the price point. Putting up in the wind is tough, but otherwise very intuitive. The packaging and materials are excellent. They went above and beyond on this one. You can easily lighten the load of this tent if you choose to. So far I love it. Great color as well. Feel a bit more stealth than the typical other tents that practically glow in the day light.
   

5. Colby Moritz Verified Buyer – 7 March 2025

   UPDATE – About 1.5 years of ownership and ~20 trips in. During this time, I have had no real complaints. I just got back from a 3 day camping trip where I faced 40-50 mph gusts on and off for almost 6 hours and intermittent torrential rainfall. The tent stayed in place with the winds (I am using stronger 10″ steel stakes) and stayed dry from the rainfall. I did have to tighten a few of the guy lines twice after the heaviest winds to keep the fly taut, but that’s to be expected and it wasn’t excessive and never caused an actual problem. There were no leaks but there was some wetness on the inside lower vent where rain had splashed up under the fly and onto the tent body, but nothing actually leaked inside the tent, and this only happened when the tent was sitting in about 1/2″ of standing water from the rain (it dropped almost 4in of rain in an hour) with gusting winds. I have started using a DOD Outdoors SOTO sleeping pad, which is kind of a hybrid between a sleeping pad and a full air mattress. I use the small size, and it leaves about a foot or so of usable space to the side of the pad and fills the tent lengthwise, so with this pad it is definitely a one person and a small dog size tent. You could fit the medium size pad in and it would pretty much fill the interior, but two small-mid size adults can sleep on a medium pad, so if you don’t mind the closeness this could still be considered a 2 person tent even with a luxury sleeping solution, and definitely can fit 2 average size adults if using sleeping bags, but for maximum sleeping comfort, I would still consider this a single person tent. All in, I could not be more satisfied with this tent…I paid $250 when it first came out, for the current price of $190 this is unbeatable IMO. I am in love with this tent. I’m a 4-season camper…once a month, I go to a different place for a 3-day camping weekend to get away and “reset” and do some manly stuff. For years, I’ve used a fairly generic 3 season tent in the Spring-Mid Fall seasons. That tent served me well, but it always leaked, and after having kids my getaways are on a little more ridgid schedule, so I have to just deal with whatever weather is happening when I camp (I go third weekend of the month, rain, shine or snowstorm), so I decided to give the Scaena a try. I was initially interested in the Cosmitto, but after seeing reviews and video on how badly it leaked, I started looking again. The Scaena is supposedly the “replacement” for the Cosmitto, or it’s what the Cosmitto was supposed to be. At the time of purchasing, the Scaena was a fairly new release and there wasn’t a lot of information out there on it, but what I did see was very positive and have me high hopes, so I figured I’d give it a shot, and I’m so glad I did. Pros Waterproof – It’s actually waterproof. I’ve used this in 2 different rain storms now, once in the back yard to test it, and once at a campsite. The backyard storm came with about 15 mile an hour gusts and decently hard rain, but I was also fairly protected by the fence and trees, but the tent didn’t leak. The campsite storm was a different story. It rolled in overnight with torrential rains and 40mph gusts for about 2 hours. Not. One. Drop. No water at all made it inside this tent. It also breathes well enough when it’s completely closed up to prevent condensation from forming. Size – This is a perfect size tent for me. It’s large enough for 2 average size people to sleep in comfortably if you need, but not so large that it’s difficult to setup solo. I often take one of the dogs with me when I camp, and there’s plenty of room for my sleeping pad, his dog bed, and my pack. With all of that in there there’s not a massive amount of extra space left over, but it’s just use for sleeping so space is sufficient. If you’re at a public campground or you’re camping where there are other people around, 2 average size people could dress inside the tent fairly easily. If you’re taller or on the bigger side, you might consider this a single person or 1.5 person size tent. It’s not very long, so if you’re much over 6′, you might have to curl your legs a bit when you sleep. I’m 5’11” and if I stretch and extend my toes I can just touch the walls end-to-end. Weight/Pack size – This is another important feature to me. I adjust my packs based off of where I’m camping. Sometimes I can pull right up to the campsite and have a cooler, comfy chairs, an air mattress and a few comforts, or sometimes I’m camping 2 miles from the nearest place I can access via vehicle and I backpack to the campsite. This tent packs small enough and light enough that I can still use it as a pack tent without overburdening myself. Setup/Teardown – Very simple to setup and pack away. It comes with everything you need to deploy, including a ground sheet and pretty good quality aluminum stakes. Quality – Everything is good quality. Poles are aluminum rather than fiberglass, so they should hold up to pretty significant winds. I’ve been in 40mph gusts an the tent remained sturdy. The nylon and fabric of the tent body and fly are good quality and have not given me any issues. Color/Design – I know this is somewhat subjective, but I hate bright colored tents that look like they were made for children. The earth tones of this tent blend in with the environment well enough that you could stealth camp pretty easily if you wanted to. The way this tent is designed maximizes interior space while still keeping the body fairly small. The tent breathes well even with the fly attached and breathes well enough when fully closed that condensation won’t form. Cost – $250 might seem like a fair amount for a tent, especially if you’re accustomed to whatever junk you get at Walmart, but for a quality 3 season tent with the features and abilities that the Scaena has, $250 is a bargain. Cons Stakes – The stakes that come with the tent are decent quality, but they’re not very long. I always use steel 10″ stakes with my tents. It’s hard to call this a “con” because there’s nothing wrong with the stakes that come with it, and they perform as well as they are able. Steel stakes would be an “upgrade,” but I’m nitpicking details because it’s hard to find negatives with this guy. “Hasty Shelter” – The “quick deploy” or “hasty shelter” setup of this tent is pretty much a gimmick. It allows you to setup the tent using only the poles and the fly, and not using the body. But because the fly only covers 3 sides of the tent, you are basically just setting up a tarp. I’m not sure why anyone would want to do that. They advertise it as a “bushcraft” shelter, but if you’re really into bushcrafting and think staying in a tent is too comfortable, then you’re better off building a shelter with timber and thatch.

   

6. papajos Verified Buyer – 9 March 2025

   Had this in my cue for a while and when the price dropped I scooped it up. And Boy, glad I did! Great tent, very easy set-up and seems to be of very high quality. I already have the “Backwood Bungalow” and am also very happy with that tent. This tent comes in a couple pounds heavier (at just over 5 lbs) but seems to be pretty storm proof and I would have no issues taking it on my winter camps. Was plenty of room for myself and my dog. But may be a bit cramped for 2 large adult humans. Have not had a chance to test for water tightness yet but by all accounts it passes the test there too as well. Got it on sale for 157.00 but the normal 200.00 price is still a decent deal. Just watch for sales…..
   

7. mojobro4u Verified Buyer – 18 March 2025

   Maybe it would have been fine But upon setting up the tent there were no Poles or even a top tarp. And reading the reviews it seems that I wasn’t the only one.
   

8. Dr. Chickenface Verified Buyer – 8 April 2025

   I received this tent with no poles. Said in the description aluminum poles. Does this tent not come with poles? Poles?
   

9. Mitchell Verified Buyer – 10 April 2025

   I was really disappointed in this product 🙁
   I read so many reviews and contemplated between so many different tents. The tent looks amazing and came packaged so small and compact.
   I decided to set the tent up in the garage before taking my camping trip, upon setting up the one bar snapped in half under no pressure. I am very disappointed in the quality, I have ordered a second in hopes it is better and this was a fluke. Will update after using it on my trip.
   

10. Vox White Verified Buyer – 20 April 2025

    Bought this tent to replace a near 20 year old cheap Coleman tent. As I’m solo now also wanted to downsize. That was a mistake. This tent is built very well, especially after you figure out the poles n such (not that difficult, but in the dark could be interesting. Biggest issue is that it’s not long enough for me. I’m 6’3, and if I lay down in it even without a sleeping pad I or whatever my head and feet touch the ends. We all know how that moisture will attack.

    I’ll take it easy for the winter as I wait