Ultralight 1-3 Person Backpacking Tent with Waterproof Rainfly

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1. FarFlungHeel Verified Buyer – 1 June 2024

   This is an excellent bargain as a lightweight, easy-to-set up and well made tent. I use it bike-packing. I’ve used competing elite brand tents that cost 2x of this one but don’t offer anything this does not. Quite happy with the purchase.
   

2. Drea Starch Verified Buyer – 23 January 2025

   I have been backpacking for most of my life. I am 36 years old and I know that in some instances paying for quality is definitely worth it, but in today’s world finding lightweight quality tents is so expensive. Tents these days from the big brands and from the cottage vendors can easily be $400-$700 and to me, that is just way too much money for a tent. I believe if you take care of your gear, it will take care of you. I found this tent on whatcampingtent.com and after reading reviews, decided to pull the trigger and I have been very happy with my purchase. I have taken this tent out on 5 trips now and it has done a fabulous job. It’s lightweight and easy to set up. I live in Northern California and the picture above is of a winter camping trip I did at Bassi Falls. I do agree with some of the other reviews that even though this says it’s a two-person tent, you will be right on top of each other, however, when backpacking, this is kind of expected and I use it for my solo tent and it’s great because then it offers a ton of space for me and I have even taken my dog and we both have fit in here nicely. I would say if you are new to backpacking, maybe try a more entry-level tent(cheaper price range) (make sure you enjoy backpacking first), I think this is a great tent for someone who is past the beginner stage on backpacking but is not at the point where they want to dish out $500+ for gear yet.

   

3. Metalliknight Verified Buyer – 1 March 2025

   I’ve used this tent on two recent camping trips now. First was motorcycle camping, the second for car camping. This is an excellent tent. It kept me nice a dry on both excursions, it packs small, and is lightweight. Very easy to assemble, black-to-black, red-to-red. If you still can’t figure it out, there’s a YouTube video on it. Two pockets inside for your small stuff, and a hook on the center roof for hanging a flashlight. Two doors, taped seams, and large vestibules created by the rain fly on both side. Just an excellent, excellent tent. Make sure you get the ground sheet that goes with it and remember 2 man really means one man in terms of tents.
   

4. Adam Maloney Verified Buyer – 20 March 2025

   Ill ad photos later, but the seams dont line up with the poles. Expecially at the door where the small bar on the feet side of the tent are not in the squar meshing as they should be. Seems to be pushing against the tent itself on one side and fine in the proper position on the other. Want to know if I can return just the rain fly? Love the tent, but this doesnt rest where it should, expected more, especially at full price. Will update if there is a resolution (Assumingly so).

   Edit: Made the return and swapped it out for another with haist from the company.
   Rainfly seems to have the same issue, but it is an amazing tent overall, hasn’t given me any problems so far and keeps me suprisingly warm (10 to 20 degree) difference inside and light weight.

   Would recommend if you are looking for something reliable, easy to set up amd take down, and durable, with the light weight. No issues with any rain on many camping or backpacking trips in the rain.
   

5. David Willams Verified Buyer – 21 March 2025

   I was looking for a lightweight tent that still had polls and this is the only one that fit what I was looking for. Once it arrived I set it up and it is amazing. Love the look the way it only uses one pole color coding where the poles connect to the tent.. Five stars all the way.
   

6. rucciola Verified Buyer – 26 March 2025

   Pros: – Lightweight. – Best price to weight ratio. Cons: – Not water and weather resistant. – Packs very bulky. – Very poor rainfly design. First I want to begin with the positives about the tent and the company as a whole. I have a 3 person tent from NearZero for about a year now, I took it on multiple hikes and it withstood rainstorms and harsh weather. Its also very well designed and considered a real “ultralight” tent. Compared to well known expensive brands such as Big Agnes, the NearZero tent is relatively lightweight and inexpensive. Now having the perfect experience with the 3 person tent, I decided to buy a lighter 1 person tent from the same brand, making a mistake assuming it would be the same high quality. So the 1 person tent arrived, the shipping was fast. The first thing I noticed is how lightweight but bulky the tent is when packed, its roughly 20 inches long and 5 inches wide when packed. The stuff sack is huge with enough room for even my 3 person tent. The only way to store the tent compactly is to separate the poles from the rest of the tent. I suspect the size is so big because of the tent poles, the company probably reused the same poles from the bigger tent models, making the poles for the 1 person model incredibly long. In fact, its the same length as the poles from my 3 person tent, wich is roughly 20 inches. This huge packed size makes it very difficult to store and travel with. Even cheaper tents from chinese companies pack a lot smaller than this one. This problem could be resolved if the company would properly design a custom pole system for a small 1 person tent instead of lazily reusing the same long poles from larger models. Even though the seize is bulky and inconvenient, it can be compensated by the light weight of the tent. But what cannot be compensated, is the weather resistance of the tent, which im going to talk about now. The overall design of the tent and its form isnt spacial, its not custom designed or anything, its just a copy of the same design you can see on a lot of chinese tents. The tent is very tall and narrow when installed (even taller than my 3 person tent!) making it act like a wind sail and very unstable. But the biggest design failure in this tent is the rainfly. The rainfly for this tent is a half baked afterthought. It doesn’t go all the way down to the ground. Its so short, that even when its fully streched out on the tent, it doesn’t even fully cover the inner mesh cover, leaving a 2 inch gap between the “bathtub” floor and the rainfly. This design flaw makes the tent unusable even in small rain. The water would pour from the rainfly directly into the tent through the mesh gap. Beside all, the rainfly has only 1 tie node where the door is, thats it. You can’t stake the rainfaly to the ground and reinforce it from the sides, especially on the back of the tent there are no tie nodes or ways to properly stretch the rainfly, making the back and sides of the rainfly wobble in the wind and let water in. It’s unacceptable for a 250$ tent to have such poor water repelling qualities, the company decided to go full cheap out lazy mode when designing this model. This failure could be avoided if the company would be a little bit more mindful about the design and make the rainfly just 2 inches longer and add some tie loops, thats it! I contacted the company about this issues before writing this review, and got no response, so the customer service is very poor as well. This is the lightest tent you can get for the price, but in my opinion, it still isn’t worth it, because of the flaws I mentioned. Better to go with a more expensive properly designed tent from Nemo or Big Agnes. Or buy a much cheaper chinese tent (which will be a bit heavier) but at least it will have tie nodes on all sides and be water resistant as it should be, and still pack smaller. Overall im very disappointed with the product. Now in order to make the tent a little bit rain reaistant, I have to sew by myself custom tie loops to the rainfly. For anyone wishing to buy this tent, I recommend to look at something else.

   

7. Kaya Verified Buyer – 3 April 2025

   Tent is light weight for price; however it is not vented and condensation soaked the rainfly in an overnight test run. Also tent is fragile and the plastic clip on the cross section of the frame snapped on the second test set up. Save your money and do not buy unless you want to be wet in the morning and fix the plastic clip.
   

8. Hunter James Verified Buyer – 4 April 2025

   I’ve now used this tent for several weeks worth of backpacking. It is completely fantastic. It’s easy to set up and take down, very roomy, and, particularly for it’s size, very lightweight. It has features like vents in the fly and pockets sewn into the mesh. The vestibule is adequate for gear storage and has enough room should you need to cook under it. My first outing with it was a 7 day backpacking trip where it rained heavily at least once a day and often with really strong wind gusts. This tent was unaffected by both the rain and wind. I own an MSR Hubba and a Big Agnes Copper Spur 2 and they are both fantastic tents. This tent is only slightly heavier and has incredible space- a trade off that I found to be quite acceptable. This is my go-to backpacking and car camping tent, and it’s basically half the price I paid for my other tents.
   

9. James Francel Verified Buyer – 23 April 2025

   This is the best, easy to set up tent that actually fits a guy thats 6’2″. I love it! I use it for my motorcycle camping.