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Hi folks,

I am looking to buy a lightweight one-man or small two-man backpacking tent and I was wondering if anyone had any reccomendations?

I am looking for something light (sub 2kg) reasonably priced (sub £80) suitable for late autumn camping (so perhaps inner and outer) and big enough for a 6ft 3in lump of bloke and (if at all possible) a covered area for storing the backpack.

Any other reccomendations for lightweight backpacking gear (sleeping bags, mats, cookers etc) also gratefully recieved

cheers

thanks andy, will have a look at that

not sure i want to be up 'coffin' all night though  

I've just done a bit of backpacking and used a Coleman Avior X1 which has inner and outer tents (no condensation), has an HH of 4000, weighs less than 2 Kg and is around the price that you are after. This is a one man tent, but is quite long and has a side entrance and a vestibule that accomodated my 65 litre with no problems. My companion had a Avior X2 which is only slightly heavier, but has a lot more room especially if you have a lot of kit.

I used mostly lightweight equipment such as the Coleman F1 Lite stove and a titanium kettle / pan, however I had one luxury item that made the whole experience from very good to fantastic, and that was a small hiking Lilo. This was so much better than any foam mattress or self inflating jobs. It sat on top of the rucksack,and although it weighs almost a kilogram was worth every gram! I also used a lightweight 2 season sleeping bag with a silk liner which was great.

Rob

Hi drbones.

                I use a Terra Nova LaserLite and my cycling buddy has a Terra Nova Laser, the Laserlite is 1+ person (1kilo) and the Laser is 2 person (1.3kilo), they are superb tents, although out of your budget new, they are always available on Ebay.

I now mostly use a Hilleberg Nallo2 GT, that came my way at a very good price, although coming in at a hefty 2.5Kilo, it is 2+ person and has a porch that I can store two touring bikes in with ease along with all my kit, nice to have the bikes out of sight when you are sleeping.

Tents are shown in my profile, complete with two bikes tucked away for the night.

              Hope that helps..........Andy 

What about this one  ? Double skin, porch with little window & ground sheet, sleeping pod 225 length, 4500HH 3 season and less than 2kg at £49.99. Suggest you get a cheap tarp or builders polythene & cut it to size for a footprint groundsheet though, as the Solace footprint costs £40  

If you can afford a down sleeping bag, they roll up smaller & give more warmth per weight ratio than synthetic. I've chosen a Sunngas Alpine cooker as it just seemed more stable to me, however it weighs 800g including one gas cannister - however there are far lighter weight cookers around. A self inflating mat would be warmer than a backpacker airbed, and you wouldn't have such a problem with condensation making your sleeping bag damp.

For backpacking, or any other wild camping.

Get a Terra Nova tent.
Cost a lot, but last for years.
Their Solar or Laser tents are pretty good.

thanks everyone, great tips and plenty to be thinking about.

Jean - the link doesn't seem to work, can you post the name and make of the £49.99 tent you recommended.

thanks again