Choosing the Best Hiking Tent
If you go backpacking or hiking, you will need a good tent if you want to camp out in the wild. You can use a cheap tent for your first few trips, but you will soon see that they are too bulky and heavy to be carried everywhere. Also, the large footprint of the bigger tents makes it harder to find a nice place to pitch your tent. Here are some options to choose the best lightweight shelter.
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First, you should keep in mind how much weight you can afford to add to your backpack while still being comfortable. On the other hand, ultra lightweight tents are very expensive, smaller and a bit more fragile, so you may want to sacrifice weight somewhere else to be able to bring a bigger tent. Choosing a sleeping bags or rucksack and bringing less supplies will help you travel more comfortably and have more space for a better tent.
Also, you can find compact solo tents that weight less than two pounds for a reasonable price. Another option beside the classic tent is the bivi sack, which is a cover you put over your sleeping bag, protecting you from the elements, and bivi tents which are closed bivi sack with an opening for the head. Those two are smaller that most tents, but don’t have a lot of space to store things or move around, so choose a real tent if you are a bit claustrophobic.
Finally, if you really want to go minimalistic, you can make you own tarp tent from tarps made especially for this task, along with some ropes and poles as needed. This requires more skill to assemble so you will be protected properly from the weather, but some people swear by them. In any case, you should select a shelter that feels comfortable so you will enjoy your trip and sleep well all night.
