Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of course, the ideal situation is to have both in your quiver of kit, so you can choose the most appropriate for each adventure.

A super lightweight 1-person tent gets high marks from C&K’s savvy gear tester It is a matter of perspective. All tents are a compromise between weight, durability, space and dryness. From the ...

The Nortent Vern 1 (available to buy direct from Nortent) hails from a Norwegian tent manufacturer specializing in creating shelters suitable for the wet and windy arctic tundras of northern ...

After weeks of testing, the Gossamer Gear The Two proved to be lightweight, spacious, and tough in bad weather.

Smooth zippers. Lightweight. Plenty of headroom. Strong in high winds for a semi-freestanding tent. Quality tent poles. I tested the Alto TR1, but both of these are high-end, lightweight tents aimed ...

New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. Camping is one of the very few activities that the ...

You can forget pretty much any bit of gear on a short, backcountry adventure, and still muddle through, but unless you plan on hammocking, your tent is vital. Exposure is one of nature’s biggest ...

Judy Gross calls her company, LightHeart Gear, the “accidental tent business.” When she sewed herself a lightweight, one-person backpacking shelter in 2006, she never imagined that within three years ...

If you plan to sleep in the wild after a long day of hiking, you need a tent. A good backpacking tent should be lightweight and small when packed down, since you’ll probably carry it with you all day.

A couple of decades ago, choosing between a one-person tent and a bivy sack was pretty easy. The differences between the two types of solo shelters were more extreme than they are now. Early bivy ...