Hi all,

I'm sorry if I'm overpopulating this part of the forum a little but I'm getting a lot of the gear in place now so would like to know your thoughts on the subject

This time it's the tents we're looking into.

List of priorities for us:

1. Two entrances
2. Freestanding tent
3. 2 vestibules or one big one where all the gear can be stored overnight
4. Ventilation
5. Quick set up
6. Reliability
7. Strength and weather performance

After looking at Hilleberg Tents we found that they're verylight, high quality and one of the most rip resistant tent out there. The down side is obviously the price and unfortunatelly I don't think they fit our needs as much. They offer nice tunnel tents which are not freestanding and need pegs to stand up. This seems to us as a bit of a problem. The freestanding tents with hilleber have a very little or no vestibules and therefore with the price we kind of took them off the table.

We looked at The North Face tents and the minibus 23 looked nice but after speaking to the experts they are more built for US travelling rather than RTW experience therefore this one also ends up off the table.

There is one tent that I would like to show you and get your thoughts on, namely: Mountain Hardwear Trango 2.




It's freestanding, very high performance both the material and structure, it's got two entrances and two vestibules (one of them quite big with extandable pole that obviously need pinning down with pegs but not a very big issue I guess). It's got a lot of built in pockets inside and is quite big for a 2 people tent. It's got some vents on it but don't know about their performance. The biggest downside to it is the weight as it is 4.5kg, but with all the other boxes ticked I think we'll be able to live with the extra 2kg in comparison to the other lightweight tents (2.5-3kg). It might also take a couple more minutes to set it up when compared to the other tents but I think that once we got our heads round it it shouldn't be a significant deal.

All in all seems to be a pretty perfect tent but would like to know what you guys think first.

Is there anyone out there who used this tent or would recommend another one?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Stay safe!
Gosia and Andy

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