BEST 2-PERSON TENTS for BACKPACKING in 2024

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Intro 00:00
Best Ultralight 2P Tent 0:21
Best Roomy Ultralight 2P Tent 2:04
Best Budget 2P Tent 3:24
Best Freestanding 2P Tent 5:08
Best Roomy Freestanding 2P Tent 6:29
Best Family Tent 7:27
Best All-Around 2P Tent 9:23

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[ckng]

Just ordered my X-mid 2 a few days ago and always get purchase anxiety, so this video was definitely reassuring to say the least.

[BigDawgCAM]

The Nemo Dragonfly is my absolute favorite tent of all time. Love that tent so much

[FreshYoungDude]

Ordered a Xmid 2p a week ago after seeing positive reviews and this just reaffirmed my decision. Thank you!

[x-aim]

I miss the Lanshan 2 (non pro) in that list. Just did a Greenland Tour with it. For me it has to go on the list for maybe the best budget lightweight tent. Cant get more bang for your buck. I paid like 150$. Not every one can afford to pay 800 bucks for a tent... so good for beginner as well. Greetz

[HirilElfwraith]

I just bought an x-mid 2 and I'm glad that this video validated what I was already hearing from everyone else! I'm mostly going to be using it for me but I love the option to have another person join and be able to fit and I like that it's double walled. Excited to try it out!

[jhaas]

I like your idea about the two tents. I am a scout leader with both my boys in. For camping we used a Colman 4 person tent for the three of us. When we go camping now in the troop the kids sleep separately from the adults so it is a good way to start that separation. Have them next to each other to start and as they get older move them father away.

Both the boys discovered hammock camping so now I am in a tent by myself which is two big and they are swinging with the breeze.

[tlgrimmy]

I always enjoy watching your "best of" videos. You've got an enormous amount of experience with gear and I find it very helpful when you compare some of the new offerings with older popular choices I'm familiar with. I've got 2 kids who are now 8 and 11. I've taken them on a few backpacking trips from the time they were 5yo/8yo on up and have found a pretty solid family tent option that might be intriguing to check out. It's called the Klymit Maxfield 4 person backpacking tent. We can fit two 25" long/wide pads for the adults as well as two 20" x 66" Big Agnes Air Core pads for the kids in the shorter sections near the sides. The large front door allows anybody to get in and out without having to hop over one another, which is really nice when taking turns as parents to help the kids out for bathroom breaks. I even made a collapsible 11oz toilet setup that the kids can use in the large vestibule at night so they wouldn't need to pee in the woods, ha! A parent can then just dump the contents in the woods themselves to save some effort. Anyways, the tent ended up being much more well-suited than I initially thought it would be for a family of 4 with smaller kids. It won't fit full-sized pads on the sides, so the shorter ones must be used. This limits the height of the kids to somewhere around 5' 6" or a little better. It comes in at a packed wait just under that of the Half Dome SL3, so you actually get a notable bump in space for less wait and less money. They were originally $530, but they didn't really catch on, so I was able to pick one up for around $250. They seem to go for anywhere between $230-$350 depending on the sales currently going on. It's a steal when you get it in the $250 range:)

[pyronymph-]

The Naturehike Mongar2 is free standing as well. If you wanted extra room, there is an available vestibule sold separately.

[CleanAirOutsideFamily]

Thank you for including the family tents. We have two kids, ages five and eight, and we’re older in our 40s with very little backpacking experience. I wish more people reviewed family backpacking tents for three or four people, and that some companies would come out with ultralight family tents for three, four or five people. It usually ends up being that the parents are carrying nearly all of the weight for themselves and the kids, including the food and water for everybody, and we end up having to carry babies/toddlers/children as well. It gets really hard and discouraging to enjoy nature, the outdoors, and getting anywhere. Plus, basic childcare consumes a huge amount of time each day and when all of that has to happen on a trail, generally, with the female doing the majority of the problem-solving and care, including all the potty drama it is easier to just skip backpacking altogether. We are lucky and grateful to be able to get our kids in nature as much as we do. Good luck with your family journey. Thanks for doing the video.

[quentenjones]

Big Agnes Copper Spur 2 is noticeably absent from this list.
A great freestanding tent.

[sisselattali]

The x-mid is my favorite! Just loooove it. As you said, when you get used to it… 🥰👍❤️

[susiebennett]

I loveeee the REI 2 person half dome and 3 person . Short backpacking trips this is my go to :) Nemo osmo hornet 2 person for long trips

[dangerpudge]

Pitching the X-Mid on Uneven ground:

Most folks don't do this right because they confuse elements of the tent. Almost every other tent will require you to stretch out the guy lines to get good mechanical leverage to hold the fly taut. The X-mid is NOT like that. The walls (in particular the corners) ARE the guy lines; the fly itself does double duty as fly and guy lines. No matter the ground evenness, ONLY peg the 4 corners first and make sure the guy lines are choked all the way in (this lets you see which ones need to be extended and things will only go one direction... up). Choking the guy lines at the corners in also keeps the stakes/guy lines in the correct angularity to get a good solid pitch; you do not want to extend the guy lines further from the fly than you absolutely have to. Set the poles, and get your ridgeline parallel with the horizon as you set the ground-to-fly gap you need for the conditions. AFTER you do that, then go back and add the extra pegs. If you use all the peg points to start with, you'll never get a good pitch.

[ImChrisGonzo]

Very affordable at 500 dollars lmfao bruh what

[qgzdnvr]

I have a zpacks trio, love love love love it. And I carry a 77cm wide sleeping pad, I go full luxury when it comes to weekend trips

[andrew_gardner]

REI is having a sale right now so the REI Half Dome SL 3+ is only $279 till July 4th 2024

[ukulele]

Hi Justin. Love your videos. Congrats on the baby. Just wanted to say that if you end up with two kids and then plan to take them camping in two tents, good luck having the kids sleep in one tent and you and your partner in the other. There will very likely be one parent and one kid in each tent. LOL!

[Colby]

Family Backpacking! Yes it was a struggle figuring out how to do it. Ultimately I came to the conclusion that the largest reasonably weighted backpacking tent for 4 wide pads is the Copper Spur 5p. (The 4p doesn’t work) I have 3 boys and they are now 13, 11 and 8 so it was just easier to have one tent for all if us and then I’m not up all night worrying about them in another tent. I think all in its about 8lbs which isn’t to bad for how big the tent is. We aren’t trekking to far usually anyways. I also have the Half Dome 3+ which fits 3 wide pads. That part came out a little weird in your video. Great tent for when I’m only taking two of my kids. I know…it gets complicated. But over the years I’ve collected a tent for all occasions 😂. Next time you’re in AZ if you ever want to review the BA Copper Spur 5p let me know. You’re more than welcome to haul it out there 😂. I call it the Taj Mahal.

[Merkuonfire]

Thank you, exactly what I was looking for the last weeks for my next year trip to Scotland

[davidcooper]

I have the Nemo Dragonfly 2P and that is a phenomenal tent. At some point I want to try a treking pole tent, but for a freestanding tent and a solo person this is a palace.