Best lightweight solo backpacking tent

Hilleberg Enan is one of the best lightweight solo backpacking tents. Ounce for ounce you can't find a better quality tent that is this feature rich.

[rah]

The best for sure.
I use it on my bikepacking trips every summer here in Norway.

[TheCanadianXplorer]

This is my go to solo tent now for spring summer and fall. Thanks for the review. Love your channel. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

[bretbowlin]

Those last few images… wow! Beautiful. Thanks for the tent info…great considerations. Currently I’m a Xmid guy. None are perfect but it sure is fun inching closer to what is satisfying to use.

[joelhemms]

Recently found your channel…can I thank you for taking the time to share your experiences. You’ve certainly provided me with a lot of knowledge but most importantly, you’ve inspired me to ‘go long’….keep on recording 🙏

[trytheoutdoors]

Wonderful.
Absolutely love your channel. Thank you.

[mokotramp]

I reckon you should get a 3FL Gear Lanshan 1, you'd love it! Just think about that 120cm headroom! 😂

Great video lad, enjoyed it! ✌️

[andystaveley]

Great review. Good reasoning. Sounds like the one for me. Thanks.

[apleparulo]

Nice video. I appreciate hearing your thought process on 'why this tent.' I have an Unna, which, like the Enan, is super simple to set up and can fit just about anywhere. Mine is a bit larger and robust at the expense of more weight (it's my winter tent). Anyway, i appreciate hearing your perspectives.

[Archie-tdox]

I have an old Snugpak Ionosphere from 2015 that I used in Europe on the GR5. It's like a cross between what you have there and a bivy. It's a great little tent although it's pretty heavy. For me I wanted something that was very low profile and I actually spent 3 nights in a parkette behind a hedge in Nice without anyone knowing I was there. It isn't very good for space though. Last year I did the GR11 through the Pyrenees and used a Durston Xmid Pro. It was nice and roomy and light, but you're right about hugging the ground. Looks like the Hilleberg Enan is takes the best of both. I may have to get one. Thx for another great video.

[DavidonEarth]

I've been looking for an eventual replacement for my zpacks duplex. I've watched you for a bit, especially eyeing this gem. Great option! No decisions yet, but whatever I choose it will be my retirement gift to myself.

[varde]

Hilleberg enan and a tarp 5 is a godly combo! gies you a ton of space to cook and sit under the tarp with a helinox chair., you can also just peg down the tarp 5 as well, and leave a large portion of the door on the enan open for ventalation. and its just 320g extra for the tarp 5.

[chrissteele]

A lesson from canoe trips: Put a bathtub sheet of plastic INSIDE your tent. You and your sleeping bag will stay dry. Why no under-the-tent ground cloth? Water that gets between the tent floor and ground cloth will get pushed through the floor into the tent.

[tellytulear]

I bought one last year after your initial review, and others i saw on YT. Couldn’t be happier! Can’t part with the ground cloth yet, figuring a little extra exertion in carrying that extra 9 ounces will come off my waistline instead! Its my forever tent hopefully so gotta treat it xtra carefully Thanks again for your honest review!

One question…. What cord source do you use for guylines?? I’ve notes the standard nonstretch guy lines slacken a bit when wet

[KeithRobertson]

We have a bigger Hilleberg for sea-kayaking (4 poles, 2 person, huge extension porch, great for exped when weight isn’t an issue). In big wind I always peg one end into the wind so it can’t blow away. Then I thread the poles and then peg out the other end. It goes up with the footprint in place, no inner with just 4 pegs. We can then dive in and have a huge space to change, get the stove going, etc. So in bad wet weather we can be in a warm space in about 2 minutes. Inner can go up later.

I have an Enan now as well for LW backpacking. Thanks for your tips 👍🏻. My only thought is I might start taking out the little poles at the ends so I can get it into my 35L Atom Pack. Poles on the outside. Or I could just leave it in it’s own stuff sack on the outside?

[ervinslens]

Outstanding presentation my friend! 👏👏

[cimarronwoo]

Two questions. 1) Can you fit a regular 25 inch wide sleeping pad in the Enan? 2) Do you roll up the tent or stuff it into the tent sack?

[percyveer]

Good review and I won't argue over the quality of Hilleberg tents. Second to none, . I had the Atkto ( which is larger!!) but found that every time I inhaled I got a lungful of nylon. Absolutely claustrophobic. If you can hold a tea party under a toadstool you'll probably love this tent but for anyone taller than Thumbelina be prepared to insert yourself and lay very, very still. So many better (and lighter) options, To each his own I guess. Keep thinking.

[kilbuda]

Great criteria: Low sides keep dust and snow out. Quick set up. Good in high winds.

[brilliantpebbles]

What do you think about the Tarptent Moment DW Li? I personally own a hilleberg, but I am pretty interested in the dyneema Moment. I was also considering buying the Tarptent moment carbon crossing pole and modifying a hilleberg to use it.

[Gerz]

I wonder how this tent compares to the Tarptent Moment DW and DW Li (silpoly and Dyneema versions)j. From the exterior they look quite similar.