Tents are getting lighter, stronger and more durable every year. 2024’s batch of three-season shelters was no exception, with ultralight trekking pole designs, purpose-built bikepacking bivvys, and cleverly guyed-out basecamps. The eight winners of this year’s exhaustive testing process proved themselves over and over in wind, rain, and even snow.
A Glance
- Editors’ Choice: Durston X Mid Pro 1 ($549-639)
- Best Bikepacking Tent MSR Hubba Hubba Bikepack 2-Person ($580)
- The Best Budget Tent Mountain Hardwear Meridian 2 ($275).
- Best Basecamp Seek Outside Twilight 3P ($480)
- Best strength-to-weight: SlingFin Port 3 ($600)
- The Best Ultralight 2-Person Chair Zpacks Offset Duo ($799)
- Most Spacious 1-Person: Argali Owyhee 1p ($345)
- Most Improved: Exped Mira II ($449)
- How to choose a tent
- How We Test
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Note: All tent weights are “packaged” weights, not minimum weights.
Editor’s Choice
Durston XMid Pro 1,
Durston Gear – $549-639
Weight: 17.8 oz (DCF floor); 1.2 lbs (sil-nylon floor)
Interior Space: 20…
