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Big Agnes Seedhouse SL1 2009 £210.00
The Big Agnes Seedhouse SL1 tent is freestanding, with a single hub-jointed pole system. This is simple to set up and throw the flysheet over to keep the rain off if you’re in a hurry. The first time I pitched it was in the dark with no instructions, and it looked fine in the morning. Click here for Trail's full review and star rating! |
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Black Diamond OneShot 2009 £249.00
The Black Diamond OneShot tent weighs 1380g; small packed size; pitches easily from the inside; roomy inside for sleeping and gear storage; large mesh vents; interior pockets. Click here for Trail's full review and star rating! |
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Blacks Octane 1 2009
£150.00
The Blacks Octane 1 tent is a great package for the price. The stuffsack has the instructions sewn in, and there’s a spares pack with a pole repair sleeve, various fabric patches, seam sealer and a coil of spare guy cord. Click here for Trail's full review and star rating! |
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Coleman Exponent Falcon X1 2009 £170.00
The Coleman Exponent Falcon X1 tent weighs 1110g; very small packed size; joint second lightest in the test; simple design; one pole, one guy line; plenty of porch space. Click here for Trail's full review and star rating! |
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Force Ten Vapour 100 2009
£165.00
The Force Ten Vapour 100 is a very light tent and packs so small it disappears inside your rucksack. It’s a single-skin design with the poles fitting externally, and in rain you can throw your kit inside while you finish pitching. Click here for Trail's full review and star rating! |
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GoLite Xanadu 1 2009 £250.00
The GoLite Xanadu 1 is a small-packing, lightweight and simple tent. Although it’s a single-skin tent it has all the cooking and gear storage advantages of a regular tent, thanks to its huge porch. On the other side it has a large vent that is held open by a guy line giving good through ventilation with the full mesh inner door. Click here for Trail's full review and star rating! |
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Hilleberg Soulo 2009 £455.00
The Hilleberg Soulo tent is built to withstand the worst weather and it comes with features to let the occupant sit out the storm in reasonable comfort. It pitches as one, with externally attached poles. It’s free-standing, but has a dozen peg and double guy points all the way round for security (in a raging blizzard it hardly flinched). Click here for Trail's full review and star rating! |
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Jack Wolfskin Gossamer 2009 £90.00
The Jack Wolfskin Gossamer is essentially a large hooped bivvy bag, but it has many regular tent features and some of its own that make it stand out. Pitching is straightforward with two short poles attached using the secure ring and pin system, and there are lots of guy and peg points available to get it stable. Click here for Trail's full review and star rating! |
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Lightwave t0 Ultra XT 2009 £350.00
The Lightwave t0 Ultra XT is a spacious tent, with room inside for you and some gear, and enough height for me to sit at the door and cook in the porch. The porch is its best feature as it’s massive – there is also a version without the extended porch available. Click here for Trail's full review and star rating! |
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Macpac Microlight 2009 £200.00
The Macpac Microlight tent is a strong, reliable design, made for extended trips into the wilderness. It pitches easily with a single pole that slips into a single-ended pole sleeve for quick single-handed pitching. Click here for Trail's full review and star rating! |
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Mountain Hardwear Stiletto 2009 £270.00
The Mountain Hardwear Stiletto tent weighs 1450g; small packed size; large porch for gear storage and cooking; mostly mesh inner for ventilation; good living space; two-way outer zip for venting options. Click here for Trail's full review and star rating! |
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MSR Hubba HP 2009 £250.00
The MSR Hubba HP is a very light and small-packing tent. It’s an inner-pitched-first design with a multi-section, hubbed pole assembly that clips onto the inner very quickly. It’s then easy to move it to a spot you like before you add the outer and peg it down. Click here for Trail's full review and star rating! |
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Terra Nova Laser Competition 2009 £250.00
The MSR Hubba HP is a very light and small-packing tent. It’s an inner-pitched-first design with a multi-section, hubbed pole assembly that clips onto the inner very quickly. It’s then easy to move it to a spot you like before you add the outer and peg it down. Click here for Trail's full review and star rating! |
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The North Face Mica 12 2009
£195.00
The North Face Mica 12 tent weighs 1520g; great-looking with asymmetric lines; compression stuffsack for easy packing; colour-coded poles for easy assembly; internal pocket; inner door is mesh for ventilation. Click here for Trail's full review and star rating! |
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Vaude Hogan Ultralight 1 2009 £210.00
The Vaude Hogan Ultralight 1 tent feels instantly user-friendly. Pitching is straightforward as the Y-shaped pole assembly clips in easily, giving a freestanding structure. Although it pitches inner-first, it’s fast, so pitching and striking in wet weather isn’t as much of an issue as it could be. Click here for Trail's full review and star rating! |
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Wild Country Sololite 2009 £140.00
The Wild Country Sololite tent pulls out of its stuffsack and rolls out on the ground, the poles clip into the outer quickly and easily, and you’ve got an instant shelter from the worst of weather. It’s got a strong design and uses tough materials. Click here for Trail's full review and star rating! |