Thread: 1 man tent recommendations

Originally Posted by kukuwai

I will endorse everything that has been said about getting a two person over a one person tent. I never use my one person these days, no point bugger all weight/size difference.

I will also add a few comments regarding the naturehike mongar 2. I have had one for a while. It is pretty much the same tent as the Bush buck horizon 8000 and its a copy of the msr hubba hubba.

I have given mine a trashing, and its holding up good. Its a great design no doubt about it and offers all the flexibility that @dannyb mentions re fly/footprint combos etc. The reason I brought it at the time was that it was the cheapest option by far.

However the tent itself is only made of mosquito netting and can be cold at times even in the summer !!

I love it and will get my use out of it but next time it will be the hubba hubba for me. 4 seasons, bomber, mean design, better quality so will last longer.

I often wonder how the mongar would look after a big sub alpine storm, im not 100% confident and thats why its the hubba hubba for me next time !!



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Msr are the last tents I would want in any kind of alpine storm, or anything more than a stiff breeze for that matter

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Msr are the last tents I would want in any kind of alpine storm, or anything more than a stiff breeze for that matter

That's interesting, i have only heard good things about them being bomber. What tent would you reccomend ryan? Chur

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Originally Posted by kukuwai

That's interesting, i have only heard good things about them being bomber. What tent would you reccomend ryan? Chur

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They're just hyped up by the likes of Hunting and Fishing but I've heard of tonnes of them collapsing under moderate wind loads. A mate and his son had a hubba hubba and came down from north island to hunt chamois with me and their tent ended up wrecked after a bit of wind blew through one evening, collapsed the pole structure and then the whole thing ripped after a bent pole poked a hole in it. Funny thing is I had one of those huntech bivvys at the time, set up right beside them and we all ended up riding out the rest of the trip in that. If you want bomb proof and reasonable pack weight... hilleberg, terra nova, wild country are all good solid tents. I've heard good things about the kuiu tents despite my hate for all the "hunting brand" crap out there. Good old macpac, kathmandu etc build some solid offerings but usually getting up there in weight.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

They're just hyped up by the likes of Hunting and Fishing but I've heard of tonnes of them collapsing under moderate wind loads. A mate and his son had a hubba hubba and came down from north island to hunt chamois with me and their tent ended up wrecked after a bit of wind blew through one evening, collapsed the pole structure and then the whole thing ripped after a bent pole poked a hole in it. Funny thing is I had one of those huntech bivvys at the time, set up right beside them and we all ended up riding out the rest of the trip in that. If you want bomb proof and reasonable pack weight... hilleberg, terra nova, wild country are all good solid tents. I've heard good things about the kuiu tents despite my hate for all the "hunting brand" crap out there. Good old macpac, kathmandu etc build some solid offerings but usually getting up there in weight.

when down south couple years ago my mate sleeped in his look after kathmandu 4 season tent it was about 6 yrs old, we got 250mm of rain that night and wind i hadn't seen before. 3of us were already in a 2 man bivvy hut and i thought that was going to blow ova. The flat iron on the wall was popping all night. The wind was gusting in all directions.
Mates tent was getting flown completely flat on top of him then stand back up.
The next day yip that tent was all out of shape but i dont know if my macpac i4 season i have now would have stayed up that night.
The kathmandu is also been through a good snow dump in a tahr block. petty they don't make this model anymore.

I have generally found that MSR tents are pretty reliable and were very innovative back a few years ago

They have been swamped by new smart designs made in China
Quality and features are always compromised because customers always want the most for the least $s

If you are flying in to altitude an older MSR is a good base camp
Not so I think with the newer ones

Re weight

Being a young hunter in the 80s when gear was still very heavy
I have always been fascinated by the lightest possible gear options

I have tried it all with tents and good and cooking etc
Generally after trying the very lightest option available I have rebounded to something slightly heavier but more suited to my needs

I think nothing has changed really and that it's an endless continuum of striving for better
But you will generally be dissapointed in the very lightest because the compromises are so great

Go get fit and loose 2kgs that way and enjoy your hunt more that way

Originally Posted by bigbear

when down south couple years ago my mate sleeped in his look after kathmandu 4 season tent it was about 6 yrs old, we got 250mm of rain that night and wind i hadn't seen before. 3of us were already in a 2 man bivvy hut and i thought that was going to blow ova. The flat iron on the wall was popping all night. The wind was gusting in all directions.
Mates tent was getting flown completely flat on top of him then stand back up.
The next day yip that tent was all out of shape but i dont know if my macpac i4 season i have now would have stayed up that night.
The kathmandu is also been through a good snow dump in a tahr block. petty they don't make this model anymore.

sounds like our Kathmandu Boreas, a pretty well designed 4 season tent