Anaris

Light weight and durability do not go hand in hand. When you make fabrics and poles thinner they lose strength and durability, there’s just no way around it. So the real question is: what is lightweight enough and durable enough for you? There is no best tent. It’s about finding the one that aligns with your preferences. And we can’t tell you what those are. Personally my tent of choice is the Hillberg Anaris. It has no tent poles which is always one of the weakest links in any tent (and especially in lightweight tents). This way I know I will never have catastrophic structural failures due to windy circumstances. What are the trade offs? Large fabric panels make this tent quite noisy in the wind and really hard winds will deform it, but it won’t brake. For a lightweight tent it also has a very rugged floor that doesn’t need a footprint, which is something I value. Most ultralight tents are (in my opinion) unusable without a footprint, since the floors are so flimsy. It is also spacious, has really good ventilation and plenty of space for gear as well. But there is a limit to everything, and if I expect really hairy conditions, I bring my Hilleberg Soulo BL which is an absolute bunker. But at that point we’re in another galaxy when it comes to weight 😂

I've had hillebergs for ages, won't buy anything else. From motocamping to hiking the GR7 through spain... Never let me down. Akto and Anaris are the models I have.

The trekking pole hilleberg tent suprised me as to how much wind it can take..! but a safer option would be the Nallo series, the worlds best tent hands down

Hilleberg is solid but damn those prices hurt. If you're not doing serious mountaineering the MSR Hubba series is way more reasonable and still built like a tank

People shit on hilleberg prices till they use a hilleberg in less than ideal weather. I’ll tolerate the price for the long life and ability to handle some nasty weather. Most places in the states below tree line don’t need one though.

Hilleberg, TarpTent, SlingFin, Samaya. Real expeditions are more likely to choose Hilleberg. Their strongest tents are not super light, but they are made to withstand serious weather.

if money isnt a thing then hilleberg, black label series, a staika model kept me and my guide protected and safe when it snowed 14 inches on a high country elk hunt, they are awesome, im from Tennessee we dont need best quality expedition tents generally even in the eastern mountains. but having used that one for a week i can say that one was great.