Hey dude I was in the same boat as you last month, went for the Hubba Hubba bikepack 2, I've used it a lot already in various weather, it's survived a fair amount of wind and rain and while probably isn't the lightest, I use it a lot for wild camping and me and my friends are all 6'6 and I don't like to be cramped. It blends in pretty well to environments and has decent features to make wild camping easy, you can pitch it fly first with no mods by just rolling the fly and inner together in your bag, takes more skill but when it isn't raining you can pitch in 2 minutes
It's a really good tent, I was really sceptical of it's rain resistance because I've been caught out a lot of times in a poor tent for the weather. Since buying the tent, I've got a lot more faith that despite the low HH and thickness, because it's so taut, water just runs off. My friend has the 3 man version and I've seen it survive serious storms. Get the footprint and do it all properly and it's more than enough for UK weather,
Also if you want any advice let me know, my friend and I are doing a long bikepack soon and last month concluded our tent research and purchases
I have the 2 and the 6 person hubba. I love the 2 person for solo, you can bring all your gear in the tent and has enough space and doesn’t weigh that much. I find the 1 person a little cramped for my liking, but certainly doable. Great tents in any event.
I have the 2 and the 6 person hubba. I love the 2 person for solo, you can bring all your gear in the tent and has enough space and doesn’t weigh that much. I find the 1 person a little cramped for my liking, but certainly doable. Great tents in any event.
I was lucky and found a hubba 1p on clearance for £100 at go outdoors. It’s a decent tent but there’s no way I would pay full price for it. I massively prefer my x-mid
I slept in my Durston during Dave in Pembrokeshire, and it was definitely a tough night.
don't let the people who bang on about how it's the skill of the pitching gaslight you; it's about the strength of the pegs. I made the mistake of only bringing the pegs that came with the tent (4 mini groundhogs and 2 shepherds hooks) and in sodden UK turf there's just no way they stay in. I even tried all the tricks like dragging giant rocks over to put on top of the pegs and everything.
spent one night at one campsite sleeping in the laundry room after giving up at midnight, during Dave itself at a different campsite I was about to do the same but then I discovered a pile of heavy duty pegs for glamping tents and staked the shit out of the tent and while it was dramatic, it stayed upright. but I obviously can't carry half kilo heavy duty pegs with me every time I go out and now I don't trust the tent anymore.
I previously had a MSR Hubba 1p and I never had a single problem in the wind.
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