Naturehike - Cloud Up 1

you might be ok if summer sleeping bag and a compact mat, i have this tent and its fine for summer but i wouldn't want to be using it in bad weather, for a low budget tent it does compact down nice and small i think 11L is doable but probably not with a budget inflatable pad

Yer that should work, I think my naturehike 1 fits in 6L with the pole now i think about it

A one person tent is going to be small no matter what you buy. You could get a pack cover and keep your pack outside the tent to give yourself more room or look at a nice two person tent like the Mongar 2. A trekking pole tent will almost always be significantly lighter than a tent with poles. Naturehike and 3F UL make excellent quality tents. I have and have used several of them. The trekking pole tents in this class of tents are going to feel the smallest and will be harder to get a good pitch in less than ideal conditions. But they will be the lightest. Tents with poles are easier to pitch and will perform better in less than ideal conditions such as uneven or slanted ground. They will also feel a little larger than the Lanshan 1. If you don’t mind the extra weight of tent poles, get one of these. If you need the lightest weight possible then get the Lanshan 1 Pro since it’s a single wall tent. Regarding poled tents, I thought the Cloud Up 1 was good but it is a bit of a struggle to wriggle in with a front end door then pull the pack into it. It would be good to ask on the backpacking forum although they generally don’t like the Chinese tent companies.

I have a Tagar 2 which I have used cor solo camping. I imagine the Tagar 1 might be a bit snug with your gear inside. It is single skin, so there is an extra element of condensation, but the couple of times I’ve used it it has not been enough to cause an issue. It is the lightest tent I have and sets up nice and easy, although I am still debating how useful the included footprint is. First use was in torrential rain, and I mean torrential by uk standards, and strong winds. Footprint ended up collecting water which pooled under the tent and may have had some ingress because of this. That night there was a little light spray of rain getting through, but it was extreme rain. I own a few Naturehike tents (Cloud Up 1, Cloud Peak, Opalus 2) and rate them all pretty highly and never really had a problem with any of them.

Have you checked them in person? Most of chinese tents are very short due to aggressively sloped walls (to use less materials and keep the weight competitive with western brands). At 183cm with a bag with 450g down fill I wasn't able to fit in a CloudUp 1 without pushing the inner against the flysheet, compressing the sleeping bag there and in result getting wet feet on a night slightly below the freezing. You may really want to put your sleeping pad and the bag/quilt in to the tent before travelling with it. Taiji is freestanding, while CloudUp needs some staking to not to let the sidewalls collapse. Star River / Mongar are 2-person tents that have nearly vertical walls in head and feet and should be much better for you (tho no 1-person variant on the market) Check out the Decathlon's tents.

If you are below 175, maybe 180cm tall, CloudUp will surely be OK. If you can manage condensation (sleeping alone in well vented tented should make it bearable, if it's raining out there you may need to use your buff or small microfiber cloth piece to wipe the inside part of the fly), you can look at the NH Taga/Tagar 1 tent. It will be semi-freestanding like CloudUp, but due to no separate inner mesh (only side walls have inner mesh glued to them) it should take less space and be lighter. If you want it truly freestanding, then there are Mongar / Star River tents, but both are 2P. (At least older versions of) NH Vik had issues with bad top vents placement that sometimes let the rain in. Whichever you choose, take the variant with silnylon fly (which chinese mark by adding denier number to the name - for example \`20D\`). Poliester one (typically labelled them as \`210T\`) will be heavier and bulkier when rolled up, but cheaper. If you want it even smaller and still cheap, I'd look at \`Flame's Creed 3x3m 15D\` tarp combined with Lixada's mesh inner. Very light, dirt cheap and definitely OK for shorter person. You can look up the ways to set it all up using your bike, when there are no trees, fences or other poles around (or grab foldable carbon fiber trekking poles, which are much cheaper than dedicated tarptent poles - 130cm one weighs 125g and costs 20-22$).

I edited my comment with more details. Enable the translation and check out this Taga review: [https://ginvilla.blogspot.com/2018/05/namioty-naturehike-taga-1-czesc-1.html](https://ginvilla.blogspot.com/2018/05/namioty-naturehike-taga-1-czesc-1.html) [https://ginvilla.blogspot.com/2018/06/namioty-naturehike-taga-1-czesc-2-w.html](https://ginvilla.blogspot.com/2018/06/namioty-naturehike-taga-1-czesc-2-w.html) Taga, compared to CloudUp has small bar across the main pole arc, which makes it more spacious inside, CloudUp badly needs to be widely staked, otherwise sides fully sag inside. Getting compact and light double layer tent that is both cheap and freestanding is impossible :) Depending on where you are Hubba 1, XDome 1+, Copper Spur (1 person variant) or something akin Dragonfly 1 would fit you, but those are not budget tents. That said, semi-fresstanding chinese ones are okay for not too tall people. CloudUp is very popular everywhere for a reason. But I happily sold my 1P after a single night and can not measure it to verify the dimensions provided by the manufacturer (did you check them out by the way?) I have only Taga 1 left (still waiting to be sold).

Naturehike 1 cloud up series is really affordable and very light if you don’t mind sleeping in a triangle

I had this tent and it lasted a while but eventually the zip gave up. It was crucial to gauge the wind direction and stick the front or rear into it. Making the mistake of letting the side get hit would really bend it over.

I have a 1+ tent also - NatureHike Cloud Up 1. It's barely big enough but that's kinda the point for backpacking.

I've used it a lot over the past 18 or so months. Never had a problem with durability or rain. It's never been super windy for me though. You do need to dial in the rainfly so you get some airflow at your feet. There will be some condensation down there otherwise. Set it up with the rainfly loose and even out the spacing as you tighten it down.

It really just depends how you feel about the rest of your gear. I have the Cloud Up 1 tent and I'll probably use it until I break it. There's lots of other gear I'd get before a new tent because it works well and it's light enough. Check out litesmith.com and garagegrowngear.com. I don't know what their shipping to EU is but I expect it may be better here in the US.

Second the Cloud Up 1. Just enough room for me and my bag. I've used it on many campouts and it has held up well. Adjust the rainfly forward to give the body breathing room at the feet, otherwise condensation happens. Pretty minor issue for a $100 tent.

I have the CU1 in 20D nylon and it hasn't given me any trouble. Not a tent expert - that's all I've got, and all I really want from a tent

I'm a fan of Naturehike tents. Pretty light. Inexpensive but not cheaply made. Some of the design choices aren't ideal but for the money they cant be beat. I have 2 Cloudups the 1 and the Pro 2. I like both. My niggles are I hate tunnel entry tents and the door entry is small. However, they make all sorts of tents including side entry and actual tunnel tents. Most are knockoff designs of more expensive brands. They will keep you dry and are light in the wallet. Oh, I also own Marmot, Walrus (which is now MSR), TNF, and an EMS knock off a Northface VE-25 and I've used real Northface winter mountain tents. I also owned a Eureka at one time. Definitely have experience with better brands. You can't go wrong with naturehike while figuring out your forever tent.

You cant go wrong with Nature Hike. I have a cloudup 1 which works in summer with a dog but honestly is a little small width wise. For one person it's roomy and I have spent about 20 nights in it with two different dogs weighting about 40-50lbs. I can't use it in shoulder season or winter because my dog needs a pad and I can't fit 2 pads. I got a Cloudup 2 Pro because it's a little easier to set up (in theory, since it's totally freestanding) but also because it's a 3.25 season tent. Wouldn't recommend the 2pro for summer use but a lot of my camping is cooler weather -10C overnights. Space wise it's great for dog + me + gear but definitely not a legit 2P tent due to the steep walls. It's basically an A frame. There may still be a cloudup 2 in my future or another summer naturehike model once I test the 2pro in warmer conditions. Dollar for dollar these are great tents and well made.

Honestly, on a budget, Nature hike. Cloud up is a well reviewed, well liked, and not very flawed design. I used a 2 Pro and my sister a 1P on a recent bike pack. Neither of us had a complaint in rain or extreme dew. Both Held up fine with basic stake out in 20-30mph winds one night (kinda rare to have sustained winds in the 20s). They are cheap tents (paid less than $100 for each) but you won't find flaws in finish. Had the Cloudup 1 since 2020. And the 2.Pro for just a about 10 nights of use. Happy with both. These aren't tents I use a ton. Only bikepacking and backpacking with my dog. So spending $500 on a similar tent (the 1p is a copy of the Big Agnes Copper spur, iirc the names of big Agnes). I think the 2Pro may be an original design. It's flawed in that it isn't a warm weather tent. But that isn't an issue for me. Most of my use is spring and fall and it's perfect for that.

It's a free standing kinda 3.25 season version of the cloudup. I prefer it because the 1P isn't free standing. The bigger 2Pro is actually easier and faster to setup. Also, I mostly solo backpack and bikepack with my dog so a big 1 person is ideal. Dog, me, gear have plenty of space. The 1P actually has a lot of space but it's not wide enough for 2 pads, which is an issue in colder weather. Packed size and weight isn't too much different either between the Cloudup 2Pro and 1P.

I have a Naturehike Cloud Up 1, very happy with it so far. Takes hardly any time to pitch (and can go up outer first if the weather requires it) and packs down nice and small. Only slight thing I'd say on that front is the poles are a bit longer than I'd like, I just put them somewhere else on my bike as they only just fit between my handlebars without touching. It stood up to some pretty awful rain this weekend without a hitch, and I didn't suffer with any condensation issues despite that.