Cloud Up 2

I use the nature hike star river 2, cloud up 1 and 2. Awesome durable tents that are incredible quality for the price.

I have had decent success with a *Cloud Up 2 Lightweight Backpacking Tent*. It has its cons and its pros, but for the distances I tend to walk (60 to 100 miles typically), it works well as a one-person tent. I like the water proofing when it is new, and the rain fly above the entrance lets me put my pack outside. A "long, wide" air mattress tends to be a tight fit length-wise. It costs about US$165. > Looking for something thats "designed for 3 people". Three-person tents are good for two people, with their gear outside.

Indeed, I like my Cloud Up 2 Lightweight Backpacking Tent. I found the "one person" to be too small, as I like to have my gear inside the tent at night. I once had an animal, in the East Mojave Desert, walk away with one of my boots. I wrote about this in my well-selling memoir.

>On a budget, the Naturehike tents are the best of the "Amazon special" cheap knockoffs. Indeed, and I agree. I like my Cloud Up 2 Lightweight Backpacking Tent, as it is good for one person (though not for tall people).

The cloud up 2 is a fantastic tent, highly recommend.

I did a pretty serious hike with just Walmart gear, but I have since upgraded to mostly budget online / Chinese brands. Here's approximately what I have: Tent: Paria Outdoors Arches 2P Trekking Pole Tent / 3FULGEAR Lanshan 2 / Naturehike Cloud Up UL 2P / Naturehike Cloud Up EXT 2P. I have a Lanshan 2 with solid inner as well as the Cloud Up EXT. I think the Arches is a better trekking pole tent if you don't care about having a solid inner. Pad: Walmart CCF + OneTigris NobleJade sleeping pad. Bag: Paria Outdoors Thermodown 30 Down Quilt + I like having a sleeping bag liner for ease of washing. I actually have the 15 degree version. Backpack: Naturehike 60+5L backpack / 3FULGEAR Yue 55 / 3FULGEAR Tianshan. Cooking: Paria and Fire Maple have some good stuff. Trekking poles: I have some CMT ones and some BD ones.

I have that same tent (although I'm in Australia, and I'm only 176cm). Got it from Amazon. Light, inexpensive, and importantly, it packs up super small. A great starter tent for me to use while I lust over the Durstons.

I've got a Naturehike Cloudup 2P and it's better in just about every way than my decidedly average Coleman. I'm really happy with it. Naturehike are a Chinese brand, and Temu is also China based so it's not that weird they could get it from there, and it's not necessarily a fake. Temu fakes are so outrageously and obviously shite, that you'll know immediately if it's not the real thing.

Also look at the Naturehike cloud up 2. Usual price is about £100, but I picked mine up for under £70 on Ali express, but you can pay a bit more and get it on Amazon if you prefer. If you want a bit more space a mongar 2 is similar in terms of internal floor space but its walls are more vertical so there is more width up to the top of the tent and a usable awning on both sides of the tent. Either one is fine for doe I would have thought. If your budget can stretch a little there ar lightweight versions. Also check out a lanshan 1 or 2 if you use trekking poles. It’s not free standing so needs a bit more certainty when you pitch it but it’s very popular for a reason, the lightest variation is only single wall and can suffer from condensation. If you are going to keep using the tent and want to buy once the Durston x dome 1+ looks like a dream tent for that sort of trip. Weighing about 1 kg it pitches very quickly in one cycle with ground sheet, inner and fly connected if you want. Plenty of space inside for one, large vestibule. Not sure where you can source them from in uk though and the US price is $ 379 though to be fair that looks good value for what you get. Customs duty may bump this up further though.

You can get a few different versions of the mongar 2 as the is the standard weighing about 1.65kg including poles pegs bags but not footprint. There is an ultralight model which comes is 1.53 or 1.36 but I’d only take the lighter out in better weather conditions. The newer version of the mongar 2 also have doors you can turn into a canopy with trekking poles. I have both a mongar 2 and a cloud up 2 . I prefer the cloud 2 personally as my version has a bit less mesh than the mongar so keeps me a bit warmer, but I’d happily admit the mongar is the better tent especially when you are taller. There is enough room for luggage inside both tents but the advantage of the mongar 2 is the 2 vestibules giving you more flexibility in shorting winds and leaving one side for cooking stuff etc and the other as an entrance exit. The cloud up 2 entrance is a lot tighter and a bit more dangerous if the weather means you have to cook there.

Naturehike cloud up 2 if one person uses it , mongar 2 if you think you might ever need room for 2 inside. Tbh unless you are pitching in small spaces I’d go with the mongar . It’s fractionally heavier but you get a lot more vertical width when you sit up with the extra cross pole , and you get a second more spacious vestibule.