Naturehike - Mongar 2 Backpack Tent (Nylon)

seconded. It's a great tent

Naturehike Mongar or Cloud up in their 3p version? It's relatively lightweight, affordable, and very well made. My cloudup 1p does really well in rain and wind.

Check your weights, that Kelly Late Start 2p is 4.5 pounds according to Amazon. I love my Mongar 2. If two people split it, 2.5 lbs per person is easy. It’s a solid shelter that I use for backpacking. A trekking pole tent will always be the lightest option.

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.

The Mongar 2 was my first backpacking tent. Works great, I was very happy with my purchase. I wasn’t sure if I’d stick with backpacking so bought a value-priced tent. I ended up being very pleased with the quality and functionality of the tent. I eventually went with an X-Mid Pro2 once I realized that backpacking would be a major activity for my partner and I.

It absolutely depends - if theres no wind, the Mongar will be fine. If there's a 30mph wind with 40mph gusts (hardly unknown) your tent *might* survive, but you'll have a scary night. There's also a good chance is will fail completely - snapped poles, torn fabric, all the good stuff. If you're going up high, you need to think about what will happen if your tent fails catastrophically at 3am - you've got 4+ hours till it's light, the weather is shit, and if you walk in the wrong direction you're going to fall 1000ft and then bounce down the rest.

Naturehike Cloud Up 2 or Naturehike Mongar UL 2. I have the cloud up but like better the Mongas. There are various versions of the Cloud Up 2 with different prices but also weight. I have the cheaptest and heaviest of them all at around 2 kg, but it's fine as when I go with a friend I must go to his/her pace which slower. If you check the Mongar be sure to choose the UL version. The price of that last time I checked was very competitive. That's for freestanding tents, for UL trekking pole tents you can't go wrong with the Lanshan 2.

I used a naturehike mongar 2 ul 15D all summer and it's been amazing, roomy enough for me and my girlfriend and it held up quite well against the wind

I’m looking for some advice for a winter camping trip I am planning. I currently use the Mongar 2, the grey 20D version rather than the new UL model. For Christmas I will also be getting a Thermarest NeoAir XTherm NXT MAX L sleeping mat and a Snugpak Softie Elite 4 Olive LZ sleeping bag. My main questions are for people who have camped in the UK in proper winter conditions or in similar climates. First, do you think the Mongar 2 is sturdy enough to handle strong winds at higher elevations in the UK. Second, when paired with the sleeping mat and bag mentioned above, do you think my sleep system will be sufficient. For the sleep system I expect I should be fine since the mat has an R value of 7.3 and I am a warm sleeper. My main concern is the tent. I do not want it to collapse in heavy winds or get overwhelmed by rain. I am open to alternatives for the sleeping bag and pad since they have not been bought yet. I would also appreciate tent recommendations if you feel the Mongar 2 is not suitable. My budget for a tent is around one hundred and fifty pounds because most of my money is going toward the sleep system.

Thanks for the response but I do have some experience with winter camping as I’ve camped at high altitude at Y Garn with a worse tent. My question was asked as I was wondering if people had experienced with this tent. The tent I did it before with had fibreglass poles and this one has aluminium poles so theoretically should be stronger.

Thanks for the advice, and I’ll make sure to be careful of getting something better for harsher conditions. I’m not sure if I can afford anything over £300 for a tent for the foreseeable future. However, I will say the tent itself does feel pretty sturdy to me of course when used it I did use a spot that was more protected, in the Peak District. I have also seen a few reviews of the mongar in uk winter with snow, albeit not too much snow and the guy did make sure to hit off the snow. But none of those videos actually showed its capabilities against heavier winds.

Nice gear imo. I've got a mongar and also their 3 pole one... cloud peak? 1.8 vs 2.3kg. It's sturdier and randomly also easier to get in and out of. Both go well but I prefer the heavier tent in all but the warmest weather.

Get the Mongar 2 (20D version). Those are 4 lbs trail weight so not to terrible to hike with by yourself and easily carried if the weight is split between two people.

Thanks for the heads up on this. I often recommend the regular Mongar as the best value 2P tent but the UL will be worth a look. I actually just upgraded mine to get an XMid 2 but this might have been in the running had it been out when I ordered the XMid.

We downsized the tent we take on kayak trips to save on space and a bit of weight. Our 3 person marmot is almost 8 lbs vs my Durston XMid but if I didn't also want something for backpacking a Naturehike Mongar 2 would be a good balance between size, weight and costs.

XMids the obvious answer but if you’re looking for cheaper options and are willing to carry the weight then the Mongar 2 fits the bill. It’s right on 4lbs trail weight. There’s also an UL version that was just released on aliexpress

Just buy the Mongar. It's a much better tent if you're looking at the lower price points. If you can stretch budget then the Durston XMid's better suited to backpacking given the weight savings but that doesn't sound like the issue for you in which case the 20D Mongar's a great choice.

The Mongar 2 is virtually the same and far easier to get.

Naturehike Mongar 2 will work well. They're well made and around 4lbs trail weight

Mongar 2P would be my suggestion. Well under budget and they’re actually well made

That puffy is fine. The Mongar tent should be closer to 4lbs flat if you strip it down to the essentials

Esp if you strip it down to the bare essentials. Ours was almost exactly 4lbs.

No ground sheet, no storage bags and only 6 UL stakes.

You'd likely be better off buying a Mongar 2P than either of those tents, even with the discount. We have a Marmot 3P that gets used for car camping but its way too heavy to hike with.

Naturehike Mongar 2 is a great option that’s within budget and 4lbs so light enough for what you’re looking for. Amazon has them cheap..just get the more expensive version as it’s a lot lighter.

\+1 NatureHike. I enjoy my Mongar 2 UL despite it being nearly 4 lbs. If I were to re-buy it, I would get the 1P version. If you wanna try trekking pole tents, can't go wrong with the Lanshan 2 Pro (although I've never owned one myself--I would have probably gone this route if I did more research). Both these tents go on sale around the holidays BTW.

Howdy folks! (reposting because my original one got taken down due to the links I put for reference I guess). I wanted to give a review (and partially a trip summary) on the NatureHike Mongar 2p UL tent after two car camping trips (one solo overnight and one 2-nighter). I've only used the tent in coldish conditions (between 20 and 30F at night) and I am very inexperienced when it comes to camping in general, but this might help a beginner. I don't have any photos of the interior unfortunately but there are a many videos out there that have more detailed views of it. A great feature of the tent is that it has a clothesline at the top to hang things (but it's kind of useless in cold weather due to the condensation). **My Solo Trip to Big Bear Lake** https://preview.redd.it/z97n92d11u4g1.jpg?width=1878&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c7ea35967b43ce5cb913efd1769bbc47a64962d It might be worth noting that this was my first ever solo camping trip (woohoo!), and my first trip using the tent. I camped in the Serrano Campground in San Bernardino National Forest and just spent 1 night there. It was mostly peaceful but I had really loud teenage boy neighbors that eventually piped down around 11pm. Other than that, it was a chill trip, I just regret bringing too much stuff and cooking a bigger meal than necessary. This trip was about 2 weeks ago (from 11/23 - 11/24) and it got pretty chilly at night (I believe the lowest it got to was 27F) for my SoCal bones. This tent is not advertised as a 4-season tent, it is a 3-season tent, so really by conventional standards it shouldn't be used during the wintertime. *However*, I wanted to push it to its limits, and frankly don't want to spend more money on a 4-season or winter tent. It was easy to set up, and I loved my little "porch" when opening it up and using some cheap tarp poles to keep it open. The pockets inside were plentiful to store things, and I was able to hang lights from the inside. The tent was easy for me to find from a distance with my lights inside, and it was slightly windy but the tent was stable through the night. I used a thick car camping sleeping pad that was 80 x 30in and it fit just fine inside (I tested it out at home to make sure before taking it out). https://preview.redd.it/hjbnkh0o1u4g1.jpg?width=1878&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=82b2132063d210b139936ade80b475ccf2088716 https://preview.redd.it/i24bzy7q1u4g1.jpg?width=2040&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6956ea347e2c77eaa0478031b9ca4f431c6f5d59 https://preview.redd.it/6sy0z6e59u4g1.jpg?width=1878&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23c27c96999d4d35d3a0fbbbb3ba1da391877f10 https://preview.redd.it/ej7ftzi79u4g1.jpg?width=1878&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=235fff59cc6fdd767877d3b7c1f9e0d26c48a96d https://preview.redd.it/jw0i4p6r1u4g1.jpg?width=1878&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1dfa37fdb4c73676bce71ee0d34105c3ce9bf883 https://preview.redd.it/v3t5mlwb9u4g1.jpg?width=1878&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a6066182cb2ebdf226d1eda4011c913955634f1 Was there frost on the rainfly and my sleeping bag in the morning? Yes. Did I have the tent fully guyed out and the vents open? No. Was I cold at night? Also yes, but this might have been due to not having the right sleeping bag and not layering enough I think (my bag is rated at 0F but I did buy it used, so I'm not sure if it lost any insulating properties). However, I never woke up in the middle of the night due to the cold, and when I woke up, I was toasty. I also didn't run into any issues with condensation because there seemed to be enough space between the fly and the body of the tent. **My Desert Trip to Anza-Borrego** [Ignore my toilet kit lol](https://preview.redd.it/9edunzf7bu4g1.jpg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d4466e8e3c4bcd4df5ba0f41c1d0cc6d7acedd5) The second time I took this tent out was in Blair Valley in Anza-Borrego for a 2-night dispersed camping trip with my cousins, just this past weekend! We were there from 11/28/25 to 11/30/25. The conditions were a bit different (much drier and it actually felt much colder than Big Bear!). On Black Friday (11/28) there was a lot of people out camping, and we were lucky to come across a site with a fire pit. https://preview.redd.it/fiwf0rrlau4g1.jpg?width=1878&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bad676e0409fb6a608f29f1f334c1ab52e028371 https://preview.redd.it/u7ownshqau4g1.jpg?width=1878&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ad8c38ad4f343d0adfb61ebe920659ce2a87cef https://preview.redd.it/hl942qbsau4g1.jpg?width=2208&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53aa08c621a00ada9c86889fe27d6f8d90a998f1 [My outdoorsy cousin slept outside!](https://preview.redd.it/t0hq546tau4g1.jpg?width=1878&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c12e616e83ab63fafa095ee0c1304618d5a18b65) https://preview.redd.it/eb15h8fvau4g1.jpg?width=1878&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f6739c0a4c483d769b65f4507a110d59c66ed89f https://preview.redd.it/pite3higau4g1.jpg?width=1878&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd9ea2e9c18128ebe5e19345b4b8fd40c94900cd This time I brought a smaller sleeping pad. My 25-inch wide Sea to Summit Ether Light XT pad fit perfectly (it's a 2p tent so it can fit two of these with a bit of room still) and I paired it with my Big Agnes 20F Echo Park sleeping bag. It was much colder in the desert (first night it dropped to 27F, night 2 it got down to 30F) as compared to Big Bear, and there was much more condensation overnight because of the temp changes/drops that happened so suddenly at night. I think it may have also been due to how dry and open it was. https://preview.redd.it/0zz5cc9abu4g1.jpg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53e50d7b0412c380568dd950ab2f3e88f95745fc I had to change my clothes a few times inside my tent because the trip was longer, and we went on a hike on Saturday to check out the Pictographs. The tent was very spacious for me to change my clothes (I'd balance on my knees and/or stand up and bend a bit forward) and the pockets and clothesline inside were incredibly helpful for organizing my space inside. I do wish I brought my 0F bag, because man it was cold, and the forecast was off by like 10-20 degrees warmer. Note for next time. On the first night, I had the vents open, and the tent staked out on both sides for ventilation, and to hopefully prevent condensation, but all it did was make it colder inside of it lol, so on night 2, I closed everything and only staked the back and front of the tent. This made things pretty warm on the inside but there was a lot of condensation formed on the fly. However, there wasn't much condensation on the inside except for on the outside of my sleeping bag. [View at the end of our Pictograph hike](https://preview.redd.it/fq1s77pcbu4g1.jpg?width=1878&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6b6a4b3613ef1d00741a028798689365c3d409f) In general, the tent performed very well for my needs--I plan to only use it solo (I have a 4-person Coleman tent when my BF and I go together) and eventually bring it backpacking when I cross that bridge. I don't have any other tents to compare it to but I can say it's been well worth the money so far, and I plan to take it on more trips to come! This is a great budget option for anyone that's interested in exploring "ultralight" territory. If anyone has questions about the tent, I'm happy to answer them.

Naturehike Mongar UL 2. I got it under 200€. It only weighs 1.3 kg in the latest model. Freestanding, exceptionally light for its price class and well made. Comes with lightweight tent stakes and a ground sheet. Enough room for two adults. An alternative for 3 persons would be the Naturehike Cloud Up 3. Well below 200€, 1.7 kg, also freestanding. I found the Mongar extremely easy to set up alone.