NEMO Equipment - Aurora 2

I got this tent on special a few years ago and it’s great: https://www.paddypallin.com.au/nemo-equipment-aurora-2person-tent.html (I don’t work for Paddy Palin by the way!). It’s small and light enough to take hiking, which I do once or twice a year. And it’s also sizeable enough to take on a 4wd trip. It’s more pricey than an Aldi tent (I like the sound of the Aldi tent I must say), but it’s quite good quality. It costs between $400-500 so it’s not ridiculously expensive but it’s more than a nice meal at the pub!

I take my Nemo Aurora 2p backpacking, car camping and soon to be canoe camping. It's the perfect all around tent imo.

My Nemo Aurora I've only gotten wet in it once in heavy rain and that was due to me not tightening down the fly at my feet. I haven't used an MSR but I can't imagine they intentionally designed it to not keep you dry

Second the Nemo worth the money

Meh we have survived plenty of torrential rains in our cheap old eureka tent as well as our giant Walmart pop up tent. Sure they weigh much much more than our Nemo tent but for most camping they’re just fine.

I have a eureka apex 2 that I got 14 years ago. It has been all over the country. They were like $120 new, are pretty well made, and decent pack down size and weight, especially for the price. We replaced it a couple years ago with a Nemo backpacking tent that weighs probably half as much, but cost about 4x as much. Our kid still uses the eureka. Don’t get a big tarp for underneath it. They make footprints specifically made for that. You can get fancy expensive ones but Walmart sells cheap plastic ones that work great and pack down much smaller than a normal tarp. We have used ours the entire time we’ve had the tent and still no holes even after lots of gravel camp pads.

Nemo Aurora 2p, it actually fits two 65cm pads and the vestibules are large enough for a backpack.

Nemo makes a 2 and 3p tent called the Aurora. It comes with a footprint, and you can purchase a Pawprint (meant for dogs) that goes on the inside to help protect the tent from paws.. kinda cool. Not the cheapest option but also budget friendly for a nicer quality name brand tent. You can often times find them on sale at REI. I love Nemo products and they back them with a lifetime warranty. https://www.rei.com/product/246448/nemo-aurora-2-backpacking-tent-with-footprint Just looked, and the 2p backpacking tent with footprint is 40% off!

Tried the Gazelle, liked it until I put it away on the first trip and 2 out of 4 metal sheath ends for the rain fly poles went loose into the dirt. Terrible quality for the price, went back to REI and got the Nemo Aurora.

Nemo is doing great. Obviously not as thick of a material as the Gazelle but it’s a similar size that has “standing room.” Allows me to use other vehicles for camping too since the Gazelle only fit in my truck.

My hubs and I love my Nemo aurora. We can sit up facing each other to play cards or chat. It’s wide enough for us to fit a double wide inflatable pad and suuuuuper light. I love that thing.

Wait, it was more than $100 sorry I didn’t read closely enough. Well if you want to spend more, the Nemo is where it’s at.

Nemo had some issues with their tents, specifically tub and seams, that was about 4-5 years ago. They’ve fixed those problems and they’ve been fantastic for me. Specifically their aurora and dagger tents. They have the best customer service in the industry. On 2 sleeping pads I’ve had of theirs they sent one on 2 day shipping and one on overnight to the middle of no where dakotas.

The marmot Limestone ended up selling out on the sale at REI, so I got the Nemo Aurora! Hopefully they like it (and let us try it sometime, ha)!

The Zempire blow-up tent is a great option that I don't think has been mentioned yet. I've got one and can set it up in just over 2 minutes. At 5'2, you'd have no problem standing up across most of the tent (I'm 5'4"). Some other solid choices: • Springbar and Kodiak canvas tents: Incredibly spacious and durable though must be packed dry so be aware of that if you're camping in wet conditions • Nemo Aurora: Replaced the popular Wagontop model, offering good headroom Hope this helps!