NEMO Equipment - Dragonfly OSMO 2P

I have the Dragonfly Osmo 2p and it feels like a palace! Plenty of storage space for me and my gear including my wide sleeping pad. My 65L pack fits with room to spare under the vestibule. I've had it out in a downpour and can confirm it was dry as a bone inside and that Osmo fabric really doesn't stretch much when it gets wet. Pitched it on bare rock and it held up great. I love it, can you tell? 😊

I backpack with the Nemo Dragonfly Osmo 2p and love it. It weighs in at 3.3lbs including the stuff sacks and stakes. I've had it up in a downpour and it stayed totally dry inside. With some practice you can even pitch it "dry" (quotes because it's not truly a dry pitch with just the fly first, you have to pre-attach the inner and fly, but it works). Also pitched it on bare rock using rocks to hold the stakes on a decently breezy night and it was pretty bombproof. And it has great interior space and ventilation. Just my $0.02!

I wish it was even lighter 🤣 It's fairly easy to do the door with one hand if you get the pitch right. Sometimes it'll get kinda wavy when the corners aren't quite even, and then you might need two hands. The storage in the ceiling is fantastic! I throw all kinds of stuff up there. And yeah, I was worried about the partial fly, but I haven't had any issues with it. It can get a little breezy, but that's ventilation so 🤷‍♀️ I do stake everything out with a guyline, yeah. I had to add the head and foot ones myself but it was super easy since there are already loops, just no lines.

I’ve been using a 2p NEMO dragonfly for several years. Retails around $475 but I think I picked it up for $400 back in the day. It gives me peace of mind in storms or bad weather knowing the tent has good construction. I also have peace of mind knowing I can email the company for a replacement if I lose or break a part—I had to order a new ridgepole once. With how many times I have used this tent, the cost per wear probably comes to less than $10/night in costs. It has a trail weight less than 3 lbs. 

I’ve had the Hubba (1p) for about 15 years. It’s been pretty solid, but the vestibule is quite small so it can be tricky to keep all your gear dry (and you can’t bring much inside with you). Also like many 1p tents it can be somewhat claustrophobic. It tended to have condensation issues in high humidity environments. Just upgraded to the Nemo Dragonfly 2p, but have not used it in high winds yet.

I have the nemo and copper spur, the spur is by far my favorite and the one I bring with me 99% of the time. Use it primarily for backpacking, but have used it for a car trip or two.

Hello friends: I am planning some trips for this winter here in the Pacific northwest. Last year I relied on a Durston X-Mid Solid which was fine, but after that experience I'd prefer to get a freestanding tent to give me more pitching location options. As I am based in the pacific northwest, and we get all four seasons plus serious rain and strong winds, I have narrowed my tent search down to two tents that seem like they will do the best in continuous rain: the Durston X-Dome (Solid) and the NEMO Dragonfly OSMO. My thinking on these two is the fabrics used for their respective rainflys do not stretch when wet. Owning a Durston X-Mid, which also uses a polyester fabric on the rainfly, is kept pretty taut during rainstorms and doesn't require me to cinch down the corners. I've also used a NEMO Dagger OSMO, which has a rainfly that uses a mixed nylon-polyester fabric, that works pretty similar in my experience, and doesn't sag when wet. I've experienced tent failures and pole snaps in years past during overnight rainstorms with wind due to flapping saggy rainflys. Has anyone here yet used both a Durston X-Dome and a NEMO Dragonfly OSMO that can compare or recommend one over the other? (I've also previously used both the Sea to Summit Alto and Telos, which are fantastic tents which I highly recommend! They're just not great for serious rainstorms here, in my experience.)

Heh, hello me! When sliding down the rabbit hole and continuing to read about both of these tents last night, I came across this Justin Outdoors video where he tests a number of tents in extreme wind conditions, and two of them are the X-Dome and Dragonfly: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o5LWoaeHcM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o5LWoaeHcM) Frankly, after watching that, and seeing some other comments about rain wetting out, or soaking through, the head-end of the Dragonfly inner tent where there is a large cutout in the rainfly, makes me think the Dragonfly is not suitable for storm conditions. Justin also makes a suggestion on the X-Dome for additional fly clips and/or guy out points along at the bottom four corners, which Dan Durston says is added on the X-Dome Solid releasing in April. [https://www.reddit.com/r/DurstonGearheads/comments/1htfz1h/comment/m5emopt/](https://www.reddit.com/r/DurstonGearheads/comments/1htfz1h/comment/m5emopt/) I'm going with the X-Dome Solid.

The Durston tents are awesome. I have the 1 person with the separate poles (very lightweight). It's so light and easy to pitch. I use this one backpacking. I have the Nemo Osmo 2p tent for when I want a little more room and don't care so much about the weight (it's still very lightweight considering).I use this one car or canoe camping, like I said, when weight isn't so much an issue. It's very roomy inside and the "landing zone" in the vestibule is great for keeping gear dry and off the ground without having to bring them inside the tent.

The dagger is a nice tent but not one I’d be comfortable using with a dog. It’s still going to be well over $300 even on a Black Friday sale, and a dog’s nails can slice through the floor. There are plenty of Amazon tents that are kinda light, for around 100 bucks that will do. I recommend the Featherstone Granite 2P. I have a Nemo Dragonfly and it was more of a splurge purchase. I love the tent but it’s not 3-4x better then the Featherstone.

I took my Nemo Dragonfly on the JMT the year of atmospheric rivers and survived a nasty storm at guitar lake that caused mudslides and shut down access to all the roads on the east of Mt Whitney. That being said I’m renting a tent when I do the O trek next year…

I really like my Nemo osmo (idk which one it is rn) it’s super light, super tiny and held up fine in a light 20 minutes hailstorm. The rain fly is so thin you can see your hand through it but it definitely works.

Nemo makes fantastic products. I have their 2P tent which is perfect for me solo (6'4" 225lbs) and I can squeeze in a gal with me though there is usually some overlap with the sleeping pads. I've sent it in for repairs once and they did a great job and even found some things I hadn't noticed they needed fixed.

I have the marmot 6p tent and it's a fantastic tent. Here is my experience with it. - solid construction with metal poles and ykk zippers - with the full rain fly down, makes the tent highly wind resistant and let's the tent stay warm. My wife actually loves this as she runs cold. - no issues with condensation. It is a double wall tent with air vents at the top. - easy to set up and take down, remember you have to stake the tent first before hooking up the poles. - it's seam sealed so very good rain protection - marmot offers a life time warranty. - I'm 6'2 and I can stand in the tent and not touch the roof. I did a lot of research before getting this tent and I have no buyers remorse. That being said, I have a nemo backpacking tent and I can say that nemo is also a fantastic brand. They make good tents and also have lifetime warranty. Honestly I'd also buy the Aurora in a heart beat. For me it would be whichever one was cheaper.