Portal 2

Slingfin Portal 2. I’ve been using it for the past two years and it’s lightweight, roomy, freestanding and bombproof in bad weather. I made a ridiculous spreadsheet comparing almost 20 tents and it was the winner. I rented a Nemo Dragonfly 2P last week. It was fine but a little smaller on the inside. Good luck with your search, there’s so many options

I can vouch for Slingfin as well. Caught in a hella thunderstorm at 11,000’ in the Rockies last summer with my son. Thing is extremely well engineered

As a guy who owns two Tarptents and a Slingfin this is the right answer. Only reason I don’t own one is because the others are still great and it would be wasteful to buy another tent

The pad is fine, I have one and when the ground is frozen I put it on a folding pad. The tent is fine but heavy. There’s better options, I use a Slingfin. The bag is meh and heavy, I can’t tell you how much I love my Gryphon. Buy once cry once. Both companies have excellent customer support. If you’re extremely new at this please have navigation figured out.

Haha. We did 3 weeks bike packing in the Highlands last year with our Portal 2. It rained and stormed for like 15 of 18 riding days. The stock tent was super solid, even in wind that was hard to ride through. We love it, and the livability is very high as well.

I only set it up once in hard rain. I was able to put out the fly first and work underneath it to get the tent erected. It didn't get very wet, but the operation was pretty awkward and I wouldn't do it if it could be avoided. Other days there were breaks in rain long enough to get it set up.

You should check out SlingFin tents, small company that make great tents. I used the Portal 2 this past summer on the Colorado Trail and loved it

Maybe I’m just a fanboy but I love our Slingfin Portal 2. I think it’s a different category than most or all of these tents in terms of bombproof worthiness. Comparing the weight is a little misleading because of that. A little difficult to quantify but anecdotally we have some friends that have a Tiger Wall 2 and that thing is a flappy kite in the same conditions compared to the Portal 2. Just feels way more stable and less noisy. I sleep better as a result. And you can always add your trekking poles if you use them to make it even more sturdy.

I have one. It handled Iceland driving wind and rain fine. We had it in very exposed conditions and 50mph (legitimately, probably gusting to 60) a few times with no problems. There’s so many tie outs. And we also liked the x tensioners inside the tent. We’re planning a hike in Tombstone TP in Yukon and I’d take it. What I don’t like is that the floor tapers. I sleep weird and if I switch to a rectangular pad that’ll be curtains on the slingfin unless I go to a portal 3. I think the x dome is a tiny bit lighter, like 2 oz. I have not used it. I will likely at some point because of the floor being 52 all the way down. I’m not sure how to compare the poles on each tent. Durston is carbon Easton 3.9 and slingfin is aluminum 8.7 with a thicker set available if you’re expecting bad weather. Idk which is better for wind.