Tarptent - ArcDome 2 Ultra

If you’re in northern Scandinavia just go for a mid or a normal double wall tent, and here is the important part - with two metal poles that cross each other. Something like the Niak or the Tarptent arc dome. Forget hub systems and forget most composite poles. As someone with a 3.4kg baseweight, realize it’s only because I’m in the lower latitudes. If I’m much above the 50th parallel, I’m going to add in things to my system. It’s a generalization of course, but to me it makes sense, especially if you’re fjell camping.

Why are you focused on the ArcDome in SilPoly when the ArcDome 2 Ultra has been out for a while, and Tom Heaney in Ireland did a couple excellent videos on it?

I would use my tarptent arc dome 2 ultra for those conditions. I unclip parts of the inner to get a bigger vestibule for cooking. I haven’t had it out in any nasty weather yet I’m confident it can handle plenty wind and snow load. “Worst” was maybe 20-25mph wind and 10-15F. This was with the mesh inner. I have since purchased the solid inner. Packability isn’t great due to the ultra tnt material but they have a polyester version that probably packs down smaller.

Since the Durston is out of stock, the Tarptent ARCDOME 2 ULTRA may fit your needs.