Lightweight tent recommendations?

[DXH]

looking for a lightweight tent definately 2 people possibly 4. Would be willing to take two tents if 4 went.

Want something very light and sturdy for a backpack hunt

[Ranger44]

What kind of price range?  They range from fairly inexpensive to ridiculously high priced.  A lot of the light weight stuff that says "two man" is a real tight fit for two people.  Also, what is your range for weight?  Much of the high price goes with the light weight.

[ethan]

check out "Go-lite".  The shang-ra-la is excellent.  I love mine and don't think you'll find a more light weight/simple set up except maybe a tarp.

[lpcjon2]

What type weather will you be in,Summer,winter ,fall, or spring? The Big K has some great prices on Coleman and NW Territory tents.

[widow sax]

Check out Big Agnes Fly Creek tents they are ultra light. I am going to use the Flycreek II this year it is 2 lbs 10 oz pack weight check out **** this is one on there buy it now for $285 tent and footprint.  Widow

[Chesapeake]

We run the Mega-Lights (Black diamond), but Kifaru makes similar and the shang-ra-la mentioned above comes with much praise from owners.

The Teepee type tents seem the best for room and light weight if you can live without a floor.

The Mega-light is advertised at 4 I believe, but 3 is all it will hold and its best with 2 and gear. But its realy light, so having 2 between 4 guys isnt bad. We run them up as high as 6000 foot elevation clear into November with snow and heavy winds with no issue.

Havent run a dome tent in several years, so couldnt speak to any of those.

[straitera]

I've used tents forever & have had good luck w/many. But, my current Eureka is as good a 2 man tent as I've had. It is an A-fram w/enough room for 2 big folks w/gear & room to spare. Solid rainfly to the ground & ventilation galore. I've had this tent at least 20 years. Patched campfire burn holes & other accidents & still NO leaks Nor problems. I bought it new for $100. You can find used tents on fleapay.

[beauhunter]

I've had good luck with a well set up tarp or piece of visqueen. Doesn't get much more light weight or inexpensive than that.

[J. Oles]

The golite and megamid offerings are nice.

Kifaru offers the Sawtooth and an assortment of teepee's in the same vein for a lot more money.

If you decide to go the ultra light tarp route, check out hillpeoplegear.com

They have a tutorial on sewing in your own wood stove "window".

[Stone Sheep]

Kelty Grand Mesa. Great little backpack tent for abot $120.00 at Campmor.

[IdahoCurt]

I love my Bibbler bombshelter

[perry f.]

Check this site out. I'm looking into some of the tents they offer for my next high country hunt  http://www.wyominglostandfound.com/index.html

[Canadabowyer]

www.tarptent.com   Good stuff and very lightweight,  Bob

[hunt it]

Have a look at REI website, they carry good quality gear. The type of terrain your heading into plays an important factor. If you are going to see some wide open prairie country or higher elavations, wind can be an issue. Alot of cheaper tents are made for family camping not high winds. REI staff can point you in directions of good strong tent that will withstand wind. Makes such as North Face, Marmot, Sierra Designs, Mountain Hardware all make tough backpacking tents and larger ones as well.

My theory on this is, if headed into hills I'll carry my own tent and everybody else in group does the same. Small two person backpacking tents (6 lb and under) are good for one person and gear at best. I don't have much faith in tarp,bivy or tpee in mountains when weather can get ugly fast. I use a North Face Mountain 25 it's pretty much bomb proof.

[Lost Arra]

Probably wouldn't work for 4 hunters and their gear but this looks interesting:
 http://tarptent.com/hogback.html

[Nathan Killen]

I'm with some of the others, try a tarp.

[Tom Leemans]

I would just add my .02 worth of advice. If you want to hold 2 people, get a 4 person tent. (do the math from there). Tent manufacturers figure you'll be stacked in there like cord wood when they figure capacity.

[Tutanka]

If are looking for lightweight and bomb proof look at Hillerberg.

[recurve_shooter]

+1 on the Eureka.  IMO, it offers a good combination of weight and price.  To get the truly lightweight ones, you'll probably have to spend several hundred dollars.

Also, as has been said, it's wise to look at going up a size to make sure you have room.  I actually prefer a 3-man tent, so I can get all my stuff inside and still have ample room.  I have a solo tent as well, which saves about 3 pounds, but it is very tight!  I prefer the extra room and storage space of the 3-man.

[Lost Arra]

A nice back-country combo is a small solo tent just for sleeping and some clothes. Plus an ultra light tarp set up away from the tent for pack and cooking. I don't eat or cook in my tent while elk hunting in a wilderness area. If you have to sit around waiting out a storm some morning it's sure better psychologically to sit under an open tarp than in a tent.

I use a Kifaru paratarp for cooking and a Scarp 1 for sleeping. Total shelter weight is about 3+ pounds.

I don't like sharing a tent. Sleep is too precious and everyone seems to get up for natures call at different times.