Best Backpacking Tents for 2025

We dive into the important features of backpacking tents and how to decide what you need, along with our picks for the best backpacking tents of 2025.Through-hiking the

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Best 1-Person Backpacking Tents 2025

We dive into the important features of  a 1-person backpacking tent and how to decide what you need, along with our picks for the best solo shelters of

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Best Backpacking Mess Kit

Imagine this:You just reached your campground after a 8 hour hike with a 40-lbs pack, you're hungry and just want to fry up some food. You want your

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Best 3 Person Backpacking Tent

In summary, here are my top picks for the best 3-person backpacking tents:In my opinion, MSR Mutha Hubba NX [most recent 2019 version] takes the first place due to

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Best 4 Person Backpacking Tents 2025

We're talking about lightweight backpacking tents here! If weight and packability aren't your two most important criteria, then you'll get more for the price in the family camp category. If

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Western Mountaineering Ultralite vs Alpinlite

If you're looking for a top-notch quality, lightweight, buy-it-for-life, made in USA backpacking sleeping bag, and you're stuck between Western Mountaineering Ultralite and Alpinlite, you don't need to

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NEMO Sleeping Bags: Riff vs. Disco

The Disco 15 is as warm as Riff 15! Lower FP does not always mean lower warmth... I mean, as long as you're using your sleeping bag like everyone else

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MSR Elixir 3 Review

The MSR Elixir 3 is quite popular mainly because of its livability. Most backpackers including myself really like the ample headroom it offers - but it also is

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Jetboil Minimo vs MSR PocketRocket (1 & 2)

Both stoves are on sale at REI through May 26!The Jetboil Minimo and MSR Pocket Rocket 2 are both excellent backpacking stoves. Although it's difficult to go wrong

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Jetboil Minimo vs Micromo

Jetboil Micromo and Minimo are both great stoves and they're 95% identical. They have exactly the same burner, regulator, shroud, control valve, canister stabilizer and baseplate attachment. Both

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