OneTigris Backwoods Bungalow Ultralight Bushcraft Shelter 2.0

From the start I was pleased with this shelter. It weighed in at 3 lbs. 2 oz. with tent stakes and cords. That's not at all "ultralight" - my ZPacks Hexamid Twin which is roughly comparable in size weighs just 1 lb. 8 oz. including cords and stakes - but it's plenty light enough for normal backpacking. Everything appears well-made, with a good weight fabric not too heavy but not too thin either. I've been tarp camping since the 70s and generally prefer it to using a tent. I had a Baker-design tent like this in the 90s which I loved. This is a great shelter - you get the best of both worlds, a tent that can be really "buttoned down" when you need it, but with the openness (almost) of a tarp. It's really easy to set up, no fancy poles joined together in strange ways, no threading poles through sleeves - you just need two end poles, either branches or trekking poles work, and lots of stakes! First just stake the rectangular floor down with 4 stakes, easy-peasy. Go from there with more stakes, putting your poles (you supply) at each end. Supplied are 12 good-quality lightweight aluminum triangular stakes - but you really need 13, or even 15 if you use stakes to pull out the back wall and you don't have any trees or branches to tie your cords to. I chose to replace the stakes with shepherd-crook stakes, just a personal preference. You need 4 stakes for the rectangular floor, 2 stakes one for each pole cord at the ends, 3 stakes for the pull-out ventilation flap in the back, 2 stakes for the triangular flaps one on each side in the front, and then 2 stakes for the "porch" flap poles, if you can't tie the porch corners to a tree, 13 total. I will carry 15 with it, just in case I need 2 more stakes for the cords that pull out the back wall. You don't need to pull out the back wall but you'll have more room inside if you do. That's a LOT of stakes - but on the other hand, there is no better feeling on a stormy and windy night than knowing you are in an inherently strong and stable A-frame type tent that is securely battened down, and you can laugh at the storm! Although I would not tempt fate if I were you. I figured I'd have to replace the cord - but I was pleasantly surprised to find I could use what was sent, good quality olive-drab cord with light-reflective specks in it, and with included line-locs that are small, lightweight and work perfectly. The cord I got was in 100" lengths ( 8 1/3 feet) and not 10 feet, but that is good enough, I don't think I'll need longer lengths. I used two trekking pole cups attached at each apex of the tent at the end, with the cord attached to the cups and with the poles adjusted to 130 cm which is my normal length I can just slip my trekking poles right in. When the tent is all buttoned up you have a small vestibule for storage in the front, outside the tent proper but still covered and protected from the rain, 7' x 1.5' for 10.5 square feet. You can adjust the height of the front porch to be low or high. Using no poles at all you can get it down to about 24" in the front which gives you plenty of protection. Protection from insects should be OK with the bug screen that can open completely up via dual zippers with pulls inside and out and be rolled up and secured at the top - but the square holes are about 1/16" in size, a bit bigger than any other bug netting I have on any tent. Overall this is a real bargain. I would buy this again in a heartbeat if I needed to.

Used on a cross country motorcycle adventure, riding and camping my way along. This tent was great. Set up takes a bit longer than your typical dome tent but this packs down to a much smaller package, I used collapsible trecking poles and the whole set up fit in my side bags without issue and room to spare. Great room for 1 plus your gear. If you can setup using surrounding trees to tie off to that would greatly improve things,using poles kind of sucks becuasue you can inadvertently knock the poles out of place and collapse one side. I highly recommend you spray it down with sealant and rain proof it prior to using. This survived 2 very large storms and only had one leak right at the center of the peak. I have since sprayed it down and of course it hasn't rained on it since. Well worth it great little tent (I also us it for backwoods camping) but I am still searching for the ulimate motorcycle camping tent.

I believe they say this can be a two person tent however it is perfect for one person and their gear. Love the room and yet the light load to pack. If you are bringing hiking sticks then this tent is perfect. Have not tried in the rain yet but have read and heard good results even in the rain. Love this baker style as so easy to enter and exit the tent and the little canopy nice for some shade.

SHORT VERSION: Good 4 season tent, great ventilation, top seams at the front had leaking problems but the rest held up very well. Good structure, nice view from inside the tent, included cords work, but a little too short. Needs to be waterproofed with spray for better reliability. Handled strong winds, heavy snow, and 2 consecutive days of heavy rain. Easy to pack back into the original bag, no struggling. Tent pegs were very low quality, I recommend buying some cheap steel ones to replace these. Tent itself was a 4/5, would highly recommend for solo use. I am from Ontario, always go camping in Algonquin national park. I went for 4 days, 3 nights and 2 of these days it was raining non-stop. Set up the tent real easy and the flap was very nice for summer camping. Biggest complain was the tent pegs, they were very low quality and I had 3 break when I tried to hammer them down into the ground. You will definitely need to pick up some other steel ones. Sprayed the tent down with some water-proofing spray. Structure of the tent is very nice. I recommend you use trekking poles for the flap, I personally cut some branches to size and hammered them down into the dirt and just tied the ends to those but it was unnecessary work, especially if you are using this for backpacking. Also don't set it up horizontal like I did in the pic, have it off on an angle so that any rain doesn't build up in the middle and it can just drain to the side. Anyways, the tent had 2 leaks near the seams in the top corner where water would drip through. This was the only problem in terms of water leakage because the rest of the tent really held up very well. However to be fair, it rained very heavily and I woke up to very small puddles (for reference, the water gathering was about the size of a standard plastic waterbottle). No moisture seeped through the bottom or the sides, and the tent has excellent ventilation from the front, and the bottom part of the back. I also used this tent for some winter "camping" in my backyard since I ordered this in December, and it handled very nice and held in the heat without condensation. Overall I am very happy with this product. Not cheap, but not expensive. A very fair price. I really loved the aesthetic of it as well. Just need to patch up the 2 front corner seams a little better, however with the price of 150 you would expect them to come ready to go. Pick yourself up some cheap waterseal spray bottles, I got mine for 5 bucks each and only had to use half of 1 can to cover the whole tent. You will definitely need better tent pegs, get some cheap steel ones. This tent would be excellent in places where it doesn't snow or rain often. Definitely a 4 season tent. 4/5

Very Nice tent ! Quality, kinda light and pack small. I LOVE IT