I’ve talked previously about how MSR makes a great line of tents, and the MSR fury certainly fits in with its tradition. Yet the MSR fury is also tent that has created some controversy because of the fact that it is not very easy to pitch and is not as user-friendly as it might be. [...]
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The MSR Asgard Review Roundup
Mountain Safety Research (MSR) is a great company that makes absolutely fantastic gear and their range of ultralight tents and tarps is unrivalled. On the issue of expedition tents, however, they still have some work to do and the MSR Asgard shows this. It is a great tent with fantastic potential and is well made [...]
The Alpkit Kangri Mountain Tent
Alpkit has made a real name for itself in the past few years for making great quality gear at amazing prices and the Alpkit Kangri Mountain Tent looks set to continue this tradition. First some background for people outside the UK who may not know much about Alpkit. This is a company that started a [...]
Marmot Alpinist 2 Tent
The Marmot Alpinist 2 is an excellent single-walled expedition tent from a trusted name. This tent has many of the advantages of the more famous Mountain Hardwear EV2 as well as some of its disadvantages. But in short, if you can spring the kind of cash you need for this tent, it will serve you [...]
MSR Twin Sisters Tent Reviewed
I once remember reading a piece about a slogan used by the US Army’s rangers, which went “travel light, freeze at night”. It has kind off stuck with me and I often hear myself repeating it quietly when packing for a trip or expedition. The great thing about the way gear is evolving, however, is [...]
Mountain Hardwear Trango 2 Tent
Few tents out there come even close to being as tough as the Mountain Hardwear Trango 2 , a tent that really is built to be bombproof. The Trango is not exactly light, nor is it compact, but it is tough and roomy and makes a great first mountaineering tent that will see you through [...]
Mountain Hardwear EV2: One of the Best Mountaineering Tents You can Get
There is little doubt that one of the world’s best mountaineering tents is the Mountain Hardwear EV 2 tent. This is a serious expedition tent. Unfortunatly it also comes with a serious price tag. But what you get for your money is pure performance The first thing to note about this tent is that is [...]
Mountain Tent Care and Preventative Maintenance
Buying a mountain tent requires a significant outlay of money. These items are designed to withstand high winds, storms, hail, snow, rain and sun and so have to use the most modern of fabrics and high technology alloys for poles. In addition, modern expedition tents are designed using sophisticated computers to simulate the loads they [...]
The North Face VE 25 Mountain Tent
If any mountain tent out there has become synonymous with serious expeditions to high peaks it has to be the North Face VE 25. Go ahead and pull up just about any image of high camps on the world’s highest mountains and I guarantee you that there is a good chance that it will be [...]
Mountain Tents for Serious Expeditions
If you are contemplating a really serious expedition to a high peak then you will have to look for a top of the range, heavy-duty mountain tent. These are typically classed one notch above 4-season tents (sometimes they are just called winter tents) and are known as expedition tents or mountaineering tents. They have sturdy [...]
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