Opinions on best 1 man tent for backcountry

[coyote_out]

sounds like a hell of a deal! with that price you should have bought a couple!

[fair-chase]

I went to wholesale sports, looked over all of the tents and bought a 2 man tent for $14, yes $14 (on sale)!  It is a dome tent at around a pound and a half (if you throw out the stakes and cut/throw out all the labels etc.)  Both me and my hunting partner bought one each.

Sounds like a great deal.  Heck for that price you could burn through a 100 of them before you break even with the price of a single Kifaru shelter. Good find sir.

[swanny]

Cabelas XPG w/ Origami fly. Plenty of room for 2 people and withstands anything mother nature dishes out!

Are you sure that isn't a Sierra Designs tent? Looks like it says it right on the fly there

[timberghost72]

I' think the tent is a Cabelas XPG with a Sierra Designs fly. Cool set up. I might try that with my one man XPG.

[timberghost72]

I just bought the Mystique 1.5 from Wholesale Sports for 50% off, around $60.  I will be modifying the tent to make it a semi freestanding.  Just need to complete it.

Check all your seams on that especially near the bottom. I bought one of these and the seams were coming apart about 1/8th" brand new. Otherwise a nice sized tent for the weight.

[yajsab]

I just bought the Mystique 1.5 from Wholesale Sports for 50% off, around $60.  I will be modifying the tent to make it a semi freestanding.  Just need to complete it.

Check all your seams on that especially near the bottom. I bought one of these and the seams were coming apart about 1/8th" brand new. Otherwise a nice sized tent for the weight.

hmm...  I'll double check.  I believe the rainfly should be ok since I just applied seam sealer on the outside.  I haven't check the tent carefully though.

[boberety69]

Big Agnes Fly Creek UL2. It's very roomy and weighs in at 2 lbs 10 oz.

[Jingles]

I just pack a tarp and cut poles... Cheap, light and if you get holes in it from your fire oh well.. I have been doin this for years

Yep and if you need a bigger shelter/ tent you can spend another $5.00 and get the next size larger tarp. Only need to cut one pole and if the tarp is large enough can use it as a top and shelter/ wind break at the head of your sleeping bag and fold the excess under the top on the ground as a ground cloth.. Binder twine tied to trees works for the ropes to hold the corners up and out. Binder twine is cheap (usually free at horse barns etc) and lightweight

[HardCorpsHuntr]

This year I went to a go-lite 1 man, mainly to pitch in tight spots!  I use the shell when no major weather is forecasted.  The tent requires trekking poles, and can be cumbersome to set up.  I'll research and buy another light weight tent in a few years when my wife forgets about this one!  I would not buy the go-lite again.


 

[fishngamereaper]

Ive always been a tarp and bivy kind of guy. Way cheaper and more versitle.

[wilsongideon]

I have to add a little story.. First time I went camping in the backcountry it was with a buddy and we took a tarp(actually a tent fly) and cut our own sticks every new campsite and everything, we definitly had a lot to learn about setting up a tarp. It poured down high mtn. rain on us and we stayed relativly dry. it was very light easy to set up and all that. but one night my bro-in-law wakes me up and said he had a rodent on his face. he was freaking out so we shine our lights out into the dark and there is a couple BIG mice, maybe pikas? packrats or something. anyways they were chewing on our bags and scrambling around us all night...not fun at all! since then I have said I will bring a tent no matter what. Picked up a 30 dollar tent from target, its not superlight but for two guys and all their gear it has worked excellent for 4 years since.

[MLHSN]

I bought $75 worth of silnylon and my wife sewed my tarptent together from Henry Shires design.  It has bug netting on the sides that I hold down with rocks and then I carry a small piece of housewrap to put my pad/bag on.  It keeps the critters and rain out but only weighs 1.5 pounds.  If I stay in the same place more then one night I just find a stick long enough to prop it up while I take my trekking poles hiking for the day. 

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[ICEMAN]

Ive always been a tarp and bivy kind of guy. Way cheaper and more versitle.

Been there, done that. Then mice..... Hate the mice.

Mice ruined it for me and had to go the tent route.

[GoPlayOutside]

Mice ruin everything
I use to sleep under a big tree on the high hunt...until one night a mouse was crawling all over me, and I couldn't get it to go away.  Ruined my "go lite" attitude. 
Now I pack a 2 man tent with enough room for me and all my gear.

[kentrek]

Mice ruin everything
I use to sleep under a big tree on the high hunt...until one night a mouse was crawling all over me, and I couldn't get it to go away.  Ruined my "go lite" attitude. 
Now I pack a 2 man tent with enough room for me and all my gear.

consider your self lucky...my brother had a big ol frog jump on his face in the middle of the night one time...his reaction prolly woke every elk with in 5 miles..

ants are by far my worst enemy in the back woods..always seems to take a few days to get used to the lil buggers..