My old tent cost just around $50 and served me and my daughter well on our many backpacking trips.  But that tent was a whopping 7.7lbs (3.5kg).  Since I’m the

I have a love/hate relationship with ultralight tents and backpacking gear. On one side, I hate how snobbish some people are about gear. Not everyone can shell out hundreds of

Every ounce matters when you are trekking long distances.  One way to reduce weight is to choose multi-purpose gear, such as tents that use your trekking poles for pitching instead

When I was a kid, there weren’t too many options for tents.  You basically got a dome-shaped tent or an A-frame tent.  Now, there are tons of options — including pop up