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

One way to reduce weight is to choose multi-purpose gear, such as tents that use your trekking poles for pitching instead of tent poles. Here’s what you need to know

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