NEMO  Hornet OSMO Ultralight 1P Tent

This is the first time I've tried a 1 person tent and I was surprised by how roomy it was. I can sit up fully. I'm a smaller female and can comfortably sleep in here with my 50lb dog. I found some of the details very well thought out, but others not so much. Most notably, guylines were not adjustable and were fairly short. I was camping in the desert where tent spikes aren't usable, I had to re-tie all of the guylines so I could stake down the tent with rocks. I will probably need to replace to longer lines. The tent needs to be staked out to have structure and without the fly I found it hard to get the sides from sagging in. Small gripes in an otherwise great lightweight tent.

I’ll preface that this is a first impressions. That said, I have 15 years experience with all kinds of tarps, tents and shelters in between. The Hornet 2P strikes a really fine balance in trying to be simple operation and as light as possible. Overall construction is fantastic. It is Nemo after all. Setting it up in the yard was straightforward. All of the features are well thought out and operate as expected. Pros: - Single pole with spreader is simple to quickly deploy - Rain fly looks to have sufficient coverage and goes on quickly - The side inner pull outs add some nice shoulder room and the vestibule is adequate for a couple of items on each side. - Hardware is light, but feels adequately strong for standard use. - Nice little touches like the door tie backs. Internal pocketing and one hand operations. - really good shoulder and sitting headroom for one person in the 2P Cons: - Floor length is not sufficient for a 6’ tall person on a 3” pad and 30F bag. Head and toebox will touch the wall fabrics. You can get a little more space if you try angling, but that isn’t really possible in a rectangular pad. - I think condensation may be an issue in high humidity environments, given there are no peak vents. Definitely want to stake/tie out the head end of the rain fly so there’s a little more air flow. - 8 stakes are probably the minimum. I would always want the ridge pole at the foot end and Rain fly at the head staked out. They do provide 4 tie lines and 8 stakes, so that’s good. - You’ll want to be careful opening the rain fly in the rain, since it zips open to the point that rain can come down onto the mesh inner. Just don’t zip it all the way up and it looks like that will work around it. - A nice improvement would be to have a tie back point on the right side of the vestibule. I worked around this by hooking the vestibule guy line to the stake at the foot end of the pole. But a more elegant solution would be nice. Overall, I still really think this is a good tent! The only deal breaker might be the length.

This tent is super lightweight and the perfect size for me. I slept in it for 3 nights this past weekend, in on and off rain. No condensation got in, but it was still breathable. I used the rain-fly each night. I am 5'3" so I have enough space at my feet for a 65L pack inside. My nephew who is 6' could fit comfortably inside when I asked him to try, but he couldn't fit his pack in. It was fine, because the rain-fly extends to the ground, you can just wedge your pack in there. There are two tiers of pockets, definitely enough size. There are also two loops at the roof, so I could hang my lantern off of it. My previous 1p tent is 3lbs. heavier so I'm immediately switching to this for all of my backpacking and never looking back. Also I like the colors, because I'm not into super flash tents. ALSO! The set up is totally easy. I didn't read any of the instructions. The poles kind of snap into place automatically.

Sadly couldnt get out to try it yet but its amazingly compact and easy to build! The packed up size is smaller than most books and will be a great way to reduce the amount of room taken in my bag Only xomplaint set up of the rain cover is a little bit confusing but nothing a little bit of experience will fix

I've own the Nemo Hornet 2P tent since 2020 and it has easily become my favorite camping gear I own. It has traveled with me while I guided in Glacier National Park, joined my husband for hunting trips in Wyoming, and visited the Superior Hiking Trail on multiple occasions. This tent is extremely lightweight (my aunt laughed when I told her how much it weighed and asked if I was renting in a garbage bag) reliable, rain resistant, and packable. I talk up this tent to quite literally everyone I know, and I am certain I will never own another brand of tent again (because why would I need to???)!

My first Nemo tent. I had been interested in this tent for a while, but got scared off by some reports of problems with not being totally waterproof particularly in areas where due to design of the fly the tent body is exposed. After doing a lot more research and with the new Osmo fabric I decided to pick one up. Time will tell how waterproof it is - as I have not set it up in the rain yet, but I like the features and the roominess. I am 6’1 and it would be nice if it were a few inches longer but it seems manageable. I think this tent should almost be considered as a hybrid of a single wall and double walled tent. I look forward to getting it out on the trail this summer.

I did a fair share of research before purchasing this tent. Luckily, my use of it has been in warm, sunny weather without rain or mist. Unfortunately, I've taken it on a couple of backpack trips when it's rained and this is not a waterproof tent. The bottom of the tent started wetting out in a matter of 2 hours. I've also never had a condensation problem in any tent I've had, and this one, a little mist and condensation throughout, wetting my stuff inside my tent. I wanted to love this tent, and I do in dry weather, but in the PNW we often have more rain than not, and I do not recommend it unless you only use it in nice, mild, NOT rainy weather.

The biggest problem with this tent was rainfly zipper was constantly stuck in the flap. There is nothing as annoying as waking up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and you can’t get out for this reason. Mosquitoes flooding in, etc. And finally it got stuck so bad I was stuck inside and had to force it open effectively ruing the zipper. Further the screen netting had several small holes in it after the first use for no obvious reason. Extremely light and easy to set up, however.

I set this tent up easily in my apartment, and to my surprise I was able to fit inside of it with no problem. I am 6’5” over 250. Only thing I need to get is a footprint for the tent, and I am set. 😊

I have had my Hornet tent for a couple years now and use it almost every month. I primarily use in on bikepacking trips but have also used it on canoe trips and winter ski trips. It is very light and packs easily on my bike. I also like that the poles are short and I can strap them to the top tube of my bike. Very quick to set up and take down too.