How to Choose a Backpacking Tent

Achieve your backpacking goals with this single-walled Samaya 3-person tent. Its freestanding design is ideal for a wide variety of terrain. And it has a minimum trail weight of only 2 lbs. 8 oz.
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View all Samaya Backpacking TentsBest Use | Backpacking |
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Seasons | 3-season |
Sleeping Capacity | 3-person |
Minimum Trail Weight | 2 lbs. 8 oz. |
Packaged Weight | 2 lbs. 13.3 oz. |
Packed Size | 8.9 x 16.54 inches |
Floor Dimensions | 90.6 x 61.0/57.1 (L x W head/foot) inches |
Floor Area | 37 square feet |
Vestibule Area | 9.8 + 9.8 square feet |
Peak Height | 43.3 inches |
Number of Doors | 2 doors |
Number of Poles | 2 |
Pole Material | Carbon X 8.6 mm |
Pole Diameter | 8.6 millimeters |
Canopy Fabric | Nanovent waterproof/breathable 3-layer laminated fabric, 10,000mm rated |
Floor Fabric | 3,000 mm rated 20 denier ripstop Nylon 6 |
Rainfly Fabric | Nanovent waterproof/breathable 3-layer laminated fabric, 10,000mm rated |
Footprint Included | No |
Ultralight | Yes |
Design Type | Freestanding |
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Overall favorite luxury 2p (aka 3P tent) I’ve used. Very lightweight, carbon poles are short enough to fit horizontally into backpack, breathable yet as strong as regular dyneema for the walls, built in dual vestibules, long enough for a 6’3” person on a 4”+ pad and comfy pillow to not touch either end, dyneema guylines included, simple pitch. Almost the perfect tent in my opinion for 3+ season use. Only thing that wasn’t super clear is that the tent at the head end really needs stakes in the ground to take shape - so don’t think is a true freestanding but somewhere between semi freestanding and true freestanding. But putting 2 stakes in the ground at head end and 2 guylines makes it a super roomy and high ultralight backpacking tent. I have a 3.0 and the base camp Samaya tents for winter time and tried Samaya other tents for 3 season use and found them to be either too short for me or not roomy enough and this hits both marks. I’m no engineer but perhaps a small cross bar that connects the 2 poles at the wide head end would make it a true freestanding tent. Keep innovating Samaya!