Providing a comfortable place to stay during your travels.

There's a lot to take into consideration when choosing the best tent for hiking, especially when you factor in all the different sizes, weights, and weather protection available to ensure you remain comfortable whilst travelling.

For instance, some tents, like the MSR Habitude, are built for large familys with their spacious floor plan and high ceiling height, but adding size tends to increase weight.

Moreover, a top tent for hiking needs to be able to withstand harsh weather, but this doesn't mean completely blocking the elements as there needs to be some kind of ventiliation to minimise condensation.

So, with that in mind, we've compiled a list of our top picks, covering an array of different sizes, weights, and materials, to help you find the right tent for your hiking needs.

Whether you're looking for something for a solo trip, like this ALPS Mountaineering Lynx, or you're after a lightweight, two person bit of kit, like this MSR Freelite, we've got you covered right here.

The Big Agnes Copper Spur is one of the most popular tents for hiking and backpacking around and for good reason.

Firstly, the tent is ultra-light, weighing just 1.4kg packed, and has been designed to keep you dry and warm no matter the weather conditions thanks to its waterproof build with the ability to extend the shelter for more space.

Moreover, the tent is incredibly spacous despite its deceptively low weight, meaning it can house two people comortably whilst also having enough room for you to store you best hiking boots.

All in all, this Copper Spur tent from Big Agnes looks to be well worth considering as a pair thanks to its lightweight and roomy design.

If you're hiking in a larger group or as a family, then this four person MSR Habitude tent could be the kit for you.

MSR boasts that the Habitude's sturdy construction is able to withstand kids as well as the rigors of outdoor camping, especially as it is made from ripstop polyester.

Furthermore, the tent features a high ceiling which should allow a large party to move comfortably whilst changing, for example, and comes with storage pockets for each occupant to keep all your items secure and in one place.

MSR also states that its Habitude tent is easy to pitch thanks to its hubbed poles and colour coded clips, meaning you can spend more time exploring and less time setting up during your adventures.

The North Face Stormbreak looks to be a top-of-the-range tent from one of the leading names in the outdoor industry.

This two person bit of kit is said to be easy to pitch with its vestibule design and is perhaps even easier to enter thanks to its unique two door and twin-zip entry system.

This also helps optimise airflow along with high-low ventilation for improved breathability, particularly when zipped at night.

Ultimately, this Stormbreak tent looks to be incredibly well-rounded whilst also being relatively inexpensive, making it one of our top picks for you to take into consideration.

Back to MSR and its Freelite freestanding tent which, as its name suggests, is ultra-light, weighing at its minimum just 0.91kg, whilst still having enough room to house two people.

This is down to MSR's clever build using lightweight materials like DAC NFL aluminium poles and its rectangular floor plan.

Moreover, the elements are kept outside thanks to the DuraShield-coated rainfly, floor, and taped seams to ensure you remain warm and dry at night.

MSR also integrate micromesh to reduce condensation and improve breathability whilst making sure any bugs remain outside, thus making it ideal for two person hiking trips.

For solo adventures, we feel its hard to look past this spacious yet light ALPS Mountaineering Lynx freestanding tent.

With it two-pole design, it should be incredibly easy to put up by yourself, which is made even easier with the simple snap-in-place pole clips.

The tent is also adjustable with its fly buckles which are also weatherproof to keep you protected from the elements along with the factory-sealed fly and floor seams.

Overall, the ALPS Mountaineering Lynx looks to be a well-rounded bit of kit for solo hiking trips and adventures.

With so many different sizes and shapes of tents available, you probably have a number of questions about them. Don't worry though because we're here to clear up some of the most commonly asked queries.

Perhaps the number one factor to take into consideration when choosing a tent is its weight as you'll want something light enough that it's easy to carry with you whilst hiking.

You also need to consider the space. Tents will often come with several size options measured by the number of occupance, so make sure you select one with enough space for your hiking party.

Finally, make sure you select a tent with some kind of weather protection as you'll want to make sure you remain dry and warm whilst zipped inside regardless of the conditions around you.

Generally speaking, the more you spend, the higher-quality the tent.

This tends to be teamed with lightness as well, so its worth keeping this in mind when trying to figure out how much you should splash on a new bit of gear for hiking.

That being said, our list shows that you don't necessarily have to spend loads to pick up a high quality bit of kit packed with advanced technology to ensure you remain comfortable and dry and night.

Ultimately, how much you spend comes down to personal prefence as well as your available budget. If you hike regularly though, we'd recommend investing slightly more to improve your experience.

The answer to this question varies depending on the tent; however, most tents are relatively easy to assemble thanks to colour coded poles, easy pole clips, and simple instructions.

Some smaller tents are also known as pop-ups and essentially come pre-built so all you have to do is secure them to the ground.

However, most of the best tents for hiking will need setting up, but this can be completed relatively quickly by simply threading the poles, securing the tent to the ground, and adding the waterproof fly.

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