Budget freestanding starter
REI Co-op Passage 2
REI · Budget · About 5 lb
A low-cost freestanding tent for short trips while you learn if you like sleeping outside.
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Buy the Passage when the alternative is skipping the trip. Do not plan a windy ridge or a five-day carry around it. Seam-seal check it before the first storm. When you know you will keep backpacking, move up in fabric, not in gadgets.
Who should buy it. New backpackers testing the hobby on easy trails.
Best for. Cheap first nights close to the car
Standout limitation. Weight and wet-weather performance
Specs
- Sleeps
- 2
- Pitch
- Freestanding
- Season
- Three-season
Pros
- Low price
- Freestanding
- Two doors on current versions
Cons
- Heavy
- Average weather protection
Not sold on Amazon US.
Closest on Amazon: Kelty Late Start 2P Backpacking Tent. A budget freestanding two-person tent from Kelty at about 4.7 lb, in the same low price band. It has one door, where the Passage 2 has two.
Check current price on the listing.
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