If you thought a good quality backpacking tent had to be expensive you were wrong. The REI Passage 2 backpacking tent is a new release from REI meant for the occasional or new backpacker on a budget. And the best part is the wasn’t designed cheap and it has many of the same features found on more expensive backpacking tents.
According to Backpacker Magazine –
This three-season dome performs as well as tents twice its price. Credit the sturdy X-shaped frame, which proved easy to pitch even in gusty winds above treeline in the Mt. Zirkel Wilderness. After setup, it barely budged.
This 3-season 2-person tent has an average packed weight of 4lbs. 14oz, and a peak height of 42 inches, two doors and two aluminum poles. It is constructed with a simple set-up and most of the comforts of other more expensive tents.
- The 2 side doors and vestibules on each side, provide easy access without the need to crawl over your partner.
- The ceiling-level vents reduce condensation by drawing in fresh cooler air under the fly from the lower and exhausting warmer air.
- The color coded aluminum poles and pole clips for very easy setup
- Insider floor provides the waterproofness of a bathtub floor and the taut pitch of a cut-in floor; tautness improves door-zipper operation and maximizes volume at end walls.
- The fly and seam-sealed floor ensure a waterproof, sturdy shelter.
- Interior storage options are provided by various combinations of mesh side pockets and hang loops located throughout the tent
- Use it as a lightweight shelter by using just the rainfly and footprint.
