Best Camping Tents for Weather Resistance (2024)

Color-coded clips on the tent and poles make setup a breeze.

The tent is freestanding, meaning it can be fully erected without needing to be staked down.

It comes with color-coded sleeves, poles, and clips to help you determine the configuration of its parts as quickly as possible.

The four DAC aluminum poles are durable and lightweight.

These are pretty thick materials that withstood some light rain.

Marmot is known for making quality products on which outdoor enthusiasts can rely.

With over 59 square feet of interior floor space and 63 inches of headroom, this four-person tent is perfect for the whole family.

We have a two-person-wide sleeping bag, and you can see it's not sponsored by Marmot for this video.

Three of us slept comfortably last night.

Weighing around 11 pounds, this tent is light enough for short group backpacking trips.

As long as you can overlook its slightly larger pack size and are willing to spend a little more money on your tent, we think this could be the one for you.

Setting up the Copper Spur is definitely a straightforward process.

The Hub pull system snaps together effortlessly, and the color-coded webbing in gray and orange from the back and front makes it really easy to eliminate the guesswork when setting up the tent.

The second one isn't quite as easy to accomplish. Basically, you need to grab the top cross-section with one hand.

The number one thing I like about this tent is how durable and lightweight it is, thanks to the ripstop nylon.

I have put thousands of miles on it from different trails on the PCT and all the way down to Patagonia on the W Trail.

I know this tent comes in at a steep price of around $500 for the two-person model.

I got a two-person because it can hold two people, but it's spacious for one person.

It's called high volume because, on this side where I'm sitting, the top is much higher than on the shorter end.

Obviously, with the Twan tent, it's going to be cozy for two people or spacious for one person.

The Copper SP HV UL2 weighs just over 3 lbs with everything you see here in this bag, and it can go down to 2 lbs with the fast fly kit.

The compression sack makes this tent really compact when you put it all back together.

If you'd like to distribute the weight a little more, you can also separate the rainfly, the tent body, and the poles.

It is neither the fastest nor the easiest tent to set up.

The small plastic pole clips for the front of the tent fly seem like they might be one of the first things to break.

The entire product is made without harmful fire-retardant chemicals.

Mountain Hardwear offers a limited lifetime warranty on all of their gear.

We loved all the storage space, thanks to the dual vestibules.

There was a fair amount of space inside too, especially if you're used to two-person tents.

It's not the lightest four-season tent at 89.9 ounces, which is about 5.6 pounds.

As long as there were two of us, we could split the weight.

It's user-friendly because the carry bag is really nice.

These poles not only snap together very easily.

The North Face adopted a pin and circle locking mechanism that requires some effort to lock.

The stronger poles of the Wawona also mean that wind protection is better.

Every single seam not covered by the rainfly was perfectly taped.

The zippers on the Wawona's windows are also SBS.

The main tent provides an additional 85 square feet, creating a truly remarkable living space.

The tent has a whopping 14 pockets all around it.

The Wawona doesn't even have two large doors like the Base Camp.

It's user-friendly because the carry bag is really nice.

This made packing everything a bit of a struggle.

Overall, for a more in-depth look at how the Wawona and Base Camp compare, not just to each other.

It didn't take me very long to set up this entire thing.

But it was packing everything back into the carry bag that actually took longer.

I don't know why REI discontinued the Kingdom carry bag.

The zip-lining experience was also really good.

The door zippers are YKK.

I felt that the seams in this Wonderland 6 are of pretty good quality.

The poles are made of regular aluminum.

I think the bent poles are due to the pole structure of this Wonderland.

The height at the center of this Wonderland 6 is also its highest point.

I could even sit up from my bed.

It is not exactly the most spacious.

The Wonderland comes with one room divider.

This is clearly not a lightweight backpacking setup.

The tent weighs approximately 22 pounds.

This is the tent that I like to use when setting up a base camp.

A minor drawback is this side-loading carry bag.

Here's a quick time-lapse of me setting up the entire tent on my own.

The first point is that the pole sleeves are quite long.

This made packing everything a bit of a struggle.

All five poles of the Base Camp are made of aluminum.

The REI Base Camp 6 has a whopping 14 pockets all around the tent.

However, the rest of the seams were not taped.

The peak height inside the REI Base Camp 6 is approximately 73 inches.

The inner tent base area of this Base Camp 6 is slightly smaller than that of your average six-person tent.

It's user-friendly because the carry bag is really nice.

This means that the opening of the bag is on the side.

The opening is at the top, and it is therefore much bigger.

This is one of the easier tents to set up.

The rain fly was a little bit confusing at first, but then I discovered the wool color coating, which made it really simple.

It is even more impressive and better built than the version I had eight years ago.

The materials seem to be holding up, and I don't really have any complaints about that.

It is really spacious inside for two people.

There probably wouldn't be a ton of room, but my boy and I both have plenty of room for ourselves and our packs in there.

This tent weighs 6 lb, making it totally backpackable for three people.

The pack weight is around five pounds and four ounces, which is somewhat on the heavier side for backpacking tents.

Setting up the habiscape is easy and intuitive, thanks to its symmetrical design.

Spread the tent body evenly on the ground, and stake out the corners.

Attach the tent body to the poles using the clips.

Strong aluminum poles are durable and provide maximum support for these freestanding tents.

Aluminum tent poles, stainless steel grommets, and durable fabrics withstand the demands of outdoor use.

The habitude is definitely well-built; it's a heavier-built tent and is going to withstand more abuse and definitely heavier winds.

The four-person model has more than 62 square feet of interior floor space and a peak height of over six feet.

It fits four people fairly comfortably, to be honest, with all four people sitting next to each other.

Whether you need space for four or six campers, a Hab Escape has you covered.

The four-person tent weighs around 12 pounds, while the six-person tent is more like 14 pounds.

The Habitude series, compared to the Hab Escape series, is going to be a little bit heavier in terms of packed weight.

The bags that come with this, including the steak bag, the pull bag, and the cinch-up bag, are essentially the same in either version.

These are big tents, but the hubbed poles make setup easier.

The setup video was repeated multiple times, but the setup actually went up very easily, even with just one person doing it.

The thing about MSR tents is that they're built like tanks. They're designed to withstand serious punishment from wind or whatever else you may encounter.

The materials themselves are pretty lightweight, but it's not an ultralight tent by any means.

There is more than enough room in here for four people, with even some room for gear.

You could fit five people in this if you really needed to. It would be a little cramped.

The other big thing is the bag that you actually go in. If you haven't used MSR's tents before, most of the tents have a side access hole.

This is not a backpacking tent; this is a family tent, you know, one of the best car camping goods I think you can get without going crazy.

Setting up the Kelty Wireless 4 is quick and easy, thanks to the color-coded three-pole system.

The rainfly also snaps into place with quick and easy-to-release adjustable clip buckles.

The Kelty Wireless 4 is crafted with durability and versatility in mind.

It is made from robust 68D polyester fabric and hybrid fiberglass poles.

At 59 feet, this tent is large and spacious enough to fit three people.

One of the main downsides of this tent is that you can't stand up straight inside the four-person version.

Taking down the tent is a breeze, thanks to the Kel Carry Cube bag.

Setup and takedown are a breeze, making it one of the easiest tents to get back into its bag that we've ever reviewed.