Ultralight/Backpacking Hot Tent

[trickytross]

I know, its a loaded question, but I am gonna ask it anyway.
Does anyone have any experience with a 2 man hot tent that is more ultralight or made for backpacking? Looking for an option with packs and gear inside or at least in a vestibule. Will probably use as a spike camp in addition to Bivy when we go in. Have used the Seek Outside 12-man in the past and love it! Just exploring other options and would like to hear from folks on what worked and what didnt.
Primarily for backcountry elk and deer hunts, archery and rifle.

 

[nphunter]

I have one but don’t use a stove with it when it’s in light weight mode. Seek little bug out. Base tarp base with a stove jack in a base and the tarp. One of the bases or a base tarp would be a very light setup with a stove or even just pitch the tarp against a wall on one end and really the only weight is the stove. Honestly though the stove makes it not really light weight. I’ve only used it with a stove with 2 guys, then I take the base tarp base and it’s still light and has a ton of from inside. I think the footprint is like 9x14’ with the stove and stakes i’m right around 6lbs. Each piece is about a pound so just a base and stove is about 3.8lbs, tarp and stove would be 3.5lbs. Stove alone is 2.8lbs.

I also take a ground sheet which adds some weight to protect my sleeping pad, depending on where a person camps it’s not necessary. I only use my hot tent if I’m hiking in and setting up a base, mostly on late season hunts or spring bear. The weight isn’t as much of a concern as messing around with the stove and mess it makes every day.

If you can find a LBO or something like a redcliff your better off, the tents are very light and I’d take an extra pound of tent to allow me a dedicated spot for the stove and wood. The stoves get red hot and will ruin anything that touches them, we’ve lost several items including a pair of jeans that fell onto the stove in the middle of the night and smoked us out.

I think for just general backpack hunting you’re better off using space on a warmer sleeping bag and skipping the stove. A jet boil does a good job drying gear or warming a person up in a pinch. If your planning on spending several days in the same spot in cold or wet weather the stoves are awesome.

 

[Hoghead]

Seekoutside Cimarron has worked for me.

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[Idagnome]

+1 vote for the cimarron. I’ve enjoyed mine as having lots of options with and without stove.

 

[mtnbound]

I know, its a loaded question, but I am gonna ask it anyway.
Does anyone have any experience with a 2 man hot tent that is more ultralight or made for backpacking? Looking for an option with packs and gear inside or at least in a vestibule. Will probably use as a spike camp in addition to Bivy when we go in. Have used the Seek Outside 12-man in the past and love it! Just exploring other options and would like to hear from folks on what worked and what didnt.
Primarily for backcountry elk and deer hunts, archery and rifle.

Argali Rincon, if you want more room than the Argali Absaroka.

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[trickytross]

I have one but don’t use a stove with it when it’s in light weight mode. Seek little bug out. Base tarp base with a stove jack in a base and the tarp. One of the bases or a base tarp would be a very light setup with a stove or even just pitch the tarp against a wall on one end and really the only weight is the stove. Honestly though the stove makes it not really light weight. I’ve only used it with a stove with 2 guys, then I take the base tarp base and it’s still light and has a ton of from inside. I think the footprint is like 9x14’ with the stove and stakes i’m right around 6lbs. Each piece is about a pound so just a base and stove is about 3.8lbs, tarp and stove would be 3.5lbs. Stove alone is 2.8lbs.

I also take a ground sheet which adds some weight to protect my sleeping pad, depending on where a person camps it’s not necessary. I only use my hot tent if I’m hiking in and setting up a base, mostly on late season hunts or spring bear. The weight isn’t as much of a concern as messing around with the stove and mess it makes every day.

If you can find a LBO or something like a redcliff your better off, the tents are very light and I’d take an extra pound of tent to allow me a dedicated spot for the stove and wood. The stoves get red hot and will ruin anything that touches them, we’ve lost several items including a pair of jeans that fell onto the stove in the middle of the night and smoked us out.

I think for just general backpack hunting you’re better off using space on a warmer sleeping bag and skipping the stove. A jet boil does a good job drying gear or warming a person up in a pinch. If your planning on spending several days in the same spot in cold or wet weather the stoves are awesome.

Thanks boss! Ill check this out for sure! I agree, we generally try and get back to the truck, but last year in Wyoming we took the Seek Outside 12 man about a mile in from the truck with the stive and thankful we did. A snow storm and sleet happened for 2 days out of nowhere. Lol.
The stove is more along the lines of last case, but its like a pistol in the truck....

Thank you again!

 

[trickytross]

Seekoutside Cimarron has worked for me.

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Thanks!

 

[trickytross]

+1 vote for the cimarron. I’ve enjoyed mine as having lots of options with and without stove.

I cant complain about the quality of Seek Outsides stuff. Ill go and check one out! Thanks!

 

[trickytross]

Argali Rincon, if you want more room than the Argali Absaroka.

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That is a pretty sweet set up! Ill give that a look as well! Thanks!

 

[mntnguide]

That is a pretty sweet set up! Ill give that a look as well! Thanks!

If you are talking about having 2 people in there, ZERO chance you are fitting 2 people, gear and stove in the Rincon just fyi. I use the Rincon with just myself and dog, and with gear, its full