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Staff Picks 2025
Our staff selects their favorite hiking, backpacking, and other backcountry gear that they’ve used over the past year – the next edition of our infamous Staff Picks!
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Cottage Gear Guide: Ultralight Hiking & Backpacking Gear from Small, Startup, and Cottage Brands
Discover the most unique, innovative, and ultralight backpacking gear from small, startup, and cottage brands in our Cottage Gear Guide.
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Publisher’s Gear Guide Update (Nov ’23)
The Publisher’s Gear Guide has been updated. This gear guide contains recommendations in various categories by Backpacking Light Publisher and Founder Ryan Jordan. This is the gear he actually chooses to use on his own trips.
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Choosing an Ultralight Shelter for Backpacking (Member Q&A)
How to make the decision of what type of ultralight shelter to use on various types of backpacking trips in different seasons.
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Nemo Kunai 2P/3P Tent
The short length of the Nemo Kunai 2P Tent means its usefulness as a two-person tent is primarily limited to those under 5’9” (175 cm). If you are tall, you…
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Slingfin Portal 2P Tent
The Slingfin Portal 2P Tent is purpose-built for stormy weather. It’s the only wedge/dome tent on the market that can use trekking poles to assist in stabilizing the structure (the…
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Hilleberg Niak Tent
The Niak is Hilleberg’s lightest wedge/dome tent. At three pounds, it still retains a mostly-solid-fabric inner tent, good stability, and double-wall design.
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Black Diamond Firstlight 2P Tent
The Black Diamond Firstlight 2P Tent is a cult favorite among alpine climbers, but it’s also one of the coziest winter tents for ultralight backpackers. A breathable, single-wall design is…
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Mountain Hardwear Aspect 2 Tent
The Mountain Hardwear Aspect 2 is a suprisingly good tent from a company not usually known for making ultralight gear. The Aspect 2 shuns the “ultralight” tent model that relies…
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Nemo Equipment Kunai 3-4 Season Backpacking Tent Review
The Nemo Kunai 2P Tent ($499, 4 lb 5 oz / 1.96 kg) is a four-season shelter capable of withstanding moderate storms and offers ample headroom and good ventilation.
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