Brands
23 tent brands, and what each one is for
Brand tells you more in tents than in most categories, because the shape of a company’s catalog is the shape of its argument — one brand’s entire line is under two pounds, another’s starts at sixty-eight.
Big Agnes
9 tents · ~$300–$650
Lightest: 30 oz (Big Agnes Fly Creek UL)
Nemo
8 tents · ~$300–$800
Lightest: 27 oz (Nemo Hornet Elite OSMO)
MSR
7 tents · ~$340–$860
Lightest: 32 oz (MSR FreeLite)
Durston
3 tents · ~$319–$679
Lightest: 17.9 oz (Durston X-Mid Pro)
Hilleberg
3 tents · ~$945–$1,385
Lightest: 4 lb 7 oz (Hilleberg Nallo)
REI Co-op
3 tents · ~$369–$699
Lightest: 5 lb 1 oz (REI Co-op Half Dome 2+)
Coleman
2 tents · ~$118–$140
Lightest: 9 lb 11 oz (Coleman Sundome)
Kelty
2 tents · ~$150–$160
Lightest: 4 lb 1 oz (Kelty Grand Mesa 2)
Naturehike
2 tents · ~$119–$164
Lightest: 3 lb 1 oz (Naturehike Cloud-Up 2)
Sea to Summit
2 tents · ~$350–$530
Lightest: 3 lb 8 oz (Sea to Summit Telos Evo)
Tarptent
2 tents · ~$284–$339
Lightest: 35.9 oz (Tarptent Double Rainbow)
Zpacks
2 tents · ~$599–$749
Lightest: 12.3 oz (Zpacks Plex Solo)
One-model brands
These brands have a single design in the catalog, so a brand page would just be the tent page with extra steps. They link straight to the tent.