Head to head
Nemo Kunai vs Nemo Chogori
The Nemo Chogori gives each person more floor — 20.1 sq ft against 13.0, which is the difference between roomy and tight. The Nemo Kunai is the lighter carry at 3 lb 14 oz, and the Nemo Kunai is the cheaper of the two at ~$600.
 Nemo Nemo Kunai |  Nemo Nemo Chogori | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | 4-season | 4-season |
| Rated capacity | 2-person | 2-person |
| Floor area per personestimated | 13.0 sq ft (tight) | 20.1 sq ft (roomy) |
| Floor area | 26 sq ft | 40.1 sq ft |
| Vestibule area | 8 sq ft | 15.9 sq ft |
| Peak height | 44 in | 39 in |
| Minimum trail weight | 3 lb 14 oz | 7 lb 1 oz |
| Weight per personestimated | 31 oz (trail weight) | 3 lb 9 oz (trail weight) |
| Pad fitestimated | 2 × 25 in pads fit | 2 × 25 in pads fit |
| Fits sleepers up toestimated | 6ft 4in tall | 6ft 11in tall |
| Doors | 1 | 2 |
| Freestanding | freestanding | freestanding |
| Poles | aluminum | aluminum |
| Wall type | double wall | double wall |
| Season rating | 4-season | 4-season |
| Floor hydrostatic head | 3,000 mm | — |
| Packed size | 19.5 x 6.5 in | — |
| Approx. price | ~$600 | ~$800 |
Nemo Kunai
The Kunai is the lightest four-season tent in this catalog by a wide margin — 62 ounces against 113 for the Chogori and 116 for MSR's Remote 2. It gets there by being a three-season tent with the winter parts added rather than an expedition tent with weight taken out: a solid-fabric inner instead of mesh, a 3000 mm floor, snow flaps, and a pole set stiff enough for spring snow but not for a Denali storm. If your winter is ski touring and shoulder-season alpine rather than expeditions, it is the sane weight to carry.
Best for
Ski touring and shoulder-season alpine trips, where a real expedition tent is more than you need to carry.
Nemo Chogori
Forty square feet for two people is twenty square feet each, which is the roomiest per-person figure of any two-person tent in this catalog — and it is deliberate, because an expedition tent is somewhere you sit out a storm for two days, not somewhere you sleep. Two doors, two vestibules, 113 ounces, and a peak height of only 39 inches, which is the shape that survives wind. Nemo does not publish fabric details for it, which is the one thing you would want to know at $800.
Best for
Expedition and basecamp use where you will be inside for whole days and wind matters more than headroom.
Rows where the two differ are tinted. Specs are the makers’ own; floor area per person, weight per person and pad fit are our arithmetic on them.