4-season~$800MSR
MSR Advance Pro 2
No citable rating — see why we hide some.
A 46-ounce four-season tent is only possible by dropping the second wall, and the Advance Pro does exactly that: one layer of two-ply breathable nylon, one door, no vestibule at all, 24 square feet of floor. It is a bivy alternative for alpine climbers who need somewhere to sit out a night on a ledge, not a tent for sleeping two people comfortably. Twelve square feet each is the tightest per-person figure in this catalog, and that is the design working as intended.
Floor area per person
12.0 sq ft
Tight — under 14 sq ft each — shoulders touching, gear outside
Weight per person
23 oz
from the trail weight of 46 oz
Peak height
44 in
Approx. price
~$800
Pads: 21.0 in of floor width each — 2 × 20 in pads fit, 25 in pads do not.
Length: a 82 in floor leaves room for a sleeper up to about 6ft 4in once you allow six inches for a foot box and a pillow.
Best for
Alpine climbing where the pitch is a ledge and the tent has to fit in a climbing pack.
Specifications
- Type
- 4-season
- Rated capacity
- 2-person
- Floor area per person(estimated)
- 12.0 sq ft (tight)
- Floor area
- 24 sq ft
- Vestibule area
- 0 sq ft
- Peak height
- 44 in
- Minimum trail weight
- 46 oz
- Packed weight
- 3 lb 3 oz
- Weight per person(estimated)
- 23 oz (trail weight)
- Packed size
- 18 x 6 in
- Interior floor width
- 42 in
- Pad fit(estimated)
- 2 × 20 in pads fit, 25 in pads do not
- Fits sleepers up to(estimated)
- 6ft 4in tall
- Doors
- 1
- Vestibules
- 0
- Freestanding
- freestanding
- Poles
- carbon
- Wall type
- single wall
- Season rating
- 4-season
- Fly fabric
- 20D ripstop nylon, two-ply breathable, 1000 mm
- Floor fabric
- 30D ripstop nylon, 3000 mm Xtreme Shield polyurethane and DWR
- Floor denier
- 30D
- Floor hydrostatic head
- 3,000 mm
- Approx. price
- ~$800
Features
- Single-wall two-ply breathable nylon, no separate fly
- One Easton Syclone composite pole
- 3000 mm Xtreme Shield floor
- Freestanding on a small 82 x 42 in footprint
In its favour
- 46 oz for a four-season shelter is a third of what an expedition tent weighs
- Small 82 x 42 in footprint pitches where nothing else will
- Syclone pole handles snow load without snapping
- 3000 mm Xtreme Shield floor is well matched to sitting on snow
Against it
- 12 sq ft per person — the tightest in this catalog
- No vestibule at all: wet boots and a stove come inside or stay out
- Single-wall condensation is managed, not eliminated — expect frost inside on a cold night
- $800 for a shelter that is closer to a bivy than a tent
- 82 in floor length is short for a tall climber in a winter bag
Written from the published specification sheet, not from owner reports.
What owners report
No owner discussion has been collected for the MSR Advance Pro 2 yet. Rather than summarise sentiment nobody expressed, this section stays empty until there is something real to read — the methodology page explains where these come from and why some tents have none.