4-season~$860MSR
MSR Remote
No citable rating — see why we hide some.
A 10,000 mm floor is not a typo — it is five times what a good three-season tent carries, and it is what you want when the tent is pitched on snow that will melt under you for a week. The Remote 2 pairs it with a 68D polyester fly that will not stretch in the wet, three Syclone poles, 22 square feet of vestibule and a 55-inch floor width that makes it genuinely roomy for two in winter kit. Seven and a quarter pounds is the price, and it is an honest one for a basecamp tent.
Floor area per person
16.5 sq ft
Standard — 14 to 17 sq ft each — the normal two-pads-and-no-spare-room fit
Weight per person
3 lb 10 oz
from the trail weight of 7 lb 4 oz
Peak height
44 in
Approx. price
~$860
Pads: 27.5 in of floor width each — 2 × 25 in pads fit.
Length: a 87 in floor leaves room for a sleeper up to about 6ft 9in once you allow six inches for a foot box and a pillow.
Best for
Winter basecamps and expeditions where the tent sits on melting snow for days at a time.
The size run
One design, 2 capacities. The numbers at the top of this page describe the 2; every size has its own figures below.
| Size | Sleeps | Floor area | Sq ft each | Vestibule | Trail weight | Packed weight | Floor L × W | Approx. price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 33 sq ft | 16.5 | 22 sq ft | 7 lb 4 oz | 7 lb 13 oz | 87 × 55 in | ~$860 |
| 3 | 3 | 46 sq ft | 15.3 | 22 sq ft | 8 lb 12 oz | 9 lb 8 oz | 88 × 75 in | ~$960 |
Specifications
- Type
- 4-season
- Rated capacity
- 2-person
- Floor area per person(estimated)
- 16.5 sq ft (standard)
- Floor area
- 33 sq ft
- Vestibule area
- 22 sq ft
- Peak height
- 44 in
- Minimum trail weight
- 7 lb 4 oz
- Packed weight
- 7 lb 13 oz
- Weight per person(estimated)
- 3 lb 10 oz (trail weight)
- Packed size
- 20 x 7 in
- Interior floor width
- 55 in
- Pad fit(estimated)
- 2 × 25 in pads fit
- Fits sleepers up to(estimated)
- 6ft 9in tall
- Doors
- 2
- Vestibules
- 2
- Freestanding
- freestanding
- Poles
- carbon
- Wall type
- double wall
- Season rating
- 4-season
- Fly fabric
- 68D ripstop polyester, 1500 mm polyurethane and PFAS-free DWR
- Floor fabric
- 40D ripstop nylon, 10,000 mm polyurethane and PFAS-free DWR
- Floor denier
- 40D
- Floor hydrostatic head
- 10,000 mm
- PFAS-free treatment
- stated PFAS-free
- Approx. price
- ~$860
Features
- 10,000 mm 40D floor — the highest rating in this catalog by five times
- 68D polyester fly that does not stretch when wet
- Three Easton Syclone composite poles
- 22 sq ft of vestibule across two doors
- 55 in interior width on the 2-person for winter kit
In its favour
- 10,000 mm floor is the only rating here built for sitting on melting snow
- 55 in interior width means two people in winter bags are not touching
- Polyester fly holds its tension in wet snow where nylon sags onto the inner
- Two doors and 22 sq ft of vestibule for boots, packs and a stove
- Two sizes, 33 and 46 sq ft, on the same three-pole structure
Against it
- 116 oz is seven and a quarter pounds before a footprint
- $860 for the 2-person
- 44 in peak height and a tall profile is more wind-exposed than a low expedition dome
- MSR's own listing has a unit-conversion error in the floor dimensions — the inch figures are the reliable ones
Written from the published specification sheet, not from owner reports.
What owners report
No owner discussion has been collected for the MSR Remote 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.