4-season~$600Nemo
Nemo Kunai
No citable rating — see why we hide some.
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.
Floor area per person
13.0 sq ft
Tight — under 14 sq ft each — shoulders touching, gear outside
Weight per person
31 oz
from the trail weight of 3 lb 14 oz
Peak height
44 in
Approx. price
~$600
Pads: 25.0 in of floor width each — 2 × 25 in pads fit.
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
Ski touring and shoulder-season alpine trips, where a real expedition tent is more than you need to carry.
The size run
One design, 2 capacities. The numbers at the top of this page describe the 2-Person; 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-Person | 2 | 26 sq ft | 13.0 | 8 sq ft | 3 lb 14 oz | — | 82 × 50 in | ~$600 |
| 3-Person | 3 | 37.9 sq ft | 12.6 | 13 sq ft | 5 lb 3 oz | 5 lb 10 oz | 84 × 70 in | ~$750 |
Specifications
- Type
- 4-season
- Rated capacity
- 2-person
- Floor area per person(estimated)
- 13.0 sq ft (tight)
- Floor area
- 26 sq ft
- Vestibule area
- 8 sq ft
- Peak height
- 44 in
- Minimum trail weight
- 3 lb 14 oz
- Weight per person(estimated)
- 31 oz (trail weight)
- Packed size
- 19.5 x 6.5 in
- Interior floor width
- 50 in
- Pad fit(estimated)
- 2 × 25 in pads fit
- Fits sleepers up to(estimated)
- 6ft 4in tall
- Doors
- 1
- Vestibules
- 1
- Freestanding
- freestanding
- Poles
- aluminum
- Wall type
- double wall
- Season rating
- 4-season
- Fly fabric
- Sil/PeU nylon ripstop, 1200 mm
- Floor fabric
- 30D PeU nylon ripstop, 3000 mm
- Floor denier
- 30D
- Floor hydrostatic head
- 3,000 mm
- Approx. price
- ~$600
Features
- Solid-fabric inner with zippered vents instead of full mesh
- 30D floor at 3000 mm — more than double most three-season tents
- Single door with an 8 sq ft vestibule
- Freestanding, so it stands on packed snow with deadmen rather than stakes
In its favour
- Half the weight of the expedition four-season tents here for most of the protection
- 3000 mm floor keeps meltwater out where a 1200 mm floor would wet through
- Solid inner cuts spindrift and holds a few degrees of warmth over mesh
- Freestanding, which matters on snow where nothing holds a stake
Against it
- 13 sq ft per person is genuinely tight for two in winter kit
- One door and one 8 sq ft vestibule for two people's boots, packs and a stove
- 1200 mm fly is low for a tent that will carry snow load
- 82 in floor length is short once you are sleeping in a puffy
Written from the published specification sheet, not from owner reports.
What owners report
No owner discussion has been collected for the Nemo Kunai 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.