REI Co-op
REI Co-op Half Dome 2+
No citable rating — see why we hide some.
REI replaced the Half Dome SL with this in 2025 and went the other way on weight: thicker fabrics, a bigger floor, and 80.8 ounces minimum against the SL's 63. The floor is 35.8 square feet on 92 by 56 inches, which is long enough for two six-foot sleepers and wide enough for two standard pads with gear between them, under 42 inches of headroom and two doors opening onto 19.2 square feet of vestibule. The footprint comes pre-attached in the box, so $369 is the whole price rather than the starting one. Buy it for the space; the ultralight crowd left this weight behind years ago and is not coming back for it.
Floor area per person
17.9 sq ft
Roomy — over 17 sq ft each — room for packs inside and to sit up without hitting
Weight per person
40.4 oz
from the trail weight of 5 lb 1 oz
Peak height
42 in
Approx. price
~$369
Pads: 28.0 in of floor width each — 2 × 25 in pads fit.
Length: a 92 in floor leaves room for a sleeper up to about 7ft 2in once you allow six inches for a foot box and a pillow.
Best for
Two people who want floor space and a footprint in the box, carrying it a few miles rather than a few hundred.
Specifications
- Type
- Backpacking
- Rated capacity
- 2-person
- Floor area per person(estimated)
- 17.9 sq ft (roomy)
- Floor area
- 35.8 sq ft
- Vestibule area
- 19.2 sq ft
- Peak height
- 42 in
- Minimum trail weight
- 5 lb 1 oz
- Packed weight
- 6 lb 4 oz
- Weight per person(estimated)
- 40.4 oz (trail weight)
- Packed size
- 22.2 x 7.5 in
- Interior floor width
- 56 in
- Pad fit(estimated)
- 2 × 25 in pads fit
- Fits sleepers up to(estimated)
- 7ft 2in tall
- Doors
- 2
- Vestibules
- 2
- Freestanding
- freestanding
- Poles
- aluminum
- Wall type
- double wall
- Season rating
- 3-season
- Fly fabric
- 40-denier ripstop nylon
- Floor fabric
- 75-denier polyester taffeta
- Floor denier
- 75D
- Approx. price
- ~$369
Features
- 92 x 56 in floor — two six-foot sleepers, or two standard pads side by side
- 35.8 sq ft, up from 33.7 on the version it replaced
- Two doors, each with a 9.6 sq ft vestibule
- Footprint included and pre-attached
- Single hubbed aluminium pole with a ridge bar for shoulder room
- 75D polyester floor under a 40D ripstop nylon fly
In its favour
- 92 in of floor length genuinely fits two six-foot sleepers, which most two-person tents do not
- 56 in of width takes two 25-inch pads with room left for gear between them
- The footprint is in the box and pre-attached, so $369 is the real price
- 17.9 sq ft per person is among the roomiest in the sub-$400 band
- Thicker fabrics than the SL it replaced — 75D floor, 40D fly — which is what the extra weight bought
Against it
- 80.8 oz minimum and 99.6 oz packed: over a pound heavier than the Half Dome SL 2+ it replaces
- Heavy for the money — a trekking-pole shelter with the same floor area costs about the same and weighs half
- 92 x 56 in wants a lot of flat ground, which is the catch on a crowded site
- rei.com blocks automated requests, so hydrostatic head and PFAS status are not captured here and dated reviews put the price at $359-$369
Written from the published specification sheet, not from owner reports.
What owners report
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