When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Of course, the ideal situation is to have both in your quiver of kit, so you can choose the most ...

Yeah, that s a good point. Three-season tents such as the otherwise excellent Marmot EOS 1 ($225; marmot.com) often have too much mesh to be good winter tents. But it does have a full-coverage fly, so ...

Serious backpackers are trending toward ultralight gear. There has been a revolution within the industry to reduce the weight, bulk, and redundancy of outdoor products. Many enthusiasts have adopted ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? A shelter is a critical component of anyone’s outdoor adventure gear list. While a ...

A two-person tent is arguably the most versatile choice of shelter for anything from a long-distance backpacking trip to a ...

The term "bivy" (or bivouac) immediately inspires images of very basic camping, possibly with no shelter at all, possibly with a very compact, narrow shelter for one. French company Bivy Life lives up ...

Outdoors company Crua Outdoors is taking the traditional notion of a tent and turning it on its head. The company is developing a new tent called the Crua Hybrid that can be folded to become a hammock ...

A couple of decades ago, choosing between a one-person tent and a bivy sack was pretty easy. The differences between the two types of solo shelters were more extreme than they are now. Early bivy ...