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Tarptent Triple Rainbow DW Announced
4 Jul 17 Miles Arbour / newsWeighing less than three pounds and with enough room for three people, the new Tarptent Triple Rainbow DW is a three-season double-walled tent that’s packed full of handy features. Check it out here…
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Tarptent Aeon Li Review: One Pound, One Person
27 Sep 11 Logan Watts / gearThe Tarptent Aeon Li (“lithium”) is a single-pound, single-pole, single-person, single-wall, half-pyramid shelter that’s extraordinarily ultralight yet still quite spacious. We’ve been testing one for nearly a year to see how it holds up after a lot of rigorous use. Here’s the full review.
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A Mini Vuelta de Vasco; Sierra de Urbasa with a child
54 Jul 9 Cass Gilbert / gear-listsInspired by the Vuelta de Vasco bikepacking route, Cass and his family head off to the Basque Country to bite off a chunk of the ride, crossing Spain’s Sierra de Urbasa in western Navarre by way of high plateaux, lush forest, Vías Verdes, and druid stones. Here’s some insights into the nuts and bolts of the trip, along with six-year-old Sage’s full packlist, details of his rig, and their core family camping gear…
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Tarptent Double Rainbow Review: Big tent, small packsize
29 Jun 5 Cass Gilbert / gearThe US-made Tarptent Double Rainbow is the brand’s most popular model. Weighing in at just 1.2 kilograms (2.65 pounds), it offers a surprising amount of living space for two riders, combined with a very minimal pack size, making it ideal for bikepackers… especially tall ones. We take a look at the newly updated 2019 model, testing it out camping in the US, the UK, and France.
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Tarptent Announces Updated Moment DW
6 Oct 30 Miles Arbour / newsBuilding on more than five years of customer feedback, Tarptent has updated the 2019 Moment DW to include better ventilation, added stability in the wind, and much more. Read on for the official press release…
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Tarptent Cloudburst 3 Review
17 Oct 2 Skyler Des Roches / gear“It’s not you, it’s the tent.” Most of us will agree, bikepacking as a couple is best done with a three-person tent. After 11 years, Skyler finds his ideal couples bikepacking shelter in a unique tunnel tent design, the Tarptent Cloudburst 3. Read the full review…
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Tarptent Bowfin 1 Review: from Tahoe to the Altiplano
17 Jul 5 Cass Gilbert / gearWell loved by long distance through-hikers, California-based Tarptent is known for its broad range of minimal and lightweight shelters and tents. We take the freestanding Bowfin 1 on our travels and see how it fares for bikepacking, testing it in a range of locations, from balmy Lake Tahoe and blisteringly hot Baja California, to Bolivia’s blustery Altiplano…