Going ultralight is rewarding, but it's not necessarily cheap: Hikers looking to shave grams often end up paying a premium for high-tech fabrics and expertly-designed products. If you're looking to ...

One of the first decisions you have to make when deciding on a backpacking tent is freestanding vs non-freestanding. Freestanding, means you don’t need to stake out the tent in order for you to ...

Ultralight tents are one of the great engineering marvels: out of a sheet of wafer-thin fabric and a pair of trekking poles, you can make shelter suitable to withstand wind, rain, bugs, and more. Our ...

Based in British Columbia, Durston builds some of the lightest high-performance backpacking gear on the market, putting it through the absolute wringer of the Canadian Rockies during R&D. Its latest ...

All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Lightweight. Well ventilated ...

You can forget pretty much any bit of gear on a short, backcountry adventure, and still muddle through, but unless you plan on hammocking, your tent is vital. Exposure is one of nature’s biggest ...

Aspiring ultralighters have a lot of tough gear decisions to make, but choosing the right shelter has to be at the top of the list. A tent is one of the most substantial items in anyone's pack, and an ...

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 ...

Aper's Apex1 Kickstarter ultralight tent is more designed for bicyclists, but would work brilliantly for motorcyclists would ...