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Great in the heat & cold

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Great in the heat & cold

Texas Jon from New Braunfels, TX

So much has been written about the Hubba Hubba and its ease of setup, spacious footprint and head room, relatively light weight and sturdy construction that I'll assume you already know this is a great tent and a great value. I wholeheartedly agree with all the glowing things I've read here and in reviews on the web and in the popular backpacking magazines. What most don't tell you is how flexible this tent is in varying weather. I live in Texas, and yes, it is as hot as you think it is. I've spent many nights steaming away in my old tent wishing there was some way to enjoy the outdoors without miserably dripping sweat from every pour. Then I bought my Hubba Hubba. On most nights when rain isn't forecast I just pitch the all-mesh body to protect me from the helicopter sized mosquitos and other "little friends". With mesh everywhere, even the slightest breeze keeps you cool and comfortable. The full-view of the sky makes star gazing and reflection quite a treat. With the fly … Read more

Sell your first-born, buy this tent

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Sell your first-born, buy this tent

alyssa from San Luis Obispo, CA

If you are going on a backpacking trip, this is the only way to go. MSR makes quality gear, and this tent is no exception. On a 20 day trip this tent could not have performed better. One advantage of this tent over others in my group is that it came with 8 of its own lightweight titanium stakes - other "lightweight" tents came with either aluminum (flimsy) or steel (heavy!!), or none at all and had to be purchased separately. Especially nice is that there are EIGHT stakes, so you can stake your corners, both your vestibules, and also the fly in 2 additional places to ward off wind and condensation. Ownage.In addition, this tent is able to be extremely light weight without making any quality sacrifices, which is awesome because you will not have anything heavy to hold you back from getting anywhere (see photo).The air circulation in this tent is spot on. I could wash clothes in the evening at camp, hang them inside the tent with me on a carabiner, and have them be dry - even on some of … Read more

Great Tent, Easy Setup

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT

Great Tent, Easy Setup

NWFish from Portland, Oregon

I bought this tent to go backpacking with my son. I could not believe how easy it was to setup. As the another reviewer stated this tent is up in 5 minutes at most. When my other friends were still working on setting up their tents I was putting the sleeping bags in. My only concern would be using it in dusty areas as it is all mesh. Read more

hubba hubba baby

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT

hubba hubba baby

agent4mula9 from St. Charles, MO

I came across this tent a few years back when my nephew (and good friend) had one, i liked the roomy design for a lightweight two person tent. mine has held up in a few good thunderstorms, and a five inch overnight snow that turned it into an igloo. we had no leakage into the tent, were quite dry, and definatly were warm. The poles stood up to the weight of the wet snow, everything melted by one the next day, nice missouri waterfalls followed...I was a bit impressed. She hasn't gone through the extremes she was bought for yet, but my nephew lived in homer, alaska with one for several months a year while working in the fisheries. should it hold up like my zoid 2 did on the pacific coast in a mean ocean storm i will be very pleased. you can't hope for an easier set up. i bought mine at an REI garage sale (had small tear near seam on rainfly, but was easily fixed with no leak whatsoever), and i consider it the best find yet. i recently did find a lil condensation on the inner rai … Read more

love... hate relationship

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:01 GMT

love... hate relationship

H20buff from Eugene, Oregon

I love the ease of set-up. I have had this tent in gusts up to 37 mph(Brunton Wind Gauge), downpours that were so heavy that the roar of the drops on the fly woke me from sleep. I am impressed with the strenth and dryness of this tent under those conditions. On still nights the mesh walled tent is a joy to be in... That's the good... The bad... During heavy winds, sand comes through freely. On a recent paddling trip on the Escalante Arm of Lake Powell, there was one Hubba and two Hubba-Hubba's and other tents as well. We put ours on gravel bars and slickrock the other paddlers put MSR's on the sandy areas. They could build sand castles with the amount of sand they had in their tents. I exaggerate... tiny sand castles perhaps. We on the other hand being on rocks or slick rocks had better than a hand full and our bags had a coating of red dust... we couldn't keep it out. I woke one morning and found my fellow Hubba's had piles of flat rock foundations holding the edges of the … Read more