The MSR Hubba range of tents have been worldwide best-sellers for years and this new 2 person version continues the tried and trusted design with improvements in ventilation, weight reduction and pack size.
MSR have designed the Hubba Hubba NX 2 as an inner pitch first tent, it uses a unified pole system (all the sections are joined together) to make pitching fast and simple thanks to the colour coded poles and attachment points. Once the tent is pitched you get a fantastically spacious inner tent with a non-tapered groundsheet that provides ample room for two persons; the near vertical side wall and large ceiling area really help to create a light and airy atmosphere within the tent. Large mesh panels from part of the inner tent walls to aid with ventilation and to enhance the light interior. Once the inner is pitched simply throw over the flysheet and secure with pegs and guy lines.
Once fully pitched this tent offers ample sleeping room for two people thanks to the rectangular floor and there are two doors with covered storage areas to keep your kit dry or for sheltered cooking. The doors themselves feature a clever rain gutter along each zip which stops water from dripping onto you as get in and out of the tent. Ventilation is maintained through the cross-ventilating fly sheet, twin vents can be propped open using the built in kickstands to maximise air flow across the inner tent, reducing condensation to keep the interior dry and comfortable. You can also roll up the door once it is zipped to improve ventilation further.
The flysheet is made from a tough yet lightweight 20D ripstop nylon with MSR's own Durashield polyurethane and Silicone coating to provide a waterproof fabric with a hydrostatic head of 1200mm. The inner is also made from 20D nylon and features a sewn in 30D ripstop nylon groundsheet with a Durashield polyurethane coating with a hydrostatic head of 3000mm. DAC Featherlite NFL alloy is used for the unified pole system and the Hubba Hubba is supplied with 6 MSR MiniGroudhog pegs and 2 guy ropes with aluminium sliders.
If you really want to travel light and keep your packsize weight to a minimum you can just pitch the flysheet to provide a stable and waterproof shelter. One of the best features of this tent is the stuffsack, MSR have supplied you with a wide mouth stuff sack that is so much easier to get the tent in than the normal tube type sacks that can be a pain to get a wet tent into. The wide mouth stuff sack opens up like a duffel so you just roll up the tent and drop it in using the compression straps to squash it up small.
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Optimized symmetrical geometry and non-tapered floor
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Large, easy-entry D-shaped StayDry door and vestibule
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Side entry zipper orientation
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Rainfly kickstand vent
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Adjustable rainfly (roll-up vestibule)
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Adjustable integrated stake-out loops
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Lightweight reflective guy-outs
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Durable high-tenacity nylon fabrics
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Reinforced Infinity bar tacks and lap-felled seams
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Durashield-coated rainfly and bathtub-style floor
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Wide Mouth compression stuff sack with pull handle