MSR Hubba NX

I wanted a 1 person tent for cycle touring and short backpacking trips in Scotland. The MSR Hubba is lightweight at about 1. 3kg ( measured with the included stuffsac)Good points: appears well constructed, easy to erect single handed , grommets for pole insertion appear very robust , inner has large amount of mesh - White so tent should be both light and cool. Less good - pitchingseems to be with inner first followed by flysheet. The sections of pole make into one long pole with a y shape at each end and central short crosspiece. (So if the pole breaks it all breaks)Ground sheet and fly are extremely light - will need care to avoid snagging or tearing. My main concern was with guy cords and pegs - just the corners are pegged - no extra cords or grommets on the fly sheet. Some spare pegs and a very short length of cord is included however. Given the frequent strong winds and rain in Scotland(! ) I think this tent would be more suitable for Summer use in Europe or America. If it was only purchased to be used in very settled weather or camp sites it is expensive, as compared with the other tents available.

I try to get out wild camping as much as I can and I used my new Hubba NX for the first time this weekend in Snowdonia - very wet! The first thing that I noticed was the greater space compared to the MSR Zoid 1 that I have been using for years. In terms of living, the ability to sit up and put on/take off clothes, read and generally live comfortably due to the height was fantastic. The vestibule was large enough to store boots, cooking gear etc and also use a stove while sitting out of the weather in the main tent. A full length sleep mat fits in easily and I had plenty of room (I am 5'11) to move around. One of my main gripes with the Zoid was that when it rained, it was very difficult to stop rain dripping into the tent when you opened the flysheet. This seems to have been sorted out to a good degree on the NX and the rain gutters seem to work well. The tent pitches quickly (I already have a Hubba Hubba two man tent which uses the same pole layout so am used to the rather strange TV aerial look! ) and once up seems to be pretty stable. The NX is very light and the stuff bag system works really well. A small thing but the pegs supplied are little works of art and hold really well even in soft turf. On the down side, despite MSR saying that you can pitch fly first, I cannot work out how to do it easily so pitched inner first and had to spend a bit of time bailing out! Perhaps a bit of a practice at home will sort this out. Another problem that may be solvable with familiarity was that I could not find attachment points for the guys - not a particular problem this weekend as the tent was reasonably stable but I will have to find a way to fix this as I do not want to get blown away one night! All in all, I am really please with first impressions and think that the tent will be a great improvement on the Zoid.

Like it a lot. I've had a mutha hubba for camping trips for years and could never fault it. Decided after a cross country coast to coastmountain bike weekend that I may take up touring. I've used a two man vango for wild camping for long enough and decided to upgrade. The hubba is everything you expect from msr. Pitching is effortless in comparison to the vango and it weighs less than half! There is space inside for me to stay comfyand space in the porch for the rest. I use this with a mud mat and a ground sheet to keep it clean. Definitely recommend. Thanks facewest.