String Ridge 2 is a new tent from Big Agnes, it’s part of a new four season line of tents called Mine Mountain. The tent fits two persons and has dual entrances. It has a Condura fly and DAC Featherlite NSL poles

In the Mine Mountain line there will also be three man tent.

Mountain Hardwear has proclaimed 2008 to be “The Year of Gear” and is lining up some new tents to prove it. Focus has been on weigh with the new fly material Hollowcore 25D Nylon Fly that weighs 25% less than regular 30D Nylon and the new Atlas UL poles.

Stiletto 1

The Stiletto is a lightweight, 2 lbs. 8 oz.(1.13 kg), solo tent for three season use.

Helion 2

Two persons will fit the Helion that weighs a mere 3 lbs. 4 oz (1.48 kg) and is designed for three season use.

Skyledge 2.1 and Skyledge 3

The two person SkyLedge 2 has been updated to the 2.1 making it longer and lighter, it now weighs 3 lbs. 15 oz (1.78 kg). Skyledge 3 (above) is the three person evolution of the Skyledge it weighs 4 lbs. 13 oz (2.18 kg) and of course fit three people. Both the Skyledge tents are design for three season use.

Halcyon 1

Halcyon 1 is a three season backpacking/camping tent that features a dry entry vestibule, a welded fly window, and dual mesh doors. It weighs 3 lbs. 10 oz (1.64 kg.

Sojourn 2

The Sojourn 2 is design for backpacking/camping three season use. The tent has steep side walls that give the tent a large inner volume and it weighs 5 lbs. 3 oz (2.34 kg).

MSR will be expanding their shelter line for 2008 with a few newcomers. In the expedition series there will be two new tents, the Asgard and the DragonTail. The “Nearly & Light” series will be updated with Hubba HP, Hubba Hubba HP, Twing and E-Wing. All the shelters will be available in January 2008.

Asgard is tent designed for extreme conditions, is is a freestanding tent (except for the vestibule from the looks of it) with dual entrances. The tent fits 2-3 persons and it weights 3.36 kg (7 lbs. 6 oz.).

The DragonTail tent is ultralight single-wall tent for extreme conditions designed for 2 persons. The tent will have a single entrance and weights 1.99 kg (4 lbs. 6 oz.).

The Hubba HP is single person lightweight tent weighing a mere 1.18 kg (2 lbs. 9 oz.).

Hubba Hubba HP is Hubba HP bigger brother a freestanding lightweight 2 person tent. It feature two doors and weights 1.69 kg (3 lbs. 11 oz.).

Twing is a light tarp weighing 0.85 kg (1 lbs. 14 oz.) and is spacious enough for 2 persons.

Versatile is a minimalistic weather protection for emergency situations it can be used as a poncho or a minimalistic shelter. It weight only 0.18 kg (6 oz.) and packed size is about the size of a soda can.

The unknown/mysterious tent The Gear Blog reveiled here and claiming it to be the world lightest dual wall tent, has turned out to be the Terra Nova Laser Photon. The weight is 790g and it has room for one person

There is one problem though, GoLite just presented a dual wall tent weighing 595 grams! More info here.

via TGO

GoLite presents four new series of tents for 2008.

Shangri-la pyramid shaped dual walled tents in 1, 2, 3, 4+, 6+ and 8+ person versions. Weight as low as 1lb 5oz for the 1-person.

The Utopia is the worlds first free standing tarps (according to GoLite). It will be available in 1, 2+ and 4-person versions and the weight ranges from 2lbs 2oz for the 1-person to 3lbs 4oz for the 4-person.

The Xanadu(above) and Valhalla series are single wall shelters. The fly is a hybrid with part EPIC™ by Nextec® silicone-encapsulated ripstop nylon and part SilLite. The shelters are free-standing shelters available in 1, 2+ and 4-person options.

via GoLite and LightHiker’s World

I have received some more details info on Fjällräven’s new PAK5 tent. The weight is 1831g (4 lbs) and nothing else (I know I have stated a few other weights before). Most of the weight has been save due to a new type of pole design, the poles has an aluminium core that is wrapped in carbon fiber.

The dimensions are:

• Height : 100 cm
• Length : 400 cm
• Width : 130/90 cm
• Inner tent length : 220 cm
• Inner tent width : 120/80 cm

Just had a chat with a Fjällräven representative about the new PAK5 line, this is short summary.

The main goal when creating the PAK5 line was to create lightweight gear that still is durable and has good quality. They have not aimed at the lightest gear ever made, but gear that can keep your pack weight down and still take the beating of outdoor use. Another focus during the development has been to keep the pack-size down.

The PAK5 is be a product line that will be developed further with new products added as time goes by. Fjällräven will also be launching a PAK5 winter gear line further on. The now presented products will hit the stores, sometime in March 2008.

Some product detail updates

The backpack has volume of 40 liter.

The tent is a 2 person tent about the same size a Akka Shape R/S 2 though the outer length will be slightly shorter.

Vario Dome fits 2 person and is what Jack Wolfskin calls a “3 in 1″ tent, meaning it can be pitched in three different ways. You can pitch the tent with just flysheet or just inner tent or both. The tent has DAC NSL Featherlight aluminium poles and lightweight Silicone Polyester Ripstop flysheet giving the tent a weight below 3 kg (6.6 lbs). The tent will be available for summer 2008.