Are hilleberg tents good for backpacking?
The Hilleberg Niak is an exceptional lightweight 2 person tent, designed for challenging weather conditions. While it’s probably overkill for thru-hiking and more casual backpacking trips, it is a remarkably comfortable tent with great interior space, steep walls, durable construction, and excellent livability.
Are hilleberg tents seam sealed?
You do not need to seam seal our tents as we use a stitching method that makes the seams really strong and durable. We use a flat fell-seam in all our tents and our sewing machines employ cooling jets around the needles.
What is a 4 season tent?
4 season tents are designed to handle everything else: Snow loads, high winds, harsh winters and even blowing sand. A 4 season tent is simply a tent designed to take it all, while a 3 season tent is designed to be as light as possible, while sacrificing some strength and protection.
Are Hilleberg worth the money?
Worth checking out Alpenstock for Hilleberg tents as they have been consistently competitive for years and have superb customer service. In reply to Richiehill: Good value at the discounted price, but not worth the full price. Pros very quick pitch in one and light, cons quite directional, noisy, expensive.
Are Hilleberg tents any good?
Our Analysis and Test Results. The Hilleberg Tarra is one of the most durable two-person tents we have ever tested. It’s quick and easy to pitch and stay in place once it is set up. We’ve camped in 60+ mph winds that collapsed, ripped, or destroyed other 4 season models while the Tarra held strong.
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Why are Hilleberg tents so expensive?
The materials used in a Hilleberg tent are of the highest quality, therefore they are also more expensive than many others.
Where are Hilleberg tents made?
Rapla, Estonia
To ensure that we can build the tents we envision, and do so at the level of quality we demand, we own and operate our own, ISO-9001: 2014 certified, manufacturing facility in Rapla, Estonia. We also work with a few, carefully selected Estonian factories, where sewers trained by us work exclusively on Hilleberg tents.