£650.00
New for 2023, the Northern Lite 2 is a free-standing, outer-pitch first, 3/4-season tent that offers plenty of space and two porches.
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The Northern Lite 2 offers an external all-in-one hub pole system to provide excellent space for two people. With two doors and porches, and the option to add extra stability with your trekking poles, the Northern Lite 2 is an ideal backpacking tent.
NOTE: When using trekking poles for extra stability, the handle end must be tucked into the flysheet pocket, with the pointed end in the ground.
Sleeps
2
Weight (Max/ Min)
2.25kg (4lbs 15oz) / 1.98kg (4lbs 6oz)
Number of porches
2
Number of doors
2
Packed size
44cm x 18cm
Season
3/4
Flysheet
Watershed 20D Nylon Ripstop Si/Pu (4000mm)
Inner
Half mesh with 30D Ripstop Nylon C0
Groundsheet
Waterbloc 70D Nylon PU (10,000mm)
Poles
9.3mm DAC NFL
Pegs
Terra Firma 13g
Guylines
Dyneema Reflective
This Terra Nova product is guaranteed to the original owner against defects in materials and workmanship for the lifetime of the product.
Tent pole guarantee: Terra Nova Equipment will replace alloy poles for any reason, including accidental breakages, within 2 years of purchasing a new Terra Nova or Wild Country tent.
Paul walder (verified owner) –
Easy to pitch with setup being around 5 mins. Nice weight at only 2.2kg. I feel a bad design on the door without a rain gutter. When you open the after it’s been raining, water runs down into the vestibule and on the inner. Considering the price of the tent, this should be on there.
Dean Eager (verified owner) –
In many ways this is the tent that the MSR Hubba Hubba should have been, but it is just short of being perfect.
Pros:
– It’s a solid tent, although I haven’t tested it in a storm yet, it feels well made and I’m confident it’ll hold up well.
– It feels quite roomy inside, and doesn’t have a saggy inner (like many outer-pitch first tents do).
– I used it on a damp, mizzly mountain in Wales. It was warm in the tent and cold outside, yet there wasn’t a drop of condensation.
– For its size and durability it’s pretty lightweight.
Cons:
– The official footprint is thick and heavy. It also covers the vestibules, which means you have to roll it up if you’re using the trekking pole support feature. I immediately replaced the footprint with a generic Tyvek one that is big enough to go under the inner floor – it’s much lighter and doesn’t prohibit using trekking poles as supports.
– There’s very few storage pockets.
– I’m 6’0″/183cm, with a long back. There’s plenty of room for me to sit up inside the tent, but the top of the inner and outer doors are quite low (compared to every other tent I own), which means my head is tucked up in the top of the tent and I can’t see out unless I bend forward, and that hurts my back.
– Although it feels roomy, and on a long-wide Big Agnes Rapide SL mat I didn’t have an issue with my head, or feet touching the inner, the inner isn’t very wide. You can just about get 2 standard width sleep mats in there, but only 1 mat if one of them is a wide version. The MSR Hubba Hubba, by comparison, can just about squeeze 2 wide mats into it, and easily fit a wide and regular together.
Overall I’m happy with my purchase, and looking forward to testing it in some proper ‘orrible weather.
Steve –
Sold my helm 2 and replaced with then NL2, mostly because it’s bigger and stronger and slightly lighter. I use with the Panacea footprint as they’re identical, if you use trekking poles to provide additional support, I use the spike covers, and put them on plastic furniture wheel caps to spread the load, which works fine. You could always make your own grommet in the footprint, but no need. It’s roomier inside than the Helm, more importantly the access is not as cramped so if you’re tall and large that’s a big plus. I only ever use it solo, and lots of room with a Big Agnes Rapide wide, and can easily fit my Kestrel 68L pack in there too. The vestibules are also bigger than the helm so it is easier to cook in there. Lastly, and far from least, with trekking poles it feels tornado proof.
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Paul walder (verified owner) –
Easy to pitch with setup being around 5 mins. Nice weight at only 2.2kg. I feel a bad design on the door without a rain gutter. When you open the after it’s been raining, water runs down into the vestibule and on the inner. Considering the price of the tent, this should be on there.
Dean Eager (verified owner) –
In many ways this is the tent that the MSR Hubba Hubba should have been, but it is just short of being perfect.
Pros:
– It’s a solid tent, although I haven’t tested it in a storm yet, it feels well made and I’m confident it’ll hold up well.
– It feels quite roomy inside, and doesn’t have a saggy inner (like many outer-pitch first tents do).
– I used it on a damp, mizzly mountain in Wales. It was warm in the tent and cold outside, yet there wasn’t a drop of condensation.
– For its size and durability it’s pretty lightweight.
Cons:
– The official footprint is thick and heavy. It also covers the vestibules, which means you have to roll it up if you’re using the trekking pole support feature. I immediately replaced the footprint with a generic Tyvek one that is big enough to go under the inner floor – it’s much lighter and doesn’t prohibit using trekking poles as supports.
– There’s very few storage pockets.
– I’m 6’0″/183cm, with a long back. There’s plenty of room for me to sit up inside the tent, but the top of the inner and outer doors are quite low (compared to every other tent I own), which means my head is tucked up in the top of the tent and I can’t see out unless I bend forward, and that hurts my back.
– Although it feels roomy, and on a long-wide Big Agnes Rapide SL mat I didn’t have an issue with my head, or feet touching the inner, the inner isn’t very wide. You can just about get 2 standard width sleep mats in there, but only 1 mat if one of them is a wide version. The MSR Hubba Hubba, by comparison, can just about squeeze 2 wide mats into it, and easily fit a wide and regular together.
Overall I’m happy with my purchase, and looking forward to testing it in some proper ‘orrible weather.
Steve –
Sold my helm 2 and replaced with then NL2, mostly because it’s bigger and stronger and slightly lighter. I use with the Panacea footprint as they’re identical, if you use trekking poles to provide additional support, I use the spike covers, and put them on plastic furniture wheel caps to spread the load, which works fine. You could always make your own grommet in the footprint, but no need. It’s roomier inside than the Helm, more importantly the access is not as cramped so if you’re tall and large that’s a big plus. I only ever use it solo, and lots of room with a Big Agnes Rapide wide, and can easily fit my Kestrel 68L pack in there too. The vestibules are also bigger than the helm so it is easier to cook in there. Lastly, and far from least, with trekking poles it feels tornado proof.