MSR Hubba Hubba Two-Person Tent and Gear Shed

cascadedesigns.com/msr, four pounds, eight ounces (pack weight of tent and fly)
The Hubba Hubba long ago qualified as one of the industry’s best backpacking tents. In addition to the playful name (sadly, a never-ending source of bad jokes among our testers), this backcountry mansion boasts 29 square feet of floor space, with a 40-inch-tall interior and a pack weight of only four pounds, eight ounces (including the rainfly).  MSR’s proprietary pole configuration creates near-vertical walls inside the tent, flanked by two doors, in a simple-to-assemble, all-in-one, hub-and-swivel sturdy pole design. The pole configuration also allows for a third option.  In addition to staking it with or without the rainfly, you can also anchor the poles to the tent’s footprint ($40, sold separately) and then string over the fly for ample, warm-weather protection against the rain. The rainfly vestibule also gives you another 17.5 square feet under foot—but MSR’s Gear Shed ($170; sold separately) makes the Hubba Hubba even better. This inventive upgrade attaches to one of the tent’s doors like an extended hallway, adding another 26 square feet of covered storage.  The hooped vestibule boasts an extra-large side door that can store extra caches of gear or serve as a plush room for your canine companion and offer additional coverage for longer-haul base camp adventures (at one pound and 15 ounces, you may not want to take it deep into the backcountry, however).  It marries perfectly with the existing tech architecture, and slips under the rainfly for epic foul-weather, three-season protection—conditions that’ll likely make you appreciate the added space all the more.