NEMO Dragonfly 1

A lightweight, high quality, solo tent with great space and weather protection.

A great solo shelter.

It's lightweight, 2lbs 13 oz in its stuff sack. I carry its parts seperately: the poles and stakes in the Nemo bags provided that have cords with toggles, and the tent body and fly in a Sea to Summit Ultra Sil compression sack. The Nemo tent bag un-zips into two halves to carry the body and fly in one half. I'd recommend carrying a footprint, the bathtub floor's lightweight fabric (20 denier) is delicate.

The tent has great interior height (39" peak). I am 6'1" and have no problem sitting up straight in it or getting dressed inside. It has a light diffusing overhead pocket for a headlamp. The hubbed poles (pre-bent featherlite DAC) are a large and smaller V at each end of the tent, and a two-piece separate pole sits atop the main pole structure and attaches to plastic clips in the fly. The vestibule is huge for a solo. It requires two stakes instead of the usual one. 

Overall, the Dragonfly is expensive (waiting for a REI or Backcountry 20% off sale helps), but if you are doing multi-day hikes that require weight savings and weather protection, it is worth the cost. 

I have carried it on two Northville-Placid Trail section hikes (5 and 7 days) in the Adirondacks and it really performed well. The NPT is notoriously wet. Set up is easy, the tabs are color coded, and it is very large for a solo, which allows you to wait out weather comfortably. 

I highly recommend. 

Background

I have done 107 solo backpacking nights since 2015, and have numerous solo tents. This is the best.