Tarptent Hogback Review

[Aaron Zagrodnick]

With a new addition to the family, I at first held fast to my minimalist approach to backpacking, and on our first trips together we tried to make smaller shelters work. We could find a way to all fit in a 2+ person tent right? For two adults, a child, and a dog who somehow takes up twice as much space when asleep than awake those shelters worked, but without a doubt made for some of the most uncomfortable backcountry sleeping arrangements in recent memory. I learned my lesson. We simply needed more floor space, and more livability. Enter the Hogback, a double-walled shelter from Tarptent rated to sleep 4 and with a listed weight of just over 4 pounds... 

We review the Hogback, Tarptent’s solution for sleeping up to 4. Issue 11:

Tarptent Hogback Review

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