Our all-time favorite UL tents can handle a border-to-border thru-hike and weigh less than most sleeping bags.

Most pop-up canopy tents are square, with dimensions that range from roughly 6 x 6 feet to 12 x 12 feet. A canopy tent below 8 x 8 feet or so works best for small groups while those above about 10 x ...

I tested slightly more compact umbrellas than this, but they tended to have comically small canopies that didn’t do much to protect anything other than the top of my head. Repel’s umbrella ...