The Hilleberg Allak 2 person tent has a sturdy three-pole dome design which is fully free standing, and pitches inner and outer together. Pitching is the easiest of any tent tested. I managed to easily pitch it in a severe blizzard with winds gusting well over 40mph – and the inner didn’t get wet.
Alex Roddie Recommends
The price and weight are high, but so are the quality and performance. If you need a two-person shelter for regular, reliable, long-term winter service, this is the one I’d choose.- Superb storm resistance
- Durability
- Ease of pitching
- Winter use
- High price
- Basic pegs
- Heavy
| Quick specs | |
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| Price: £1,220 Weight: 3.3kg Pitching: inner and fly together Flysheet: 30D Kerlon 1200 nylon ripstop sil 5,000mm HH Inner: 30D ripstop nylon Groundsheet: 70D nylon PU 15,000mm HH Poles: 9mm aluminium Pegs: 12x alloy V angle pegs Porches: 2 Inner Dimensions: 120x225x105cm hilleberg.com |
The free-standing structure is strong from any angle and you don’t have to pitch it tail to wind. It is the most stormproof tent tested, and also coped well with moderate snow loading. Although the porches filled with snow, the structure didn’t deform and no spindrift got into the inner. There are enough guylines to really stake it down and it’ll take snow stakes well.
Materials are very high quality, with a particularly high hydrostatic head for the groundsheet. You also get thicker poles than most of the other tents tested (and can optionally replace them with even thicker 10mm ones if needed). It’s very easy to pack the tent back into its oversized stuffsack.
One downside to the Hilleberg Allak 2 is that the included pegs are extremely basic, some of the least usable of any tent tested. You’ll want to swap them out for better ones.
The price and weight are high, but so are the quality and performance. If you need a two-person shelter for regular, reliable, long-term winter service, this is the one I’d choose.
