MSR Hubba Hubba Tent Review - Lightweight 2 Man Tent

The MSR Hubba Hubba lightweight backpacking tent is a great 3 season shelter, with the reliable 2 man MSR tent offering great ventilation, stability and other features making it one of the best MSR tents available.

For over 40 years Cascade designs have been making high quality products for those who love the great out of doors.

Their line of MSR tents have become well known and considered some of the finest in outdoor camping equipment for those wishing to venture off the beaten track.

The MSR Hubba Hubba is one of their best loved tents.

MSR Hubba Hubba Tent Reviewed

The MSR Hubba Hubba lightweight backpacking tent, according to most reviews is the perfect 2 person 3 season tent for those who want to hit the trail and need a reliable tent that can handle just about any type of weather condition that mother nature can throw at it.

• Free standing: making it as easy to pitch on a rocky cliff as on a sandy beach
• Special pole and hub system that makes set up a breeze
• Aluminum poles (DAC) add to the sturdy construction of this tent
• 2 full size doors for easy entrance and exit
• 2 vestibules provide plenty of storage space
• Factory taped seams, reinforces the seams and helps keep water out
• dry entry design let's you open the door to let in while keeping water out on those rainy nights
• Can use just the rainfly with the optional footprint for those wanting an extremely lightweight minimalist shelter
• Minimum Weight 4 lbs 3 oz / 1890 g - Packaged Weight 4 lbs 11 oz / 2120 g - Fly with Footprint Weight 3 lbs 2 oz / 1470 g

MSR Hubba Hubba HP

This MSR tent also has a HP version that is almost identical to the Hubba Hubba except it is designed for increased protection for those cooler, windier nights.

This version loses some of the mesh and while still keeping all the benefits and great style of the original Hubba Hubba tent.

Pros And Cons

Normally tent reviews post a list of the positive and negative traits of the tent being reviewed but, in the case of the MSR Hubba Hubba this has proved an impossible task because after reading over 60 reviews, there simply doesn't seem to be much of anything users don't like about this tent.

It seems that the Hubba Hubba is a well designed tent that meets the needs of the most experienced hikers and backpackers and the recreational campers as well.

Reviews on the Hubba Hubba HP are as favorable as those on the Hubba Hubba. One reviewer on this tent found this lightweight backpacking tent so warm that he actually stated in his review that the HP might be a little to warm for those summer nights.

Of course, there were a few negative reviews on this tent but, they were few and far between and the complaints seemed to not fit in with the rest of the reviews leading one to believe that perhaps the reviewer picked up a rare lemon among these tents.

Conclusion/Ratings

Suitable For: Backpacking, Hiking, Base Camp, Car Camping

Some may think its quite expensive priced at just over $300 and not as light as other backpacking tent's. There is lighter tents available, although probably single skinned or lacking features this MSR tent has.

Some may think its quite expensive priced at just over $300 and not as light as other backpacking tent's. There is lighter tents available, although probably single skinned or lacking features this MSR tent has.

Overall, the MSR Hubba Hubba tent and the Hubba Hubba HP are excellent tents designed to take the rigors off the trail camping while providing a light weight load for the backpacker and all the right necessities for a comfortable long term hiking and camping experience.

There is no doubt this is a great 2 person lightweight backpacking tent for comfort, durability, good ventilation that's well worth the money.