Ultralight
The MSR Skinny One™ pushes the envelope for modern ultralight tents. The purity of the Skinny One's design helps to make this lightweight tent one of the roomiest and best-ventilated on the market. Its ultralight features include a single wall design that reduces weight and makes setup easy, overhead, full-length mesh vent, ultralight stake loops and DAC Featherlite tent poles.
Space
One of the challenges of backpacking is carrying the lightest gear that has the greatest benefits. Shaving ounces off of your tent weight doesn't mean reducing the size of your sleeping area---at least not with the MSR Skinny One™ tent. At less than three pounds, this tent still has 36.5 cubic feet of interior space, 15.5 square feet of floor room, a roomy front vestibule to store your gear so you can stretch your legs and a double hoop frame that increases sidewall height for increased vertical space.
Weatherproof
The last thing you want on a backpacking trip is to get wet. MSR delivers on weatherproofing big-time with the Skinny One™. Its simple design and sturdy materials give it excellent ventilation in bad weather. An overhead mesh vent and rain-shielded mesh window allow air to move no matter what the weather. The tent's single-wall construction with double hoop frame keeps rain from pooling and permeating seams. Also, a ripstop rain fly with taped and waterproofed seams keeps water well away from you, and a roomy front vestibule keeps your gear dry as well.
Article Written By Jake Kulju
Jake Kulju is a Minneapolis-based freelance outdoors writer with 10 years' experience. He is an outdoors guidebook author for Avalon Travel and his work is regularly published in "Outdoor Traditions Magazine" and "Naturescape News." His nature-based poetry is published in "Poetry Canada" and "Farmhouse Magazine." Kulju holds an English degree from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.
