{"title":"Tents","description":"\u003ch2\u003eOutside: −18°C. Wind: 70 km\/h. Precipitation: Heavy Snow. Inside: You.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA tent is the smallest possible shelter. It is also, in the right conditions, the most important piece of gear you own. Not the most exciting. Not the one that generates the most speed or the most torque or the most airtime. The one that determines whether the expedition continues tomorrow—or ends tonight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOMNITHRILL's Tents collection is built for the camps that matter. Not the campsite with the fire ring and the picnic table and the car parked 10 meters away. The camp at 3,800 meters where the wind has been building since 4 PM and the temperature is dropping a degree every 20 minutes and the only thing between you and a very serious problem is the tent you chose before you left the trailhead. Every shelter in this collection is engineered for that camp—and for every camp between here and there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe tent gets you to the objective. Our \u003ca href=\"\/en-nz\/collections\/camping-hiking\"\u003eCamping \u0026amp; Hiking\u003c\/a\u003e collection covers everything else you need to stay out longer. When the approach requires vertical terrain, our \u003ca href=\"\/en-nz\/collections\/climbing\"\u003eClimbing\u003c\/a\u003e collection handles the technical sections. And when the fire road approach is 40 km of pedaling, our \u003ca href=\"\/en-nz\/collections\/electric-bicycles\"\u003eElectric Bicycles\u003c\/a\u003e get you there with energy left for the climb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Night You Remember\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe alpine storm, 3,600m.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe forecast said 30% chance of precipitation. At 11 PM the wind hits 65 km\/h and the snow is horizontal. You're inside a double-wall tent with a 20,000mm hydrostatic head rating and DAC Featherlite NSL poles rated for sustained wind loads above 80 km\/h. The fly is drumming. The poles are flexing—but not buckling. The seams are taped. The vestibule is holding. You're in a sleeping bag rated to -15°C and you're warm. Outside, the mountain is doing what mountains do. Inside, the tent is doing what it was built to do. You fall asleep to the sound of the storm and wake up to silence and six inches of snow on the fly. You brush it off. You make coffee. You go higher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe bikepacking camp, 11 PM.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYou've been riding for 9 hours. The campsite is a flat section of trail shoulder—barely enough room for a one-person shelter. You pull the tent from the frame bag, shake it out, and have it pitched in under four minutes. No footprint required. No guylines in the dark. The freestanding design stands on its own while you sort your kit. You're inside with the door zipped in under six minutes from stopping. The tent weighs 900 grams. You've been carrying it all day and barely noticed. Tomorrow you have 120 km to cover. Tonight you sleep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe wall camp, portaledge.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYou're 400 meters up a granite face. The portaledge is clipped to two bolts and the fly is rigged against the wall. The exposure below you is total—nothing but air and the valley floor. The fly is sealed against the rock face on three sides and open on the fourth for ventilation. Inside, the sleeping bag is doing its job and the ledge is level enough to sleep without sliding. The wind is moving the fly but not penetrating it. You eat a cold meal in the dark, clip your harness to the anchor, and sleep on a wall that most people will only ever see from the road below. The tent made this possible. That's all it needed to do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe desert camp, 42°C at 6 PM.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe problem here is not cold. It's heat, UV, and the sand that gets into everything. A mesh inner with a minimal fly provides maximum ventilation while the UV-resistant fly blocks direct radiation. The tent footprint is staked into sand with sand anchors—not pegs. The vestibule creates a shaded gear storage zone that drops the temperature 8°C below ambient. By 10 PM the desert has cooled to 24°C and the mesh inner is letting every breath of air through. You sleep better than you have in a week. The tent didn't fight the environment. It worked with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow We Think About Shelter\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight is a conversation, not a competition.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every gram removed from a tent is a gram you carry less—but every gram removed is also a decision about what you're giving up. Thinner fabric means lighter weight and lower tear strength. Fewer poles mean faster setup and less wind resistance. We don't chase the lightest number. We chase the right number for the intended use. A 900g ultralight shelter for the fast-and-light alpinist. A 2.4kg four-season double-wall for the expedition that needs to survive a week of sustained bad weather. The weight is a consequence of the design brief, not the design brief itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePole geometry determines everything.\u003c\/strong\u003e A single-pole design is fast and light and adequate in mild conditions. A geodesic three-pole design creates a structure that distributes wind load across the entire frame—no single pole takes the full force of a gust. A semi-geodesic design splits the difference. The pole geometry is the architecture of the shelter. We choose it based on where the tent is going, not what looks good in a product photo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe seams are where tents fail.\u003c\/strong\u003e A 20,000mm hydrostatic head rating on the fly fabric means nothing if the seams aren't taped. Fully taped seams on all performance models. Critically taped seams (floor and lower fly) on mid-range builds. The seam tape is the last line of defense against water intrusion at the points of highest stress. We don't skip it on the models that need it most.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecs\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCapacity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1-person through 4-person configurations; solo bivy shelters from 0.8 kg; expedition four-season doubles from 2.1 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFly Fabric:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15D – 75D ripstop nylon and polyester; hydrostatic head rating 1,500mm – 20,000mm; silicone and polyurethane coatings; UV-resistant treatments on desert and high-altitude models\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFloor Fabric:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30D – 150D ripstop nylon; hydrostatic head rating 3,000mm – 10,000mm; bathtub floor construction standard on all freestanding models\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoles:\u003c\/strong\u003e DAC Featherlite NSL and Pressfit aluminum; carbon fiber on ultralight models; diameter 7.9mm – 11mm; wind load rating up to 80+ km\/h on four-season builds\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSetup Time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 – 8 minutes freestanding; color-coded pole clips and hub systems on select models; pre-bent pole sections for single-person pitching\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVestibule Area:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3m² – 2.8m² depending on model; dual vestibule options on two-person builds; gear loft and interior pocket systems standard\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTemperature Rating:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3-season (suitable to -5°C) through 4-season expedition (suitable to -30°C with appropriate sleeping system)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePacked Size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10cm × 28cm (ultralight bivy) to 18cm × 52cm (four-season expedition); stuff sack and compression sack options across the lineup\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEvery Rush. Every Realm.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tent doesn't move. Everything else in this store does. But without it, none of the other missions are possible—not the alpine start, not the multi-day river expedition, not the wall camp at 400 meters. \u003cem\u003eChoose the shelter that matches where you're going. Then go further than you planned.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/9396\/6626\/collections\/image_4ba34791-8252-44e5-b016-3860a3767eca.jpg?v=1648222296","url":"https:\/\/omnithrill.com\/en-nz\/collections\/tents.oembed","provider":"OmniThrill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}