When you’re on the road a tent becomes your home between stays with global family and local accommodations. That’s why I like to get behind companies run by forward thinkers. Enter Cam Brensinger, Founder, President and CEO of Nemo Equipment, who has a background placing him on the forefront of cutting edge outdoor products.

His adventuresome spirit and experience helping design spacesuits for missions to Mars, are what keeps Nemo Equipment pumping out some of the most futuristic and high quality tents out there. I put Cam’s award-winning and bestselling Nemo Losi 2P to the test on a solo ride up the west coast.

It’s a three-season tent that boasts some features I prefer for streamlining my solo kit. Both the tent poles and footprint corners use snap ball and socket fasteners that attach and integrate with the feet. Together they’re a unit that allow for improved fabric tensioning with the bonus of making the tent easy to move and reposition.

The two main structural poles are joined in the center with a scissor connector for simplifying one-person setups. The two large side doors make climbing into and out of the tent a breeze, and the vestibule areas on either side provide larger storage areas to keep gear out of the elements.

I was lucky enough to find some rain along the coast of Washington at the fabulous Grayland Beach campground to test waterproofing and venting. No water made its way past the fly, and the large proportion of mesh on the tent body kept ventilation flowing nicely to avoid condensation on the single-walled ends.

The roominess from the nearly vertical walls and extra tall head space sets this tent apart from all others. And, who wouldn’t want to stretch out in any direction at the end of a long road day? MSRP: 389.95 NemoEquipment.com

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