MSR Mutha Hubba HP Tent 3-Person 3-Season - 2009 BCS

I took my 2 young boys on their first overnight backpacking trip last week. It was our first chance to try out the Mutha Hubba. The set-up was easy since we had practiced at home, which is recommended with the hub-pole design-- not hard to do, just different. It started raining hard about mid-night and the wind picked up. The rain slowed, but never stopped. We were dry all night with not a drop of leakage and only minimal condensation. The fly never flapped in the wind since we guyed it out with the 2 cords included. For the record, I carried the tent/fly, poles/stakes and footprint in my pack, since I wanted to make the boys' first trip as enjoyable as possible. It was not as bad as I thought it would be, but I plan to divide the load next time.

I used this multiple times under varied conditions. High winds, humid conditions in the Everglades, rain storms on the Buffalo River in Arkansas and the Everglades and never worried about the rain or wind. Great ventilation even with the fly up and star gazing was great with the fly off. Performs as advertised. I made the mistake of storing it stuffed in the stuff sack in my unairconditioned garage in southern Florida and ruined the fly. I call MSR customer service to order a replacement to both my Hubba Hubba and Mutha Hubba and they quickly sent me both new flys FREE. Great customer service!!

I just spent the weekend in this tent with the rain-fly nice and tight and this thing stood up to rain all day Saturday and wind/rain all night. It vents well for not having a lot of really breathable fabric. The fly is nice and yellow so the morning kind of cheers up the mood a bit. It has some nice overhead lofts that can store your light gear like a book or your headlamp or compass/map. I used it with the MSR Groundhog tent stakes and it never faltered in the mountain wind out here in CO.

My cousin has this tent and it the best tent I ve been in, carried around, set up, and whatever else you do with a tent. Very easy to set up low condensation, the vestibule is the same way and there is a great amount of vestibule space for all your gear. I keep trying to have my cuz sell it to me because it is a bit pricy, but worth every penny, seriously

I've used this tent over 2 yrs. under a variety of conditions, and I've owned/used numerous tents in both field work and recreation. I read the other reviews and make no mistake about it, it is a good tent but could easily be better. It is very noisy in wind and ventilation could be improved. The leading edge of the sides between the cross poles just hangs down flush with the sides of the tent thus leaving lose material. Dumb. I glued and sewed small straps to the middle of the leading edge that I could put a line through and lead out to a stake. It nicely opens the bottom of the rainfly as in many other tents therefore creating additional ventilation. Why couldn't the company do this; who tested this? To really draw the fly taught one must also stake the fly down. In my opinion these small things do not allow this tent a 5 star rating, 4 star at most. There are better 3person tents at the same price that are made for similar conditions.

Hey fans, I LOVE my MSR tent... so much so I washed it (gentle cycle.)

Don't EVER wash your rainfly... it totally ruined it. The waterproof layer came apart and the material stuck together almost like it had been turned to glue. I'm currently trying t track down a replacement fly and you can imagine how fun that's been thus far. Great product, dumb consumer.

Happy Halloween from Alabama. Roll Tide.