Mountain Hardwear

Nimbus UL 1 Tent

Easy lightweight tent

Familiarity:

I've used it several times

Size Bought:

Tent

We purchased this tent for my son to go to Philmont, a high adventure, backpacking camp in New Mexico for scouts. The tent held up very well. It did remain waterproof. Tent seems to stake down fairly solid. With it being a single tent, does have enough height for you to sit up in to, change and the vestibule to put your shoes/gear out at night. We did take the rain fly and put it under the sink before we left. Seem to be very waterproof and held standing water.

Does what you need it to do

Lightweight, compact, and not difficult to set up. Too bad a footprint is not included, as the materials are thin, and you need something underneath to mitigate issues with the ground.

Very light, compact solo tent

Great tent. I wanted a light, packable tent for solo adventures and this is perfect. It's really light and compact when packed, but much roomier and more comfortable than a bivy would be for me. It's also easy to set up. On my first use I set it up after dark with a headlamp with no issues. The rain fly has enough room when staked to cover my backpack in the entrance/vestibule area.

Great little tent!

Tent is super light and small. Set-up was easy and I slept great inside.

Light and rugged

Very light and easily packed. Setup is breeze and done in 5 minutes. Holds up well in rain wind.

Fantastic 3-Season & 1-Person Tent

I purchased this tent about a month ago and have used it twice now in Colorado. It’s great and beats using my bivvy hands down in 3-season conditions. It is extremely lightweight (< 2 lbs.). Small footprint and very pack-able. It’s fast & easy to set up and take down. The pole system & tent stakes are a no brainer. At 6’1” 240 lbs. I found the Nimbus UL-1 to have ample head room and space. The quality is excellent as I’ve experienced with ALL my Mountain Hardware products. I highly recommend!

A Travel Warrior

What an amazing tent. I used it 31 times on a three month trip from New Zealand's South Island to the Philippines, including five urban camps. It is strong, flexible and completely rain tight thanks to a well fashioned rain fly. Easy to set up and pack, great in a storm with more than enough room for my 6" frame, I was impressed

Great design, ultra light.

Got this tent for a trip in the grand canyon of the Yosemite. I needed a lightweight durable one. I love it. Spacious enough for me, I'm 6ft, very easy to setup and pack, well designed. We got some rain and it handled it perfectly. Vestibule is on the small side but functional.

Sturdy bad boy

Had 4 beautiful nights in the Hoover Wilderness with this little bad boy: Mountain Hardware’s Nimbus UL 1. We were turned back at Return Pass due to snow so made the best of it and camped just below the pass, West Lake, East Lake and Green Lake. It was incredibly windy, gusting to 40 MPH - white caps on all three lakes. The sleek form factor of the Nimbus UL 1pitched away rom the wind didn’t budge. At age 67, with a 38L pack and 1/2 size bear can, I greatly appreciated the Nimbus UL 1s light weight (less than 2lbs) and small form factor. Great job Mountain Hardware Design Team!!!

Great light single tent for backpacking

Used this on a five-night pack trip in Idaho. It's light weight and easy to pack and set up. We had a few nights of good weather, and I slept without the fly on and enjoyed the stars and sunrise. There were two of us on the trip and we chose to go with singles instead of sharing a tent (one of us snores) and I would highly recommend the single set up. We were also camping in places that a larger tent would have been more challenging to find a big enough place/flat level ground without big rocks. The small narrow footprint made it much easier to find a flat, level, rock free spot. We had one day of rain and were able to place these in spots under trees with added protection from the wind and rain. Just made for a better experience. The tents stayed dry in 8hrs of continuous rain. Ultimately for this trip the best service this tent provided was escape from mosquitos that were relentless. The tent had good room for me and some of my gear. I'm 6' about 190lbs and it was long enough for me to fully stretch out on my stomach with my feet extended flat and my arm over my head. This will definitely continue to be my first choice for lightweight backpacking.