We answer your questions on freestanding vs non-freestanding tents to help you find the best sleep shelter for your backpacking adventures.

It's true that some companies have been building impressively compact, lightweight freestanding tents for generations. In fact, a colleague and I were just talking this week about the Big Agnes ...

And I’m not traveling light and fast (we’ll get to that when she’s older). With my needs now more aligned with what Hilleberg is designing tents for, it was time to finally see what they were about.

The Southern Cross one-person tent, part of the Terra Nova range, is a cross-framed, freestanding shelter designed to withstand most British weather conditions. It features a roomy porch ...