A company that specialises in producing gear for adventure travel and outdoor pursuits, British brand Lifesystems has been making good safety equipment, including bivvy bags and emergency shelters, for some time, but this is their first foray into the backpacking tent market, so I was very interested to see what they came up with.
My first impressions of the Solo Peak tents were positive: with one main pole and a mostly mesh inner, it’s light to carry and fits easily into a hiking backpack or even a larger running pack, and the design looked decent. The proof in the pudding, of course, would be how it performed once I had it pitched, out on the trail.
