Why choose the Nemo OSMO Hornet tent?
Review this ultra lightweight backpacking tent, the Nemo OSMO Hornet: join me as we take a look at the technical aspects of this bestselling tent.
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This is a three season tent that weights 1.02kilos including eight pegs and all tent bags in the total weight. The main feature which I was interested in exploring was the cut away flysheet. Could it really survive high winds and serve rain storms? Against my best expectations, it survived some weather storms as rated by the Met office as 'serve' warnings, not once but twice. Obviously, the cut away fly sheet saves weight but the material of the tent 'OSMO' is also a contributing factor to the weight saving and strength, more detail of this fabric can be discovered below in the technical specification. Cost wise this tent is in the mid range but one of the best tents I have purchased when considering the relatively low weight versus the features offered.
The inside space is roomy for a solo tent: clear head room with inches to spare, and plenty of elbow room too. The vestibule will just about accommodate your rucksack, cooking gear and boots. Overall, the inside of the tent is roomier than most, with this increased volume being contributed from the vestibule, which is slightly less than most.
The flysheet is a light green and the main tent a (dirty) cream colour. Would have preferred a green for the main tent, but overall I found the mix to be just about passable for a wild camping colour.
The tent poles pack down small and can easily fit into your rucksack. The pack size is 11 inches/28 cm which I believe makes this tent ideal for bike packing.
Some niggles. Eight pegs issued as standard which is the correct amount but this is not matched by the guy lines. Against weather storms you need to peg a middle line at each end, you get the twine to make guy ropes but not the actual plastic guy part. This is just nonsense in the extreme, I can't understand why you would not include these, it would be minuscule on price and weight! Tent bag is good in design, but mine has burst at the seams after two weeks use, I think the material or stitching needs to be more robust.
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The full spec is listed below
Capacity - One
Seasons - Three
Nemo describes their new OSMO fabric benefits as:
4x Better Water Repellency
3x Less Stretch when wet
20% Stronger
100% Recycled Yarns
PFAS & FRC - Free Fabric
Fly sheet weight 207 g
Inner weights 338 g
Poles Weigh 293 g
Pegs and Accessories weigh 170g
Number of Pegs: 8 with pull tags
Poles: DAC Featherlite NFL 8.5mm
Rainfly fabric : OSMO Fabric Ripstop (1200mm)
Canopy fabric 15D ripstop No-See-Um Mesh
Mesh type: 15D nylon micromesh
Floor Fabric:OSMO Ripstop (1500mm)
Length 87 inches / 2.20 mt
Head Width 39 inches / 99 cm & Foot Width 30 inch / 75 cm
Floor Area: 20.6 sq. ft / 1.90 sq mt
Vestibule Area: 7.3 sq ft / 0.70 sq mt
Interior peak height: 39in / 98 cm
Packed size: 31 x 16 x 11 cm
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