The TarpTent Double Rainbow is a tent that is hard to beat. The TarpTent Rainbow is my most recent gear purchase. It travels in my backpack side pocket easily as one unit. Setup can be done with stakes or using two trekking poles.

Updated for 2020, the patented and award winning Double Rainbow is our most popular, best-value, 2 person tent.

read the rest of the review and see more photos: * backpackinglight.com/tarptent-double-rainbow-li-review-tent/ this video is ad-free, here's how to support us: Instead of headroom only at the entry, ... Just got my new Double Rainbow seam sealed for my JMT trek. My Double Rainbow Li Tarptent just arrived this afternoon. This review assesses how the design and feature set of the Double Rainbow work for two people sharing the tent. Tarptent announced the Double Rainbow Li on April 23 and will make it available for sale beginning April 27. I’ve tried almost everything: Z Packs: Duplex and Altaplex.
A review of Tarptent's Double Rainbow for bikepacking, a 1.2kg single skin, two person tent that combines a large internal space with a minimal packsize. My girlfriend and I through-hiked New Zealand’s 3000km Te Araroa trail with a Tarptent Scarp II.

The Tarptent Double Rainbow at 11,800 feet in the Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado.

Tarptent Rainbow Tent REVIEW. Just a note – the Double Rainbow Li tent does not show up under “sleeps two” on the front page of the Tarptent website. Designed for versatility, this tent is ideal for people who camp in a wide variety of conditions and need an all purpose shelter for hiking, hunting, bike touring and more. Tarptent Double Rainbow Li (Lithium) Tent Review Gear Review Backpacking Light did a deep dive on the new Double Rainbow that I thought provided a good amount of outside information for people interested in the tent. The right vestibule is extended into a canopy supported by two trekking poles. In a radical departure from traditional Tarptents, Henry Shires introduced the Tarptent Rainbow in early 2006.

I was able to set it up in freestanding mode with my trekking poles in my bedroom to test the fit. Here’s our first looks/limited review of the new Tarptent Double Rainbow Li (Lithium) model made with Dyneema Composite Fabrics: Tarptent Double Rainbow Li Review Apr 24, 2020 at 11:16 pm #3643037 We did meet another couple with a Double Rainbow who found it to be too small and who had ended up carrying two tents. I’m 6’ 4” and have been looking for a big enough UL tent for years. This was a fantastic tent, although heavier than the Double Rainbow at 1.7kg. But if you go to another tent’s … I read dozens of reviews on multiple tents/tarps, and did some test drives on several tents before selecting the Rainbow as my tent of choice.

I always use stakes just because it's so easy, and I get it up then I can still use my poles to night hike. The setup and take down is done in about 3 minutes either way. Interesting review.
by Will Rietveld on July 12, 2006 Performance Gear Reviews.



The Tarptent Double Rainbow Li is a 2-person, side-entry, 2-door (and 2-vestibule) hybrid single/double-wall tent made with Dyneema Composite Fabrics that weighs 27 oz (765 g).