Lightweight to carry and quick to pitch, this 2-Man Pop-Up Tent is an excellent choice for short summer breaks and festival adventures. A new lighter weight model of the popular Meteor 3000, the weight has been stripped back but none of the features! Despite the strong design, a mix of lightweight fabrics keep the weight down for backpackers while good ventilation allows year-round use. You won’t have to worry about the beasties getting in either, the Swift is well equipped with a full mosquito net door. There are a few essential items that you need for wild camping yet, our number one would always be your tent.

Its double-skin design provides excellent rain protection whilst its Dark Zone Bedroom significantly blocks out sunlight to enjoy a longer, more relaxing sleep. The updated Tiger Wall is still an ultralight, three season, free standing tent but it now uses new. The Bracken has a double skin design for enhanced rain protection, plus a sewn-in bedroom groundsheet to keep you sealed off from damp, draughts, and insects.

This one requires frequent practice as well, being frustratingly impossible for 10 minutes, then suddenly and inexplicably co-operating. It is fully freestanding and tough enough for camping all year round as long as you stay off the summits in winter. Dark Zone Bedroom is up to 70% darker than last year’s Bracken to enhance the quality and length of your sleep.

Wild camping has become popular over the years from a long weekend adventure to munro bagging trips with friends. We choose the best from the major brands but also seek out new products from smaller companies that we think offer something different, and we bring them all together in one place.

On the morning of each day of testing we inspect each tent to see if any rainwater has crept into the sleeping area, and check how damp the inside ceiling has become due to condensation. The Copper Spur has received some welcome updates with new environmentally friendly fabrics, shorter pole sections, more user friendly set up features along with a range of smaller tweaks and upgrades.