Hilleberg, a small, An unpretentious Swedish company has discreetly produced some of the most robust, the most difficult, the most winding and the most meteorological and best -made shelters that you can buy for decades. The AKTO was released for the first time in 1995 and saw only one design change during all these years. This is why Hilleberg has something cult. The Hilleberg tents are also very expensive, which always let me ask me: “Is it worth it?”
To find out, I asked Hilleberg to send his emblematic tent of four seasons, a person and a hoop style – the AKTO. With a retail price of $ 740 (although you can find it for less for sale), it is not cheap, but after using it for almost two weeks this fall and in winter, I think that is really worth it. Akto is the Best tent I have ever used by a very wide margin. It’s not perfect, but it’s the best solo tent you can buy, and I’m almost sure it’s the only nylon thing that might have a chance to do our Buy it for the life guide.
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Akto was a revolutionary tent when it arrived at the scene in 1995. (By reference, the name means “alone” in the language of the Sami, the Aboriginal people in northern Scandinavia.) At the time, almost No one was eighty to season a person’s tents, nobody used silicone nylon – now the standard fabric for light tents – and no one was making hoop tents. Quick advance for today, and although an important part of the outdoor industry is now making such things (for example, Scarpa 1 of Tarptent), the AKTO remains more or less the same tent. When something works, don’t play with it. (Although technically, Hilleberg added the small ventilation hood on the fly door at some point, and I’m glad they did. It could be my favorite feature.)
Enough history, let’s get into the tent. Unless you use ultra-light tents of the chalet industry, it is probably very different from most of the hiking tents you have used.
There are two things that distinguish Akto from Hilleberg. The first is the cherry style design. The other thing that makes this tent different is the fabric, which is harder and lighter (although perhaps not ultra-light) than most of the other tents that I have tested. More about this below.
Akto is not free. The design consists of a single curved pole in the middle of the tent, like the hoop of a covered wagon. The ends are then punctuated by this curved central post, with two issues at each end. There are certain advantages to a self -supporting design, such as being able to easily move the tent after its configuration. But after spending time with the AKTO and other non-pre-pre-prosting designs, I discovered that I agree with the compromises. Sapping the self -supporting design gives you a lighter tent, with an excellent low -end wind profile, while remaining strong enough if the wind changes the night. It is also easier to present.
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