Hilleberg Niak

How much it adds to your pack. This is the whole tent: two people sharing can split it. 6: A bit better than average.

Hilleberg's 2026/2027 handbook gives a minimum weight of 1.6 kg (fly, inner and poles only), in the 1.5-1.99 kg band; complete it is 1.8 kg. Tiso's page says 1.5 kg and older reviews say 1.65 to 1.78 kg, so the handbook figure is used. All of these are in the same band.

How well it keeps out heavy, long rain. 8: Clearly better than most.

Hilleberg's handbook gives Kerlon 1000 as 5,000 mm HH (ISO 811), in the 3,000 mm+ band, and the Yellow Label floor as 15,000 mm, so no point is taken off. Older reviews (The Great Outdoors, Section Hiker) quote a 50D floor at 12,000 mm; the current handbook says 70D and 15,000 mm. Either floor figure is above 2,000 mm. The printed figure alone gives 8 at most: a 9 or 10 needs 3 reviews that say it stays dry in real storms.

How steady it stays in strong wind on open ground. 7: Better than most.

Reviewers disagree. The Great Outdoors (Chris Townsend) found it flexes a little in strong winds but is not noisy and feels secure. Section Hiker calls it a bomber, wind-worthy tent: sleeve poles hold better than clips, and it advises 8-10 pegs for maximum wind anchoring. Alex on the Mountain (video, 2023) pitched it side-on in a storm with gusts forecast up to about 100 km/h (he measured about 40 km/h at the time), said it wanted to blow away like a kite, double-pulled the poles, and then had water coming in at a zip and a seam in wind-driven rain; that is one tent in one storm. Scores 4, 5 and 2: average 3.7 out of 5, so 7 out of 10.

Reviewers disagree on this.

Room to lie, sit up and keep kit inside. 6: A bit better than average.

Hilleberg gives 2.6 m² of inner floor for two people: 2.6 / 2 = 1.3 m² each, in the 1.15-1.34 band. The inner is 220 cm x 120 cm and 100 cm high. Hilleberg itself says the single door and lengthwise porch make it less comfortable for two than its other two-person tents: one person has to climb over the other to reach the door.

How much room it takes in your rucksack. 6: A bit better than average.

Hilleberg's packed size is 46 x 14 cm: 3.1416 x 7 x 7 x 46 = 7,081 cm³, so 7.1 L, in the 7-9.9 L band. This is with the poles and pegs rolled inside; packing the tent and poles separately makes it smaller.