Wechsel
Wechsel Charger 2 Travel Line
Best use
- Made for
- Backpacking and wild camping
- Not for
- Bikepacking, Winter mountain
Why these labels
- Backpacking and wild camping: The maker states this use, and the published specs do not rule it out.
- Bikepacking: Heavy for bikepacking: 2.6 kg
- Winter mountain: 3-season rating, not built for winter storms
From the maker's stated use and the published specs.
- Summer wild camp: 4/10 UK, roughly May to September, nights above about 8 °C, sheltered pitches.
- Three-season hills: 5/10 UK hills in spring and autumn. Wind, rain, and nights near freezing.
- Winter camp: 4/10 UK winter or high ground. Below freezing, strong wind, possibly snow. Capped at 4: needs the maker's 4-season rating and wind 7+.
- Weight: 3/10 How much it adds to your pack, compared with the whole market.
Two campers on a tight budget who want a freestanding tent with two doors and two porches
- Freestanding
- Yes
- Sleeps
- 2
- Seasons
- 3-season
- Min. weight
- 2.64 kg
- Flysheet
- 5,000 mm
- Inner length
- 220 cm
Packed size 15.71 L, 50 cm long and 20 cm across Compare with a 2-litre bottle
About one and a half 2-litre bottles long and about twice as wide. Drawn to scale.
Where to buy
Alpinetrek £182.71 In stock. Free delivery. Free UK delivery from £85. Delivery 5-7 working days.
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Our ratings (out of 10)
1 to 10, compared with the whole market. Each says what it's based on. How we score
Weight
From maker's figures 3/10How much it adds to your pack. This is the whole tent: two people sharing can split it. 3: Below average. Fine for some trips, not others.
Wechsel's trail weight (inner, fly and poles) is 2,637 g, in the 2.0-2.69 kg band; total with pegs and bag is 2,970 g. Alpinetrek lists 2,600 g.
Rain protection
From maker's figures 8/10How well it keeps out heavy, long rain. 8: Clearly better than most.
Wechsel gives a 5,000 mm fly and a 7,000 mm floor with taped seams. The fly is in the 3,000 mm+ band and the floor is over 2,000 mm, so nothing is taken off. The printed figure alone gives 8 at most: a 9 or 10 needs 3 reviews that say it stays dry in real storms.
Wind
Estimate from maker's specs: maker's season rating (fewer than 3 reviews about wind) 5/10How steady it stays in strong wind on open ground. 5: Does the job. Average for wild-camping gear.
No published review says how it copes with wind, so this is an estimate from the maker's season rating.
Space
From maker's figures 7/10Room to lie, sit up and keep kit inside. 7: Better than most.
Wechsel's drawing shows an inner 220 cm long and 125 cm wide: 2.2 x 1.25 = 2.75 m2, so 1.375 m2 each, in the 1.35-1.59 band (close to the edge). OUTDOOR magazine measured only 2.1 m2 on the older Charger.
Packed size
From maker's figures 2/10How much room it takes in your rucksack. 2: A weak point.
Packs to 50 cm long x 20 cm across: 3.1416 x 10 x 10 x 50 = 15,708 cm3, so 15.71 L, in the 15 L+ band.
In short
Good for
- Two campers on a tight budget who want a freestanding tent with two doors and two porches
- Summer and early autumn trips where weight and pack size matter less
- Pitching the inner alone on warm nights
Strengths
- Fly 5,000 mm and floor 7,000 mm HH with taped seams, the top rain band
- Two doors and two porches, so neither sleeper climbs over the other
- Freestanding with aluminium poles; the inner pitches first and the fly clips on
- Inner 220 cm long, 125 cm wide and 110 cm high (Wechsel's drawing)
Weaknesses
- 2,637 g trail weight is heavy for two (about 1.3 kg each)
- Packs to 50 x 20 cm (15.7 L), large for a 2-person tent
- Wechsel's own FAQ says the PU coating on its Travel Line tents hardens over the years
- OUTDOOR magazine's 2022 test of the older Charger measured only 2.1 m2 of inner area and a 184 cm lying length, well below Wechsel's 220 x 125 cm now
- No independent test of this version found, so wind, pitching and durability are estimates, not reviewed scores
- Shops list it as three seasons; Wechsel's page gives no season rating, so that is our assumption
- Inner size taken from Wechsel's dimension drawing, not a stated area
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.