Affordability: Car-camping tents should be relatively inexpensive ... but one person can manage in about 15 minutes. As with any free-standing tent, with this one you stake out the four corners ...

It's true that some companies have been building impressively compact, lightweight freestanding tents for generations ... by the sub-2-lb Zpacks Free Zip 2P that launched earlier in 2024.

The tent has a mesh ceiling, which we really enjoyed on warm and storm-free nights for stargazing ... t really fit the standard mold for camping. A freestanding tent is standard and can be set ...