Slingfin Portal 1 UL Tent

The Portal 1 rounds out our fan-favorite Portal family. It is our lightest freestanding tent with a minimum weight of only 1.32 kg. To make the Portal 1, we kept all our favorite aspects of the original two-person Portal, but optimized the geometry and features for a solo hiker. What we did NOT do is eliminate any pockets or details that make the Portal series the most livable backpacking tents on the market.

To avoid the coffin-like feel of many 1-person tents, we extended the Portal 1’s crossbar so that the tent’s side walls are beyond vertical, providing lots of volume and space up high. The extra long pole creates a super spacious vestibule with plenty of overhang when the vestibule doors are rolled back.

Our 10D Nylon 66 Ripstop silicone coated flysheet fabric is basically magic, with better UV resistance than fabrics that are three times the weight (read more about our UV tests here), super low water absorption (aka fast drying times) and incredible mold/mildew resistance. The silicone coating won’t break down in your closet and produce that “old tent smell” that haunts beloved gear. The 20D PE coated floor fabric provides a good balance between light weight and durability and does not absorb water, unlike PU coated floor fabrics. It also has much more hydrolytic stability than PU coatings and will not become flaky and smelly over time. Pre-installed spare sliders on all zippers double the life of your zippers and eliminate the need for half-baked rim repairs when you’re 90% of the way to the end of whatever long trail you’re on.

• Two pre-installed internal support lines give Portal great lateral stability for almost no weight gain. Click here for step-by-step instructions to install a second set of internal guy lines. Click here to learn how internal guylines work.
• Sidewalls are past vertical to give lots of volume up high.
• Short bar package is perfect for bike packing
• KickStand vent provides unrestricted airflow for excellent condensation management without sacrificing weather protection.
• High volume bar structure with a swivel provides well-distributed headroom without the weakness of the hub.
• Pole swivel connects long poles for easy installation
• All the pockets you could ever want (two roofs, two heads, two sides, one foot).
• 11 external attachment points and 3 perimeter pull-outs provide plenty of reinforcement possibilities.
• External attachments correspond to sled-to-post attachments to increase stability.
• Matching reflective tabs on fly and tent body simplify installation.
• Color-coordinated pole loops for easy orientation of fly sheets.
• Pre-installed extra zippers on each zipper doubles the life of your zippers.
• Can be pitched with footprint (not included) and fly only for a minimalist weather protection.
• 2-sided silicone impregnated flysheet and PE floor fabric are mildew resistant and have excellent hydrolytic stability and last significantly longer than traditional PU coated fabrics.
• Includes 10 DAC J-Stakes and 6 extra branch lines (not including 2 pre-installed internal branch lines).

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