Gear Review: Summiteer Haven 200 Tent

I’ve been using this tent for a while now, but in this review ill be using my experience of this tent from out recent endeavor, when we attempted to cross the Cairngorms on a single bearing, in October, On the trip we experienced persistent heavy rain and gusts of up to 60mph, so in other words... we tested it well! 

The Haven 200 is a very spacious two man tent coming in at 1.95kg, which for the space you get is pretty damn excellent.

This is all down to the fabric that has been used. 

"Our 20d Silnylon fabric has a superb strength to weight ratio and is what allows makes the haven such a lightweight tent for it's size. As well as being lighter and stronger than most other tent fabrics, silnylon doesn't rot or form mold. It has a 2000mm hydro-static head which is more than enough to cope with even the wettest weather. Silnylon requires the user to apply a silicon adhesive (provided with the tent) before its first use."

As it states on the website, this is a very spacious tent for its size and weight, which for myself being 6'2, it creates a comfortable living environment. Many two man tents are created to be extremely light, but this comes at a cost of space.

Even with two adults and all of our winter gear, we still had enough space to organise ourselves and keep all wet gear in the large vestibule, with still enough room to cook our food.

One of the main features i found really helpful in bad weather was being able to alternate having the front of the tent open or just opening one corner to change with the wind direction.

Pitching this tent was a breeze, with only two poles and the simple tunnel style construction its quick to set up in bad weather, also anyone living in a climate such as the UK, will fully appreciate the inner and out being pitched together.

The Haven 200 is a non freestanding tent, meaning you have to peg the tent out to be able to pitch, so having ground soft enough in crucial, but also nothing a few bits of paracord and a couple of rocks couldn't fix.

What makes this tent so stable in strong winds is the multiple guy lines, eight to be exact not including the porch and rear pegs. Thus thing is BOMB PROOF!!!

A couple of personal things i would change about the tent is improve the zipper so that it doesnt catch as easy.

One of the main things that i would change is to make the walls come flush to the floor and make it a little more robust for use as a 4 season. This is only because of the size of the tent, it is a huge space that is so handy for use in bad weather. if I’m choosing to carry a two man tent this size then i really wouldn't mind carrying a few extra pounds knowing that i could use it in the winter time and not worrying about snow wrapping underneath the outer.

This is just a personal opinion and does not affect the overall use of the Haven 200.

I completely understand people wanting a tent like the Haven 200, and for the money, i don't think there is a better tent on the market today.

This beautiful tent kept us safe and sound in horrendous weather, and allowed us to get a great nights sleep ready for the next day. So for this i highly recommend this tent.

For all the technical information on the tent then visit Summiteer equipment's website.

or click the link. https://summiteerequipment.com/collections/tents/products/summiteer-haven-200

Max Barnes

Howl Instructor