Following the latest launch of the spectacular, all-new X-Dome sequence, Durston has burrowed again within the workshop to tweak and lighten a few of its already-svelte present tent fashions. The 2025 X-Mid 2 is one tent specifically that is benefitted, dropping under 2 lb (0.9 kg) for the primary time in its existence with out giving up any inside area or all-out weather-ready integrity. It is the identical X-Mid 2 upon which backpackers and different backcountry journeyers have come to rely, simply much less a number of ounces.
First launched in 2019, the X-Mid 2 is the two-person model of Durston’s authentic product, the X-Mid 1. As Durston has expanded with even lighter shelters spun from unique supplies and full-frame freestanding tents just like the X-Dome, the X-Mid 2 has remained a strong ultralight possibility that gives an intriguing pound-for-pound worth proposition.
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The X-Mid 2 has solely gotten higher with age, as Durston has managed to step by step whittle weight down from the two.4 lb (1.1 kg) of the unique 2019 mannequin to 2.2 lb (1 kg) by 2024. Now it makes its greatest year-over-year loss by dropping almost 5 oz (140 g) to interrupt the 2-lb barrier.
Weighing in as little as 1.9 lb (880 g), the 2025 X-Mid 2 will get lighter than ever with out shedding area or options. Durston depends on a mixture of ultralight high-tenacity 15D sil-polyester cloth, slim seams and slim seam tape to shave weight with out sacrificing general area or efficiency.
The corporate says the revised tent maintains related energy and storm-worthiness as its predecessor and, subsequently, will not let backpackers down when it issues most. All of the partitions are angled at 50 to 55 levels for optimum shedding of each snow and wind, and the sil-poly cloth is alleged to keep up its tautness higher than the sil-nylon frequent on different tent fashions.
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The X-Mid 2 has a full double-wall design with a tub-floored mesh internal tent and an outer rainfly that extends low to the bottom. The setup lets campers modify to the circumstances between absolutely battened down in dangerous climate to open mesh for heat, stuffy nights.
The X-Mid 2 depends on two trekking poles because the body, and past that, pitches shortly with simply 4 stakes on the corners, no obligatory man traces wanted for its fast-pitch type. The trekking poles are set as much as the perimeters of the left- and right-side doorways, offering clear ingress/egress and higher area administration for the 2 vestibules. Magnetic fly door toggles make it simpler to open and shut the fly doorways with one hand.
Inside, the X-Mid affords a parallelogram flooring plan that measures 52 in huge by 92 in lengthy (132 x 234 cm) for a complete sleeping space of 33.2 sq ft (3.1 sq m). Inside peak peak registers in at 45 inches (114 cm), and Durston’s offset pole configuration retains extra of the roof raised at or close to peak peak than different tent designs, significantly single-pole pyramids. The triangular finish sections of the ground plan, between the ground edges and occupants’ heads and toes, are meant for storing gear, and 4 inside pockets present area for smaller belongings.
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The 1.9-lb packed weight pertains to the entire tent physique and rainfly. The eight out there stakes add 23 g (0.8 oz), and the stuff sack provides one other 13 g (0.5 oz), pushing whole packed weight for all these elements simply over 2.2 lb (1 kg), not together with the multipurpose mountaineering poles.
The newly up to date 2025 X-Mid 2 is offered to order now and begins at US$284 with stakes, $274 with out. The X-Mid 2 strikes us as a really mild, superior tent for beneath $300. Durston additionally affords the extra high-tech X-Mid Professional 2 that hardly breaks a single pound however will value you over double at $639+.
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