Award : The Best Four Season Tent Honors for 3013 Announced By OutdoorGearLab.com

Best Four Season Tent Review Awards Released by OutdoorGearLab.com for Editor's Choice, Top Pick and Best Buy Awards.

Sep. 13, 2013 - CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- OutdoorGearLab.com released today the results of 2013 Editor's Choice awards for best four season tents. For four years, twenty four top of the line contenders were assesed in the following categories; durability, weight, weather resistance,  livability and packed size. Testing involved hiking up mountains like Anconcagua and Denali and all over the Lower 48, Patagonia, Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Alaska and even Antarctica. The rankings and awards identify the best overall and the best value. Read the full review here: http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/4-Season-Tent-Reviews

The winners:

Hilleberg Nammatj 2 http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/4-Season-Tent-Reviews/Hille... winner of the 2013 Editor's Choice award. According to Gear Review Editor Max Neale,"The Nammatj is amazing. It's the most versitle tent we've ever tested. If we had to pick one two person tent for everything, this would be it. It's light enough to take on summer backpacking trips, comfortable enough for car camping and durable enough to scale tall peaks and cross polar regions."

Mountain Hardwear Direkt 2 http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/4-Season-Tent-Reviews/Mount... winner of the Top Pick award for 2013. This award is given to a product that excels at a specific application. Gear Review Editor Neale explains,"The Direk 2 is best suited for winter alpine climbing. It is our highest rated ultralight single wall tent. It's strong, light, packs down really small and is 100% waterproof."

The Hilleberg Jannu http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/4-Season-Tent-Reviews/Hilleberg-Jannu also wins Top Pick award for 2013 because according to Gear Review Editor Neale, "It is the best for mountaineering and alpine climbing in the worst conditions. It's easy setup, great storm protection and light weight make it our hightest rated self-supporting dome tent."

The REI Arete ASL 2 http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/4-Season-Tent-Reviews/REI-Arete-ASL-2 winner of Best Buy award for 2013. This award goes to a product that not only recieves high scores on our tests but also has a very reasonable price. Gear Review Editor Max Neale reports,"The Arete ASL 2 is a solid four season tent. It's great for general use, winter or backcountry camping and the best value winter tent we've tested."

OutdoorGearLab LLC, headquartered in Cheyenne, Wyoming, is dedicated to creating the world's best outdoor gear reviews. The company website is a free resource for people who love the outdoors and participate in activities such as hiking, climbing, backpacking, and camping. The company performs side-by-side reviews of outdoor gear and publishes the findings in comparative reviews. Each product is scored across a range of weighted areas, competing products are ranked, and awards are given to the best performing products.

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