Updated for 2019, the award winning Double Rainbow is our most popular, best-value, 2 person tent. Designed for versatility, this tent is ideal for people who camp in a wide variety of conditions and need an all purpose shelter for hiking, hunting, bike touring and more. The Double Rainbow is easy to setup and can be converted to freestanding with trekking poles. Going solo? Have a look at the Rainbow.
Double Rainbow
TWO PERSON TENT
Updated for 2019
Your order includes:
- Fully enclosed Double Rainbow shelter with integrated fly and floor
- Aluminum arch pole
- Six 6” aluminum stakes + stake bag
- Silnylon stuff sack
sandbox –
this is a newer review
Charles Sadler –
I have used the double rainbow for many backpacking hikes and it has held up to extremely strong winds, thunder storms, sleet, as well as desert like conditions. As long as you know that you need to seal it before you end up in a rain forest getting soaked, it works great. The bag it comes with eventually ripped, due to me trying to stuff it in the bag without rolling it up properly when I was tired and in a hurry, but the tent itself has been flawless. It fits 2 people 5’6 130 lbs with all our gear in the tent. We are smaller people so you may need to leave your pack under the tent flap if you are much taller, which I have done with my boots when they get to be unbearable. Other things is it is pretty light, easy to set up, but mildy annoying to put in the bag, although it makes for a compact and lightweight design when storing it.
Squirrel Therapy (verified owner) –
My original review didn’t post, or was removed. Tent leaks in the rain via the mitten hooks, and was seam sealed by Tarptent. Appears to be a potential design flaw, but unsure. 3 stars.
[ Tarptent: We had no idea. Please contact us so we can fix the leak for you. ]
Reed –
I’ve had mine for a little over two years, use it about 40 nights per year and absolutely love this tent. Easy to set up, spacious even for someone 6’4”, intelligently designed and well executed.
The only tweaking I’ve done is to go with MSR Grounhog stakes to better help me set the depth of the bathtub floor.
The 2019 edition seems to carry on with improvements that never crossed my mind but now that I see them, I’m a little envious. My 2016 model shows no sign of wearing out anytime soon so it may be a while before I get another DR. Bummer in that respect!
Highly recommend this tent.