Kangri Reviews

I have had my Kangri for a couple of months now, and have used it on a few trips, so I thought I’d provide a quick “First Impressions” report.

Overall I am very pleased with The Kangri.  It is quick and easy to put up (for an inner only tent), with the poles sleeves well designed to avoid snagging.  (I find it easier to put the poles in before pegging down the groundsheet, contrary to the instructions).

Once pitched, it feels solid and stable, even without using the guys or all the pegging points. With the guys out and the velcro tabs used to hold the poles it feels bombproof. I have not yet had to use it in a howling gale, but it has shrugged of heavy rain without a problem.

Inside there is a good amount of space, and I appreciate many of the design features (even if they have been borrowed from an established similar design!). The multiple zips on the outer doors make for a very flexible solution and the all round pockets inside make it easy to organise stuff.

The oversized stuff bag makes for easy packing in the morning. The Candy Cane pegs are solid, though some weight could be saved by replacing them with something lighter. Only 20 pegs are provided - a few more are needed to peg out everything, but I haven’t found this to be a problem.

I have seen some comments about it being heavy, but it seems ok to me for a 2/3 man tent.

All in all an excellent tent and great value for money.

Further note - used it in a gale last weekend. It was very stable when pitched and gave me lots of confidence, but since I was expecting wind I took the time to pitch it properly, attaching all the velcro loops to tie the outer to the poles. This is not easy to do, takes ages and is even worse to undo with cold fingers (can’t even wear thin gloves as they stick to the velcro!). This detail needs more thought.

20 candy canes provided, but if fully pegged out as recommended, 24 are required.

Claims that this is a quick tent to pitch mystify me - I’ve owned three other 2 man tents, and all three could be pitched in the time it takes to pitch this one.

It’s heavy.  A lot heavier than it sounds, and carrying it solo for a multi-day trip with full kit is not fun.

The porches area a bit shallow - leaving a large pack in the porch is a tight squeeze.

Having said all that, it’s sturdy and seems robust, and loads of hanging space and pockets, fantastic ventilation and plenty of head room make it easy to live with while it’s pitched. 

Pitching instructions on the web site do not relate to this tent, and whilst the tent is not difficult to figure out, some advice on how to speed up the pitching process would be good.

Wet ground seeps in a bit.  When will a groundsheet/footprint be available?

Overall I find there are good and bad points about this tent, as there are about any other.  I’d feel a lot happier if it was quicker to pitch - doing so in heavy rain yesterday was not the most fun I’ve ever had.

Just come back from a sea kayak trip with my new Kangri. I like it very much and it was much much admired by my friends who have a more established brand of geodesic, but I would appreciate being able to remove the stiffener hoops in the vents; they make it hard to pack it small. A warning when pitching - if you peg the corners down with ti-pins, when you push up the poles the ti-pins pull out and ping off into the distance. I now peg it out with tikes and swap them for ti-pins later.

Great tent for the price. Plenty of room inside for two people. The candy cane tent pegs are somewhat basic and heavy, and I will replace these with some tikes to reduce the overall weight. The instructions on the website actually show the Zhota tent and not the Kangri, but it is easy to put this tent up by yourself. Highly recommend this tent if you need something strong, but inexpensive.

Kangri tent pitching instructions are wrong.
Apart from that the tent is great.

Found this tent under the Christmas tree.
Spent a couple of nights on Dartmoor with it and found that it performs very well as a tent but think that more work/refinements need to be done on the ‘mountain’ tent side of things. Will say though that I’m a touch surprised at the number of people saying its ‘roomy’ especially if its being used as a mountain tent with all the attendant equipment that goes with it.
Anyway, I took a video camera with me so am currently editing down a ‘first look’ video for Youtube.

If you are going to buy a tent this year then the Kangri is an absolute must. A superb tent.
Its roomy, Lightweight and most importantly extremely rigid and strong, Ive just come back from the lakes where I camped in very strong gusts of wind, Im talking extreme, No Bother with this tent, totally robust. It has all the bells and whistles of a 600 pound tent but for a mere £300. Very roomy inside, I was surprised by the amount of space. The beauty is not only all the little places to hook inside and pockets to put things in, its the outside too, loads of places to put pegs and anchor the tent down to make it a solid structure.
The support team are excellent too, I had one little minor question for them and they called me back within minutes… Cannot fault the product or the service from these guys..
All in all an awesome tent from a brilliant company. Im definately buying more of their products. 10/10

Yes, apologies got a reply to my above questions via email so please feel free to delete my above post.

Hi Scott, I have forwarded your questions to the support team, we try to keep this section for feedback only.