Exped
Exped Lyra II Extreme
Best use
- Made for
- Backpacking and wild camping
- Not for
- Winter mountain
Why these labels
- Backpacking and wild camping: The maker states this use, and the published specs do not rule it out.
- Winter mountain: 3-season rating, not built for winter storms
From the maker's stated use and the published specs.
- Summer wild camp: 5/10 UK, roughly May to September, nights above about 8 °C, sheltered pitches.
- Three-season hills: 6/10 UK hills in spring and autumn. Wind, rain, and nights near freezing.
- Winter camp: 4/10 UK winter or high ground. Below freezing, strong wind, possibly snow. Capped at 4: needs the maker's 4-season rating and wind 7+.
- Weight: 6/10 How much it adds to your pack, compared with the whole market.
Two people on multi-day three-season treks who want tough fabric at a modest weight
- Freestanding
- Yes
- Walls
- Double
- Vents
- 4
- Sleeps
- 2
- Seasons
- 3-season
- Min. weight
- 1.65 kg
- Flysheet
- 3,000 mm
- Inner length
- 215 cm
Packed size 11.96 L, 47 cm long and 18 cm across Compare with a 2-litre bottle
About one and a half 2-litre bottles long and about one and a half times as wide. Drawn to scale.
Where to buy
Alpinetrek £480.76 In stock. Free delivery. Price includes UK duties and taxes.
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Our ratings (out of 10)
1 to 10, compared with the whole market. Each says what it's based on. How we score
Weight
From maker's figures 6/10How much it adds to your pack. This is the whole tent: two people sharing can split it. 6: A bit better than average.
Exped's minimum weight of 1.65 kg is in the 1.5–1.99 kg band (1.85 kg maximum; Outdoor Magazin weighed one at 1.82 kg).
Rain protection
From maker's figures 8/10How well it keeps out heavy, long rain. 8: Clearly better than most.
Fly 3,000 mm is in the 3,000 mm+ band; the 5,000 mm floor is over 2,000 mm, so no point comes off. The printed figure alone gives 8 at most: a 9 or 10 needs 3 reviews that say it stays dry in real storms.
Wind
Estimate from maker's specs: maker's season rating (fewer than 3 reviews about wind) 5/10How steady it stays in strong wind on open ground. 5: Does the job. Average for wild-camping gear.
No published review says how it copes with wind, so this is an estimate from the maker's season rating.
Space
From maker's figures 4/10Room to lie, sit up and keep kit inside. 4: A bit below average.
Outdoor Magazin measures 2.1 m² of usable inner floor, so 2.1 ÷ 2 people = 1.05 m² each, in the 0.95–1.14 band. Exped's 2.8 m² is the canopy area (a 215 x 130 cm rectangle) and is not used for the score.
Packed size
From maker's figures 4/10How much room it takes in your rucksack. 4: A bit below average.
Packs to 47 x 18 cm: 3.1416 x 9 x 9 x 47 = 11,960 cm³, so 11.96 L, in the 10–14.9 L band. Alpinetrek gives 46 x 14 cm and Outdoor Magazin 5.6 L, so the true figure may be smaller.
In short
Good for
- Two people on multi-day three-season treks who want tough fabric at a modest weight
- Mild-weather wild camps where good ventilation and a freestanding inner (pitchable alone) help
Strengths
- 1.65 kg minimum for a freestanding double-wall two-person tent
- Double-sided silicone 30D fly rated 3,000 mm, over a 40D floor rated 5,000 mm
- Four adjustable vents and a part-mesh inner give good airflow
- Two doors, each with its own vestibule (1.7 m² in total), and a gear loft
- Inner tent can be pitched without the fly; Outdoor Magazin rated it 'very good' in a 2025 test
Weaknesses
- Exped's packed size is 47 x 18 cm (about 12 L), bulky for the weight; other sources give smaller figures
- Outdoor Magazin finds it 15–20 % heavier than most ultralight tents, and nearly 600 euros is not cheap
- Snug for two: the usable inner floor is 2.1 m² (Outdoor Magazin), well under Exped's 2.8 m² canopy area, so check it against two wide mats
- Three-season only: Exped made it for thru-hiking, not storms or snow
- Footprint is sold separately
- Only one independent test of this version found, so wind, pitching and durability scores are missing
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.