Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon Robson 2
Best use
- Made for
- Backpacking and wild camping
- Not for
- Bikepacking, Winter mountain
Why these labels
- Backpacking and wild camping: The maker states this use, and the published specs do not rule it out.
- Bikepacking: Heavy for bikepacking: 3.3 kg
- Winter mountain: 3-season rating, not built for winter storms
From the maker's stated use and the published specs.
- Summer wild camp: 4/10 UK, roughly May to September, nights above about 8 °C, sheltered pitches.
- Three-season hills: 5/10 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: 1/10 How much it adds to your pack, compared with the whole market.
Two people on a tight budget who want a roomy tent for short, low-level trips
- Freestanding
- No
- Sleeps
- 2
- Seasons
- 3-season
- Min. weight
- 3.3 kg
- Flysheet
- 3,000 mm
- Inner length
- 210 cm
Packed size 17.91 L, 57 cm long and 20 cm across Compare with a 2-litre bottle
About two 2-litre bottles long and about twice as wide. Drawn to scale.
Where to buy
Deporvillage £101.66 In stock. Green. Ships from Spain; the delivery cost is shown at checkout.
View at shop: DeporvillageAlpinetrek £107.96 In stock. Free delivery. Limestone Grey. Free delivery from £85.
View at shop: AlpinetrekPrices checked 8 Nov 2026 on each shop's own page; shops can change them. We earn no commission on these links; shops are listed by price. More
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 1/10How much it adds to your pack. This is the whole tent: two people sharing can split it. 1: A real weak point.
Published weights vary: Alpinetrek gives 3.3 kg (packed) and Grand Canyon's own site 3.57 kg total. No minimum trail weight is published; either figure is far into the 2.7 kg+ band.
Rain protection
From maker's figures 8/10How well it keeps out heavy, long rain. 8: Clearly better than most.
Fly 3,000 mm HH is in the 3,000 mm+ band; the 4,000 mm floor is over 2,000 mm, so nothing is taken 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
Estimate from maker's specs: inner floor area per person 8/10Room to lie, sit up and keep kit inside. 8: Clearly better than most.
Estimate from maker's specs
Packed size
From maker's figures 1/10How much room it takes in your rucksack. 1: A real weak point.
Grand Canyon's site gives 57 cm long x 20 cm across: 3.1416 x 10 x 10 x 57 = 17,907 cm³, so 17.91 L, in the 15 L+ band. Alpinetrek says 58 x 16 cm (11.7 L, a 2 point band); the maker's current figure is used.
In short
Good for
- Two people on a tight budget who want a roomy tent for short, low-level trips
- Car-supported camps and festivals where weight and pack size don't matter
- Campers who like a covered porch for kit and cooking out of the rain
Strengths
- Tunnel shape with a constant inner height, so a lot of room for two
- Fly 3,000 mm and floor 4,000 mm HH, the highest rain band
- Breathable inner with mesh panels and vent hoods for airflow
- Reflective guylines and a mosquito net
Weaknesses
- 3.3 to 3.57 kg is very heavy for a two-person backpacking tent
- Packs to 57 x 20 cm (17.9 L), too big for most rucksacks
- Not freestanding: it needs pegs and guylines to stand up
- Fibreglass poles and steel pegs are heavy and fibreglass can splinter
- One door and one porch, so one sleeper climbs over the other
- No independent test, so wind, pitching and durability are unproven
- Published weights and packed sizes disagree between shops and the maker
- No season rating from Grand Canyon; three seasons is from Alpinetrek and is our assumption for UK use
- Grand Canyon publishes no floor size, so space is an estimate, not a reviewed score (one shop gives 210 x 160 cm for the inner)
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.