Highlander
Highlander Respite 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: 2.6 kg
- 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: 3/10 How much it adds to your pack, compared with the whole market.
Two people on a budget who want a roomy tunnel tent for weekends
- Sleeps
- 2
- Seasons
- 3-season
- Min. weight
- 2.59 kg
- Flysheet
- 4,000 mm
- Inner length
- 210 cm
Packed size 7.24 L, 47 cm long and 14 cm across Compare with a 2-litre bottle
About one and a half 2-litre bottles long and a bit wider than one. Drawn to scale.
Where to buy
Tiso £143.20 In stock. Free delivery. Page shows a crossed-out earlier price of £179.
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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 3/10How much it adds to your pack. This is the whole tent: two people sharing can split it. 3: Below average. Fine for some trips, not others.
Highlander's weight of 2.59 kg is in the 2.0-2.69 kg band (2.635 kg with its bag). Two people sharing carry about 1.3 kg each.
Rain protection
From maker's figures 8/10How well it keeps out heavy, long rain. 8: Clearly better than most.
Highlander gives the fly as 4,000 mm, in the 3,000 mm+ band, and the floor as 5,000 mm, so no point 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: only 1 review about wind (fewer than the 3 we need, so never above 8) 6/10How steady it stays in strong wind on open ground. 6: A bit better than average.
The Great Outdoors found good weather protection during Scottish spring testing that included moderately strong winds. This is the regular Respite 2, not the Extended Tunnel.
Space
From maker's figures 5/10Room to lie, sit up and keep kit inside. 5: Does the job. Average for wild-camping gear.
Highlander gives no floor area. We worked it out from its inner tent size: 210 cm long, 130 cm wide at the head and 105 cm at the foot (The Great Outdoors confirms the taper), so 210 x 117.5 cm mean width = 2.47 m², or 1.23 m² each, in the 1.15-1.34 m² band. The area is our own working, not a published figure, and ignores the rounded corners.
Packed size
From maker's figures 6/10How much room it takes in your rucksack. 6: A bit better than average.
Highlander's packed size is 47 x 14 cm: 3.1416 x 7 x 7 x 47 = 7,235 cm³, so 7.24 L, in the 7-9.9 L band.
In short
Good for
- Two people on a budget who want a roomy tunnel tent for weekends
- Shared carrying, at about 1.3 kg each
Strengths
- Fly 4,000 mm and floor 5,000 mm
- Packed 47 x 14 cm (7.2 L)
Weaknesses
- 2.6 kg is heavy for a two-person backpacking tent
- Inner tapers from 130 cm at the head to 105 cm at the foot
- Only one independent review of this tent, so wind, pitching and durability are estimates, not reviewed scores
- Highlander gives no season rating: the 3-season figure above is our own assumption (a customer on Highlander's page calls it 4-season lite, with only 4 corner guy lines)
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.