Hilleberg
Hilleberg Rogen 2
Best use
- Made for
- Bikepacking, Backpacking and wild camping
- Not for
- Winter mountain
Why these labels
- Bikepacking: The maker states this use, and the published specs do not rule it out.
- 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: 6/10 UK, roughly May to September, nights above about 8 °C, sheltered pitches.
- Three-season hills: 7/10 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.
- Weight: 5/10 How much it adds to your pack, compared with the whole market.
Two people (or one who wants lots of room) camping in the UK from spring to autumn, where wind and rain can be rough but snow is not expected
- Pitches
- Outer first
- Freestanding
- Yes
- Walls
- Double
- Sleeps
- 2
- Seasons
- 3-season
- Min. weight
- 1.9 kg
- Flysheet
- 5,000 mm
- Inner length
- 225 cm
Packed size 8.1 L, 46 cm long and 15 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
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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 5/10How much it adds to your pack. This is the whole tent: two people sharing can split it. 5: Does the job. Average for wild-camping gear.
Hilleberg's minimum weight is 1.9 kg (fly, inner and poles only), in the 1.5-1.99 kg band. Complete with pegs and bags it is 2.2 kg. Two people sharing carry about 1.0 to 1.1 kg each.
Rain protection
From maker's figures 8/10How well it keeps out heavy, long rain. 8: Clearly better than most.
Hilleberg's handbook gives Kerlon 1000 (the Rogen's fly) as 5,000 mm HH (ISO 811), in the 3,000 mm+ band, and the Yellow Label floor as 15,000 mm, so no point is taken off. The Great Outdoors lists the same 5,000 mm fly and 15,000 mm floor. The printed figure alone gives 8 at most: a 9 or 10 needs 3 reviews that say it stays dry in real storms.
Wind
From reviews 7/10How steady it stays in strong wind on open ground. 7: Better than most.
The Great Outdoors (David Lintern, 4) pitched it in windy, sleety showers at the end of winter and found it did not flinch; he credits the pegged-out porch doors for staying put. OutdoorGearLab (2013, the original Rogen, now the Rogen 2; 3) praises the sleeve-and-pole design as stronger than clip designs and says to stake out the crossover guy points in high winds, but lists its large walls catching more wind than a single-door tent as a drawback and reports no wind test. weston.front (4, an owner after three nights, who says it is too early to rate fully) found it stood up very well to gusts of about 50 km/h on an exposed site and advises using the extra porch guy points. None gives a measured gale.
Space
From maker's figures 7/10Room to lie, sit up and keep kit inside. 7: Better than most.
Hilleberg gives 2.8 m² of inner floor for two people: 2.8 / 2 = 1.4 m² each, in the 1.35-1.59 band. The inner is 225 cm long and 120 cm wide, 100 cm high, with two porches of 1 m² each.
Packed size
From maker's figures 6/10How much room it takes in your rucksack. 6: A bit better than average.
Hilleberg's packed size is 46 x 15 cm: 3.1416 x 7.5 x 7.5 x 46 = 8,128 cm³, so 8.1 L, in the 7-9.9 L band. This is with the poles and pegs rolled inside; packing the tent and poles separately makes it smaller.
What reviewers say (out of 10)
Ratings marked * are from reviews and are not part of the trip score. They are reviewers' scores, not our own measurements. How we score
Pitching*
Reviewers' average 7/10How quickly and easily one person can pitch it, including in wind and rain.
4 reviews on pitching, e.g. "Pitching is uncomplex".
Condensation*
Estimate: only 2 reviews about condensation (fewer than the 3 we need, so never above 8) 8/10How dry it stays inside on still, damp nights; higher is drier.
2 reviews on condensation, e.g. "so long as the wind was not totally absent I've not experienced any condensation at all".
Durability*
Estimate: only 2 reviews about durability (fewer than the 3 we need, so never above 8) 8/10How well the fabric, poles, zips and seams hold up over seasons of use.
2 reviews on durability, e.g. "It’s all built to last.".
In short
Good for
- Two people (or one who wants lots of room) camping in the UK from spring to autumn, where wind and rain can be rough but snow is not expected
- Backpackers who want two doors and two big porches so each person has their own entrance and kit space
- Trips where you will cook in the porch in wet weather
Strengths
- Very strong for a three-season tent: sleeve poles, Kerlon 1000 fly and 70D floor, and testers report it holding in wind and sleet
- Two doors and two porches of 1 m² each, so each person has their own way in and room for a rucksack and cooking
- 5,000 mm fly and 15,000 mm floor
- 100 cm inner height and vertical long walls give good headroom
- The inner hangs from the fly, so it pitches in one piece, or fly first to keep the inner dry
Weaknesses
- Heavy for a three-season tent: 1.9 kg minimum, 2.2 kg complete, and 8.1 L packed
- Yellow Label means snow-free use: the inner has mesh doors and the fly is raised at the ends
- Needs the porches pegged out to hold its shape, so it is only semi-freestanding
- Water can pool on the roof by the cross pole in heavy rain, and the seams need sealing (OutdoorGearLab, 2013)
- The supplied pegs are short for soft Scottish ground (The Great Outdoors)
- Durability is an estimate, not a reviewed score: only one tester reports real wear
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.
ShowHide sources (7)
- Hilleberg: The Tent Handbook 2026/2027 (Rogen page 54; fabric specifications page 13)
- The Great Outdoors: Hilleberg Rogen 2 tent review (David Lintern, tested in the Cairngorms and Perthshire)
- OutdoorGearLab: Hilleberg Rogen review (the original Rogen, now the Rogen 2; bought, not sent)
- weston.front: Hilleberg Rogen, a review (second-hand owner, first 3 nights; replaces his Niak)
- Hilleberg: Rogen product page (Rogen 2 GBP 1325)
- OUTDOOR Magazin: Dauertest Hilleberg Rogen 2 Leichtzelt
- Bergzeit Magazin: Hilleberg Rogen 2017 Test