Hilleberg
Hilleberg Staika
Where it fits
- Also works for
- Winter mountain
- Not for
- Bikepacking
Why these labels
- Winter mountain: 4-season rating
- Bikepacking: Heavy for bikepacking: 3.4 kg
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: 7/10 UK winter or high ground. Below freezing, strong wind, possibly snow.
- Weight: 1/10 How much it adds to your pack, compared with the whole market.
Winter and exposed-hill camps where you want a tent that stays up in strong wind and snow
- Pitches
- Outer first
- Freestanding
- Yes
- Walls
- Double
- Sleeps
- 2
- Seasons
- 4-season
- Min. weight
- 3.4 kg
- Flysheet
- 5,500 mm
- Inner length
- 230 cm
Packed size 13.49 L, 53 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
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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 1/10How much it adds to your pack. This is the whole tent: two people sharing can split it. 1: A real weak point.
Hilleberg's minimum weight of 3.4 kg (fly, inner and poles) is in the 2.7 kg+ band. Complete with pegs and bags it is 4.0 kg. Two people sharing carry about 1.7 to 2.0 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 1800 as 5,500 mm HH (ISO 811), in the 3,000 mm+ band, and the Black Label floor as 20,000 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 2 reviews about wind (fewer than the 3 we need, so never above 8) 8/10How steady it stays in strong wind on open ground. 8: Clearly better than most.
Not enough evidence: only two independent reviews. Expedition Portal's reviewer watched a Staika stand through a night of storm in Iceland that flattened most of the tents around it, and onenightwild says the geodesic frame copes with very strong wind once guyed out, but that is two sources, not three. The Touratech USA test is not counted: it was written by a staff member of a retailer that sells the tent.
Space
From maker's figures 9/10Room to lie, sit up and keep kit inside. 9: Among the best you can buy for this.
Hilleberg's 3.2 m² inner area for two people is 1.6 m² each, in the 1.6 m²+ band. The inner is 230 cm long and 105 cm high.
Packed size
From maker's figures 3/10How much room it takes in your rucksack. 3: Below average. Fine for some trips, not others.
Hilleberg's packed size is 53 x 18 cm: 3.1416 x 9 x 9 x 53 = 13,488 cm³, so 13.49 L, in the 10-14.9 L band. This is with the poles and pegs rolled inside.
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 8/10How quickly and easily one person can pitch it, including in wind and rain.
5 reviews on pitching, e.g. "Pitching the Staika, while not particularly quick, is relatively easy.".
Reviewers disagree on this.
Condensation*
Estimate: only 2 reviews about condensation (fewer than the 3 we need, so never above 8) 4/10How dry it stays inside on still, damp nights; higher is drier.
2 reviews on condensation, e.g. "On warm nights when weather forces the vestibule doors closed, the Staika can become a stifling chamber and compound issues of condensation.".
In short
Good for
- Winter and exposed-hill camps where you want a tent that stays up in strong wind and snow
- Two people who want two doors and two porches, so neither has to climb over the other
- Pitching on rock, sand, snow or frozen ground where pegs won't hold, as it stands on its own
Strengths
- Freestanding, so it pitches on bare rock, sand or snow
- Very waterproof: 5,500 mm fly and 20,000 mm floor
- Roomy for two: 3.2 m² inner plus two porches, and two doors for access and cross-ventilation
- Inner and fly go up together, so the inner stays dry when pitching in rain
- Expedition Portal saw a Staika stay up through an Iceland storm that wrecked most of the tents around it
Weaknesses
- Heavy: 3.4 kg minimum, 4.0 kg with pegs and bags, which suits a base camp or boat trip more than a long hike
- Bulky: 53 x 18 cm packed, 13.5 L
- Expedition Portal says it can become stifling on warm nights when the porch doors are closed
- Wind, pitching and durability are estimates, not reviewed scores: only two independent reviews, neither a long-term test
- The inner cannot be pitched on its own without optional pole holders
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.
ShowHide sources (8)
- Hilleberg: The Tent Handbook 2026/2027 (Staika page 30, fabric specifications page 13)
- Expedition Portal: Field Tested, Hilleberg Staika (Christophe Noel)
- onenightwild: Hilleberg Staika test and review (German)
- Hilleberg: Staika product page (specifications)
- Trailspace - Hilleberg Staika Reviews
- Touratech USA: Hilleberg Staika Tent long term test
- Earth-Roamers: Hilleberg Staika
- Jeger.no: Test av Hilleberg Staika (Egill Danielsen)