Salewa
Salewa Denali II
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: 5/10 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: 3/10 How much it adds to your pack, compared with the whole market.
Two people on a budget who want two doors and two porches
- Freestanding
- Yes
- Walls
- Double
- Sleeps
- 2
- Seasons
- 3-season
- Min. weight
- 2.4 kg
- Flysheet
- 3,000 mm
- Inner length
- 210 cm
Packed size 13.16 L, 47 x 20 x 14 cm Compare with a 2-litre bottle
About one and a half 2-litre bottles long and about twice as wide. Drawn to scale.
Where to buy
Alpinetrek £206.21 In stock. Free delivery. Cactus / Grey colour. Free UK delivery from £85.
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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.
Salewa's minimum weight is 2.40 kg (2.63 kg maximum), in the 2.0–2.69 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 is in the 3,000 mm+ band and 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 6/10Room to lie, sit up and keep kit inside. 6: A bit better than average.
Inner floor 120 x 210 cm = 2.52 m² ÷ 2 people = 1.26 m² each, in the 1.15–1.34 band. Salewa quotes 3 m² for the inner tent, which does not fit its own 120 cm width, so we banded the smaller figure.
Packed size
From maker's figures 3/10How much room it takes in your rucksack. 3: Below average. Fine for some trips, not others.
Packs to 47 x 20 x 14 cm: 47 x 20 x 14 = 13,160 cm³, so 13.2 L, in the 10–14.9 L band.
In short
Good for
- Two people on a budget who want two doors and two porches
- Summer and early-autumn camps in the hills, and bike tours where weight matters less
- A cheaper freestanding dome for pairs who do not want to climb over each other
Strengths
- Two doors and two porches, so nobody climbs over a partner and both keep kit under cover
- Freestanding dome on three poles, with the inner able to pitch alone as a mesh shelter in summer
- Fly 3,000 mm and floor 5,000 mm
- Zipped side vents for airflow
Weaknesses
- 2.4 kg minimum, about 1.2 kg each when shared, heavy for a hill tent
- 13.2 L packed, a large block for a rucksack
- Only 1.26 m² of inner floor per person
- We found no independent test of this tent, so wind and pitching claims here are Salewa's, not reviewers'
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.