Vaude
Vaude Adventure Taurus 2P
Best use
- Made for
- Backpacking and wild camping, Winter mountain
- Not for
- Bikepacking
Why these labels
- Backpacking and wild camping: The maker states this use, and the published specs do not rule it out.
- Winter mountain: The maker states this use, and the published specs do not rule it out.
- Bikepacking: Packs to 60 cm long: too long for most bike bags
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: 3/10 How much it adds to your pack, compared with the whole market.
Two people who want a freestanding tent that Vaude rates for all seasons, for UK hill camps in spring and autumn
- Pitches
- Outer first
- Freestanding
- Yes
- Walls
- Double
- Sleeps
- 2
- Seasons
- 4-season
- Min. weight
- 2.5 kg
- Flysheet
- 3,000 mm
- Inner length
- 230 cm
Packed size 10.6 L, 60 cm long and 15 cm across Compare with a 2-litre bottle
About two 2-litre bottles long and about one and a half times as wide. Drawn to scale.
Where to buy
Hardloop £440 In stock. Free delivery. Avocado colour. Free delivery from £150. Page shows £629.90 crossed out.
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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.
Vaude's minimum weight is 2.5 kg (2.7 kg total), in the 2.0–2.69 kg band. Two people sharing carry about 1.25 kg each.
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 floor is 10,000 mm, so no point comes off. Seams are taped. 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) 7/10How steady it stays in strong wind on open ground. 7: Better than most.
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 7/10Room to lie, sit up and keep kit inside. 7: Better than most.
Vaude's 2.8 m² inner tent area ÷ 2 people = 1.4 m² each, in the 1.35–1.59 band. Interior 230 x 110 x 95 cm.
Packed size
From maker's figures 4/10How much room it takes in your rucksack. 4: A bit below average.
Packs to 60 x 15 cm: 3.1416 x 7.5 x 7.5 x 60 = 10,603 cm³, so 10.6 L, in the 10–14.9 L band. Alpinetrek gives 50 x 18 cm (12.7 L), the same band.
In short
Good for
- Two people who want a freestanding tent that Vaude rates for all seasons, for UK hill camps in spring and autumn
- Bikepacking and trekking trips where the inner stays attached and goes up in the rain
- Pitches on shallow or rocky ground where pegs are hard to place
Strengths
- Freestanding on four anchor points, with the inner attached so it pitches dry
- Fly 3,000 mm and floor 10,000 mm, with taped seams
- Vaude rates it all year round (Alpinetrek says 4-season)
- DAC poles, 14 pegs, 6 Edelrid storm guylines and a 5-year warranty
- Vents high and low plus mesh windows in the inner for airflow
Weaknesses
- 2.5 kg minimum is heavy for a two-person tent, about 1.25 kg each when shared
- 10.6 L packed, a large roll for a rucksack
- One door and one porch, so one person climbs over the other
- Inner floor is 2.8 m², 1.4 m² each
- We found no independent test of this tent, so wind and pitching claims here are Vaude's, not reviewers'
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.