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An inner and outer pitch first tent that has nice liveable features, good headroom, and a large porch for cooking, for its weight, its large liveable space, and price, this is an excellent tent.
Robens says:
The two-person Robens Chaser 2 uses the versatile FlexPitch system with Inner Ring Suspension, allowing pitching flysheet and inner options to match weather and provide full or part-sheltered bug-free sky views when nights are warm. The inner’s gear rope transfers to the flysheet to keep it in shape when used on its own to reduce weight. Outer venting options include low vents, apex door vent and two-way zip.
Our Verdict
This is a nice inner and outer pitch tent, that offers a good amount of headroom (for context I'm 6.1 foot and had room to sit up). A decent-sized porch for cooking, though I will note it only has one entrance and porch, so if you are using this as a two-man tent, you may need to clamber over your tent mate if you need to get up in the night.
We often talk about how a two-person tent is just a spacious one-person tent; this is the case with the Chaser 2; even if it was a more roomie inside (it’s by no means cramped), Robens chose only to put one door on the tent, which makes this a spacious one person tent, not a two-person tent in my opinion.
It’s relatively easy to pitch, but I recommend watching a YouTube video and having a go at pitching in a garden or local park before taking it out into the wild.
The internal mesh inner is incredibly well ventilated and does a lot to help keep the weight of this tent down, the large internal door really is vast, and makes for graceful entering and exiting of the tent, but it also means you and your tent mate can sit next to each other enjoying the sunset or cooking a meal.
Each corner of the tent is held open and in place with its own individual small pole section (this is the reason I would recommend a YouTube video when first pitching), this gives the tent a very large, well-defined liveable area, that has a consistent tort bathtub, similar to what you get with a freestanding tent.
Overall, I think this is a really good tent, personally, I would use this as a one-man tent especially if I planned on being out for more than a single night. If you plan to use this as a 2-man tent, be warned you will be climbing over one another occasionally. For its price and weight, this is a perfect tent for backpacking, brilliant for the west highland way, coast to coast, or similar.
- Reviewed by Ultralight Outdoor Gear
Features
- Full mesh inner for optimal ventilation and low weight
- Two-way zip curves at door top to enhance ventilation
- Flysheet fabric repair patch included
- Flat pole sleeves allow easy pole threading and create a low profile to reduce wind resistance
- Gear rope acts as adjustable clothesline to dry clothes or gear
- Storage pockets for inner doors mean they can be stashed away neatly to open up the space and avoid accidental damage
- FlexPitch options include inner only for bug-free ventilation with sky views; half flysheet with inner for partial wind protection with enhanced ventilation and views; and flysheet only for lightweight shelter
Specifications
Our Specs
- Flysheet & inner tent weighs: 978g
- Poleset weighs: 275g
- Total weight for comparison: 1253g (excludes pegs and bags)
- 12 pegs supplied weigh: 114g
Robens Specs
- Weight: 1.46 kg
- Minimum weight: 1.27 kg
- Pack size: 39 x 13 cm
- Type of tent: Tunnel
- Sleeps: 2
- Colour: Dark Green
Material & Construction
- Flysheet: HydroTex NRS-T, 20D nylon 380T, Ripstop nylon outside siliconised PU inside, 100% nylon
- Taping: Taped seams
- Hydrostatic Head: 2000 mm
- Poles: Alloy #7001, T6, 8.5/7.0 mm, anodised
- Inner tent: 20D nylon B3 mesh, breathable, 100% nylon
- Floor Inner: 20D nylon ripstop 380T, PU 5000 mm, 100% nylon
