Portal 2
Portal 2
Portal 2
Portal 2
Portal 2
Portal 2
Portal 2
Portal 2
Portal 2
Portal 2
Portal 2
Portal 2
Portal 2
Portal 2
Portal 2

Portal 2

$610.00
$610.00
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The Portal is our lightest freestanding tent at 2lbs 14oz. It's our statement piece saying you don't need to sacrifice strength, features, or durability to make an ultralight freestanding tent. 

If there's a stronger sub three-pound tent out there, we have yet to find it. By incorporating several technologies from our Expedition Series tents, we were able to give the Portal a degree of stability and weather resistance previously reserved for dedicated "four-season", or more accurately, "one season" tents. 

We designed the Portal with an eye for long-term durability. This means using premium fabrics with excellent UV and mildew resistance, eliminating PU coatings that break down over time, and adding extra zipper sliders to double the zippers' lifespan. 

 

The Portal can be set up fly-first to keep the inner tent dry in rainy conditions. Instructions are found in the bottom video below.

Heading to Patagonia? Spending some time in the desert? Pick up our Heavy Duty Portal 2 pole set. This replaces the stock 8.7mm poles with extra sturdy 10.65mm poles to provide additional wind and snow loading resistance.

To prolong the life of your Portal's floor, pick up a Portal footprint. For ultralight weather protection in non-buggy conditions, check out the Portal Tub Floor. Additional stakes and guylines can be purchased here.

The Portal is now available in a muted green/brown colorway without reflective trim for those who like to keep a lower profile.

Features

  • Two doors and two vestibules increase livability for two.
  • Two pre-installed internal guylines give the Portal great lateral stability for almost no weight increase. Click here for step-by-step instructions to install a second set of internal guylines. Click here to learn how internal guylines work.
  • Our new KickStand vents make ventilation a breeze. Opposing struts on the vestibule doors provide unrestricted cross-tent airflow for excellent condensation management without sacrificing weather protection.
  • Short pole package is perfect for bikepacking
  • High-volume pole structure with a swivel provides well-distributed headroom without the weakness of hubs.
  • Pole swivel connects long poles for easy setup
  • All the pockets you could ever want (two ceiling, two head, two side, one foot).
  • Offset vestibule design eases entry and exit.
  • 10 external guy points and 2 perimeter pull-outs provide ample reinforcement.
  • External guy points are matched to toggles to attach the fly directly to the poles, increasing stability.
  • Matching reflective tabs on fly and tent body simplify setup.
  • Color coordinated stake loops for easy flysheet orientation
  • Can be pitched with footprint (not included) and fly for a minimalist weather shelter.
  • 2-Side silicone impregnated flysheet and PE floor fabric are mildew-resistant and have excellent hydrolytic stability, and will last significantly longer than traditional PU-coated fabrics.
  • Pre-installed spare zipper sliders on every zipper double your zippers' lifespan.
  • Includes 10 DAC J-Stakes and 6 additional external guylines (not including 2 pre-installed internal guylines)

Specs

 

Minimum Weight 2lbs 14oz (1.3kg)
Packaged Weight 3lbs 5oz (1.5kg)
Capacity 2
Floor Area 27.45 sq ft (2.55 sq m)
Interior Height
 44" (111cm)
Packed Size
 14" x 5" (35cm x 13cm)
Pole Package Length
 13.5" (34cm)
Floor Dimensions

85" x 51" (head) / 42" (foot) (216cm x 129cm / 107cm)
Vestibule Area 2 x 8.4 sq ft (2 x 0.78 sq m)
Number of poles 3
Number of doors 2
Guy out loops 10
Perimeter pull out loops 2
Guylines 6 (+2 pre-installed internal guylines)
Stakes 10

 

Materials

Tent Body Fabric
15D Nylon no-see-um mesh
Floor Fabric 20D Nylon Ripstop SIL/PE 1800mm
Fly Fabric 10D Nylon 66 Ripstop Sil/Sil 1200mm
Poles 2 DAC Featherlite NFL 8.7mm, 1 NFL 9.3mm

 

Seam Sealing Note: The seams on your Portal's flysheet are highly water-resistant and will handle light rain just fine without being seam sealed. However, the three seams directly above the tent poles should be seam sealed for maximum waterproofness in extended, heavy rains. 

Sewn in Vietnam.

INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: Customer is responsible for all import duties and taxes. We strongly suggest looking up duty rates in your region before ordering, especially if you live in Canada. We recommend against "UPS STANDARD" shipping because they charge very high brokerage fees. To avoid brokerage fees, select either USPS shipping or UPS Worldwide Express/Expedited service. Note that UPS brokerage fees and import tax & duty are separate. Canadian customers can estimate duty here. Please note this is just an estimate and actual rates may vary.

Customer Reviews

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Adam Collier
Incredible customer service

I’ve had the tent for three years and it’s seen some abuse - from winter camping in the snow above Tahoe to camps with our Boy Scout troop. I recently left it up in a very big windstorm here in the UK (over 60mph gusts) without using all the guy lines or walking pole supports. Unfortunately, while away from the camping location, the wind built up further and blew the tent over (my fault entirely. There was some mesh damage that Slingfin very quickly repaired, and I was able to replace all the bent and broken poles at a very reasonable cost. This is a very unusual level of customer support and I’m very grateful that the tent could be repaired. Kudos and thanks to Tim

Hey Adam! Glad we were able to get you fixed up and back on the trail! Happy to be able to provide you good support. Happy trails!

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Marina
Love it

I am very happy that I got this tent. I took it on a 6 night trip in the Sierras, and it felt very sturdy and easy to pitch. I did not experience high winds, but I had to set and break camp in the rain, and it was very easy. In fact, I liked pitching it fly first (assuming you use the floor), since it was easier for me to insert the cross pole this way, from inside.

I appreciated all the little pockets, especially as I was looking for space to hang wet clothes. For one person, it is a palace, but this is exactly what I wanted (even if at the expense of some extra weight), and the space allowed to pack my backpack while I was inside, and it was raining outside.

One very small, tiny remark - the little hoops and strings for keeping the doors rolled up - would criss-cross if I was not careful enough. For example, if I tried to undo the loop with one hand, I would almost always end up twisting the whole system, and I was then required to get up and use both hands to untwist it. Not sure if these attachments should be thicker, or maybe the system could be different. But as I said, it is a super minor detail.

Overall, I am very happy and I have confidence that the tent will protect me in different conditions.

Great to hear you're loving your tent, Marina! Feel free to reach out if you ever have questions about it!

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psathyrella
Great design, but questionable material choices

I've used this tent for about ten nights, with a mix of car camping and sleeping up high and off trail. The design seems every bit as good as claimed -- especially with the trekking pole reinforcement mode, this tent is really strong and wind resistant, and it's quite spacious given the tiny weight and footprint. Without the fly, you're in a lovely transparent dome of bug netting, and I'm excited to have the fly-only mode, although haven't yet tried it.

But these aspects are kind of spoiled by what seem to me to be too-fragile materials. I put a small hole in the stuff sack when carefully sliding in the collapsed poles in their own bag, and the first night that we slept on dirt with a few exposed not-sharp rocks, several holes appeared in the tent floor. Both of these areas seem to be a silnylon that's verging on tissue paper. I've had a super lightweight bivy sack from MLD for 10 years that uses a silnylon that feels only slightly heavier, but which hasn't had a hole despite many nights on rocks. The mosquito mesh in the Portal 2 also seems overly fragile -- it already has many small runs in it, despite not snagging on anything, and packing and rolling the tent very carefully each time into its sack.

It is really amazing that they've made such a lightweight tent that's resistant to high winds, and the holes are easy enough to repair, but I'm disappointed that it doesn't seem robust enough for extended use except on the most weight-sensitive types of trips.

Glad you like the design of the tent, and sorry you've been having trouble with the materials! Go ahead and contact us on our repairs page and we'd be happy to fix it up for you. The 20D floor is actually on the heavier end of tents in this class- most are 15D, and as long as you're careful about clearing out the tent area we've had folks use the Portal for hundreds of nights with no issues. As for the stuff sack, if you're stuffing the tent (which is fine!) the poles should always go in last. Shoving the poles into the side of an already full stuff sack puts a huge amount of stress on the fabric and could damage even much heavier textiles. Go ahead and include that when you ship in your tent body and we'll repair that as well. The mesh is a standard 15D that several companies use, and the runs you're seeing are normal- those actually aren't an indication of wear, just of the fibers sliding over each other- common with lightweight knit fabrics. They don't affect the function of the tent but if you don't like the aesthetics you can easily get rid of them by following the instructions in this video: https://www.slingfin.com/blogs/the-beta/how-to-fix-snags-in-your-tents-mes. There were a couple different options for mesh, but in the end this one has the best balance of weight and longevity that we could find. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

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CHEOLJONG

The delivery is fast and I really like the product

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Gilad Soffer
A great tent

Took the tent (with the beaffier poles) to Skye trail, Scotland. Encountered 50 mph gusts, heavy rain and hail without feeling anything inside. Amazing piece of gear. And Tim is the man, ready to help and answer any question. Only thing I would suggest is including the beafier poles as standart - I think that most peopple incline towards the portal rather than the alternatives do so because of its stormworthiness.
Anyhow, for windy, 3+ season condition, it's a no brainer. Highly recommended.

Glad to hear you're enjoying the tent, Gilad! Would love to get out and do the Skye trail someday.

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