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Absurdly lightweight Japanese pod tent is an ethereal camping marvel

· newatlas.com · popularity 30/100 · 0 similar stories today · Outdoor Recreation & Adventure (Travel & Adventure)

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Using some of the most advanced ultralight materials the world has at its disposal, Japanese outdoor gear brand Field Record offers the lightest freestanding tent we've ever seen. Its FR-SCD tent weighs less than half of what some other ultralight backpacking and mountaineering tents weigh, going so light as to undercut many pole-free, non-freestanding shelters. Whether scaling cloud-engulfed granite or emerging out the belly of dense jungle to enjoy camping on untouched tropical beach, the FR-SCD is the tent that will carry like air before bedding down into a cocoon-like shelter. Continue Reading Category: Tents , Gear , Outdoors Tags: Tent , Camping , World's Lightest , Outdoors and Camping , Japanese

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