The Collection

Camp & Sleep

Tents, bags, pads, and camp comfort: sleep well outside and everything else gets easier.

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The brief

A bad night outside ruins the best trail day. This is the sleep-system layer: how temperature ratings really work, which pads are warm enough for shoulder seasons, and the camping gear that makes weekends easy.

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The Best Backpacking Tents (2026)

Your tent is the heaviest single thing in your pack after the pack itself, and the one piece of gear you cannot improvise when the weather turns. We ranked the 2026 field the way we rank everything: by whether every ounce earns its place. From the ultralight benchmark most experienced backpackers eventually buy to the $150 budget tent that made the category affordable, plus one honest warning about the car-camping tent people keep trying to carry up a mountain.

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Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL2Top pick · Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL2

Our top picks

Not sure where to start? Start with the winners.

Every category's #1, weighed and carried, with a live price check on each.

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The full collection

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    The Best Sleeping Bags for Backpacking (2026)

    Buyer's Guide

    The Best Sleeping Bags for Backpacking (2026)

    A sleeping bag is the piece of gear that decides whether the trail's hardest hours, the cold dark ones, restore you or wreck you. We ranked the 2026 field the WorldHike way: honest about what temperature ratings actually promise, clear-eyed on the down-versus-synthetic trade, and priced across the real market, from the down value benchmark most backpackers should start with to the budget bag that makes down affordable at all.

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Every gear matchup, settled: brand vs brand and model vs model, on the same spine.

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