NEMO Aurora Backpacking 3 Person Tent & Footprint

About This Item
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Capacity

Sleeps 3

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Trail Weight

3 - 4 lbs.

Offering massive interior space that’s truly unmatched for its weight class, Aurora™ is a worthy investment for the adventurer that loves a roomy shelter when car camping and backpacking. Updated with premium hardware and features, this tent now also measures up to NEMO’s high sustainability standards with a PFAS-, FRC-free fabric suite and bluesign® approved recycled floor.

Features:

  • Lightweight camping and backpacking tent with tall vertical sidewalls and massive doors to provide a comfortable, spacious interior
  • Aluminum pole set provides secure structure in a lightweight design
  • Features interior gear pockets to keep personal items organized and at hand
  • Overhead Nightlight Pockets™ diffuse headlamp light to cast a warm, comforting glow
  • Efficiently stows into a Divvy Cube™ stuff sack
  • Comes with a tent footprint to help extend the lifespan of your tent
  • Built-in strutted vents enables excellent air circulation even with the fly on
  • This tent is a part of NEMO’s Misfit series which is made up of a collection of tents produced with minor cosmetic blemishes that otherwise meet NEMO’s exceptional performance standards.
  • Brand : NEMO
  • Country of Origin : Imported
  • Web ID: 25NEMUCAMPRR3PFTPREAD
  • SKU: 26454289

REVIEWS

4.3
89%
Recommended

21 Reviews

Great Tent But It Lets In Noseeums

I have been using the aurora 2p for about 3 years now, mostly for car camping and occasional backpacking. Would say it’s not the most optimized design/weight for backpacking. It has held up great to everything except noseeums, the zipper has gaps big enough for them to easily pass through when closed.

Great Tent!

I really love this tent! It's perfect for solo camping or camping with 2 people. Nemo tents are super easy to put together after a long day of camping and they withstand really strong winds and harsher weather.

Nice Tent

I just got this in the mail, I set it up the first night and I love the amount of room. Theres enough for me and one other without being squished together. It has such an easy set up as well. This tents rainfly has vents on two sides of the tents that make sense. The vestibule space is very large. I like that the pockets are on the sides as sometimes in other tents the pockets on the ceiling allow stuff to fall out, I do love the nightlight pocket though. Very nice spot for a headlamp. This tent will be very nice for cozy trips and light enough to hike out with.

Great Tent

Nothing too crazy, standard tent that set up very quickly and easily. Quite a few stash pockets. Cool ceiling pocket to place your headlamp in and have more light. Rain fly fits nicely and held up during a small storm in the woods. Had plenty of sticks and pinecones sound like they were beating up the tent during the storm and it held up perfectly! Standard 3P tent that would definitely not hold 3 people

Easy To Set Up, Exceptionally Sturdy

My first trip in this tent we got hail, sleet, heavy rain, and high winds- this tent weathered all of it better than I could have imagined. Others in my group had water infiltration and structural stability issues with their respective tents given the high winds, and this Aurora took the beating like a champ. When we packed the tent out after 8 hours of continuous rain the ground was still bone dry under the ground cloth. I couldn’t be happier with how it performed.

Great Tent And Easy Set Up

I set this up last night and it was super easy to set up and break down. Lightweight and easily fit in my pack. A great addition to my backpacking and motorcycle camping kit!

Simple Setup, Packable, Lightweight, Affordable.

I have taken the Aurora 3P on three backpacking trips so far. The tent is lightweight and easy to divide between two or three people. It is a simple design without a lot of extra features, which helps to keep the weight down. The tent is very simple to set up and take down. I ended up buying a few more stakes to utilize all the guy points. The interior has a little extra room above your head and at your feet, but it is recommended you check out all your sleeping pads before hitting the trail to make sure they fit the width (three Wide pads won’t fit). I’m very happy with my Aurora 3P and will soon invest in an Aurora 2P.

Mesh Did Not Stop No-see-ums

This would be a great tent except that it doesn't block no-see-ums. We tried this tent on two trips and were covered in no-see-um bites both times. On the second trip, we used our bug tent to cover the Aurora tent just to try to keep them out. This tent would have been a great addition--easy to set up, spacious, good pockets, good fly coverage. With such poor mesh, we had terrible sleeps, bites for weeks, and won't be taking it out again.

Worst Tent Investment I've Ever Made

I bought the Aurora 3 person tent for backpacking. Not too keen on the one piece tent pole, the zippers are terrible quality. The tent doesn't come with enough guidelines to stake the whole tent out. I got four guidelines and two tiny ones. The included instructions and videos they have o. YouTube share very little information on setting the tent up and guiding it out entirely. The center separate tent pole doesn't have a connection point to the fly which the zipper gets in the way of it and I can tell just by looking at it that it will over time wear a hole in the tent fly in windy conditions. There's only two gear pockets, which three would be great in a three person tent. I feel like this tent is Coleman level of quality and engineering behind the tent. There are ten possible guideline attachment points but only four guidelines and two short guidelines that I can't even where they belong. There's 8 tent pegs included, four for the base and four for guidelines and to properly stake out the vestibule I need more 2 tent pegs. I'm heading to Algonquin park for a week and I'm worried this tent won't stand up to much weather. I'm regretting purchasing this and I've only set it up in my living room. I don't think this tent was really well thought out. And for the price point I should get guidelines that have a 10 cent injection moulded slack adjuster on the guidelines. I really wish I didn't buy this tent.

Spacious And Well-built Summer Tent

I used the Aurora for a full week during a hot and humid summer camp in Japan, and it held up great. It definitely got a bit warm inside with the rain fly on (we had to keep it on for coed camping at scout camp), but without it, it definitely would’ve been much cooler. The build quality is impressive, especially the rain fly, which feels thick and durable (in a good way). We didn’t get any rain, but I’m confident it would handle a storm well. It was roomy and comfortable, with plenty of space to move around and store gear. The vestibules created by the rain fly provide additional usable space. Overall, it’s a solid summer tent I’d happily use again.

Great Upgrade For Our Fam!

With our kiddo now nearly a full-sized human, it was time for our fam to upgrade from a 2p tent. I chose the Aurora for its headroom and packability, and was thrilled! It fit our 3 sleeping pads easily, the stow pockets are perfectly placed and big enough, and since we're all under 6ft tall, both of our dogs had plenty of space to sleep at our feet. I experienced no claustrophobic-family-tent-rage, which is a huge win. On its maiden voyage, I set it up in 4 minutes alone, without even having read the instructions. Super intuitive. It spent one night in the rain (nailed it!), and had a couple of dry nights following. We're really pleased with our Aurora. Oh - and if you're reading older reviews mentioning a single one-way zipper on the doors, don't worry! This has been updated and the zippers are great.

Awesome Tent

Good quality tent, easy to set up and take down, rain fly works as it should.

Held Up Well To Bad Thunderstorm! Mosquitoes?

Bought 2P recently. First trip out for dog and I had a really bad storm. Rain for hours. All dry inside. Plenty of room. Next trip to Alaska and I am worried about some on-line reviews saying no-seeum mesh is inadequate. Any experience in deep, deep backcountry in Alaska?

Good Tent-great Gear!

I am an outfitter and use Nemo tents and love them. The clients love them and so far absolutely no problems with the tent.

Great Tent! Best Of The Best!

This tent offers impressive spaciousness, and its durable material provides a sturdier construction compared to traditional backpacking tents. While the zipper requires some adjustment, the door design enhances accessibility. Setting up the tent initially posed a challenge, as I am accustomed to the Jake’s foot system. Upon reviewing the instructions, I found myself wishing it followed that more intuitive setup method.

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