Tent MSR Hubba Hubba NX 2p: review & unboxing (also difference EU vs USA models) 

You’re too kind Gary! Thank you and welcome to the channel 😊🙏

Have fun and enjoy some starry nights 👊

Thank you Joe, welcome. Thank you for the kind wishes 👊

cheers! 👊

Glad you enjoyed it Veronique! Enojy many nights in the outdoors 👊

Glad you liked it!

Ciao Bob, welcome aboard! Thank you for the feedback, defo I prefer the green flysheet available in Europe as I do a lot of wildcamping. I hear someone was successfully able to dye the flysheet to a different colour but never looked in the validity of such statement. Wishing you many nights of adventures camping 👊

Ciao Thomas, welcome to the channel and thank you very much for your feedback. Enjoy camping!

Thank you and welcome aboard! We might run into each other...safe rides!

Thanks for watching! Sorry for being so long and tedious.

Thank you and I hope you'll enjoy it while camping. Green is great!

Cheers, welcome!

Thank you very much! Enjoy your tent 👊

Ciao Andres, thank you very much and welcome aboard! 1. I use the tent religiously with a DIY groundsheet I made in TyvekPro (see ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9RUKl7bp7_8.html) I would advise against using an ultralight tent whatever the brand and/or model without a groundsheet ( the longevity of the floor would be shorten dramatically also small stones could pierce the floor) 2. The tent in the video is the current Hubba Hubba NX available in Europe as mentioned in the video MSR told me they have no place no change this model in Europe. I met many bike travellers using this tent but I still have to run into someone with the Syclone poles.

Ciao Kam, welcome aboard! There was no issue with the production, when they released the new one in the US market they used precision stitching and so decided not to seam tape any longer and leave it up to the customers to seam seal the tent on their own. It's a simple process to do inside the inner tent and the flysheet on the inside part I think it's just for cosmetics I cant see why it wouldnt work if done on the exterior - they have a video on their website that shows the procedure. Now after a few months, I guess due to complains, they started to do this procedure themselves at the factory. All in all not a big deal.

Thank you. In Europe is still the same in the US is slightly different the inner tent has less mash fabric. I wouldnt like this inner tent.

Cheers man! That easily done, you would just need to stake down the vestibules for good measure just in case it will rain, remove the vestibule webbing from the stake and then remove the red webbing from the poles and peel back the rain fly. It will stay in place because of the two hooks in the middle arch. I'd tuck it in between the inner tent and the middle arch so the breeze wont make it too noisy. If it rains all you have to do is to fit the red webbings at the end of the from poles and the vestibules webbings in the stakes. I'd leave two rocks to mark the position of the stakes as in the dark they can be hard to find.

@@DavideTravelli Cheers for the info. I have just looked on the MSR website and seen that my UK version (2019) was one of the lots (1118) that was eligible for seam sealing! Did you get an updated sealed fly for your new one, or did you have to seal this new one?? I haven't used mine yet....bought mid last year, I never got around to using it then Covid wrecked everything this year!

I have the Durashield that is currently available in Europe, the one with taped seams.

Ciao Leif! Not sure exactly but if I were to guess it's probably 2014

When I asked they said there is no plan to update/change the model currently available on the European market.

You're very welcome James and welcome to the channel.

Hey LB! You can move the nob it's not fixed in place so you will be able to join the pole pieces perfectly.

Also it can happen to me as well if I pitch it quicly and do not pay attention to that detail. In that case I take it down and pitch it properly again.

Ciao Juckky! To be honest I've never experienced such thing, as long as the tent is well positioned and the groundsheet is smaller than the tent bath the inner tent will stay dry even on pretty heavy rain. I would guess you might get the inner flooded if you pitch your tent in a terrain that resemble a slight ditch and the rain water will collect there or if you pitch your tent in a place where lots of water run through in that case it would be like pitching your tent in a river.

@@DavideTravelli Thanks Davide

you’re welcome! 👊

Hey Fraser, welcome to the channel! The model available on the American market is not taped but it’s seam sealed at the factory with seamgrip.

Enjoy the camping nights with the Huba Hubba and thanks for the feedback!

Ciao Tony, welcome! Thank you for watching and and for the kind comment. I'm 177cm tall - 5'10"

Hi Davide, thanks for the fast reply. I’m 188cm, 6’2”, and the only thing delaying me buying this exact tent right now is the inner length. I know the inner walls are quite vertical so maybe I’m worrying over nothing! Maybe I’ll ask my local shop to put it up so I can test it. Thanks again.

@@tonypaddler Yes defo if you have a local shop that stocks it you ask them to pitch it so you can go inside barefoot and see how you get on with it.

Thanks Davide, I'm doing that today.

Hey Tobi, welcome to the channel! My long term experience is great given I decided to stay with the same tent. Had to replace it because I’ve wear out the the floor and the zippers. The zippers I could have replaced them but the floor is a different story. I use it a lot because I’ve been travelling for all this time, I’m sure some other popular tents like Big Anes would have not lasted this long but in fairness they are lighter. I had zero issues with the the seam taping both on the inner and the rainfly, so no leaking. I guess that varies a lot on the storing habits and the climates you use it in. I tend to store is pretty dry or dry it out at the earliest opportunity daily. I never store it for long wet. Said that if you don’t mind the extra weight the Elixir is a great choice: half of the cost and will last twice as long. Pretty much the same design as well.

@@DavideTravelli Thanks a lot for the quick reply! I will probably stick with the Hubba. The difference in packaging size is just too big in comparison to the Elixir. After seeing them next to each other on a picture it's hard to send the Hubba back :D In worst case I will have to get a new one after 5 years but I think that it will be worth it. Thanks again!

You're very welcome...enjoy starry night camping!

@@DavideTravelli Thanks, will do!

Hiya! It wont become a parachute if that's what you mean because the tent is low on the ground the wind is usually higher in fact topically the tent is squeezed to the ground when it's really windy. The guy-lines on all the sides should help keeping it a little up. The new poles on the US model are indestructible in strong winds but the model in EU could be (slightly most often) damaged like all the tents in this category by strong winds in places like Patagonia. I used it with the EU version in various windy deserts and Patagonia and it performed quite well.

@@DavideTravelli thank you for your response! So overall how long do you think this tent will last? Is it as good as hilleberg tent?

You're comparing oranges to apples if you compare it with a Hilleberg tent. You need to compare it with tents in the same weight categories. The lighter the tent usually the more expensive and less durable it is. If you treat it well and use a good DIY groundsheet it does last surprisingly long but it will never outlast a tent double or more the weight.

For sure! I think I did over five years of travelling with this. Of course two tents as i worn out the first one after 3.5 years. I’m actually writing this from my inside my tent wildcamoibg in Spain.

@@DavideTravelli nice.. I’ve just bought this tent last night 😁 love the stealth colour to it

Have fun with it!

Cheers! 👊

Ciao Dale, welcome to the channel! Yes, I'm not super comfortable with the reviews I keep mixing up all the languages in my head and end up butchering all of them, it's painful to watch myself :D

Who cares bro😉

Hi Michael! Just contact MSR they are able to ship the spares you need.

Hi Leo and welcome to the channel. In Europe the seams are sealed taped as always. In the US market they have a new manufacturing technique of precision stitching and for a number of months they sold the tent without seam sealing suggesting a manual sealing after purchase (I guess all this was done in order to avid the problem some people have with the ageing of seam tapings). I think people complained and they started to seal the seams at the factory with seam grip. I think if you buy it now even on the American market it should be seam sealed at factory so you shouldnt worry.

@@DavideTravelli I am from Hong Kong and i heard a lot of complaints about their tents, whether its the sealing or coating falling. The only way i can purchase might be through some reseller, however they are saying the msr tents are made in tai wan. Is there a thing that some of them are made in tai wan

@@orh6896 to be honest I used my tent for over four years and had no issues with seam taping but I have seen pictures of others having problems not just with msr tents but other brands as well. The taping with the ageing and usage might break down, you can fix it using seam grip probably. I make sure the tent is dry if I'm not going to use it for some days. Say I get to a host and stay there a week or so first thing is I do is unpack the tent and let it dry it out, maybe this is why I didnt have any issues. Later I'll check on my tent but I think america tents are made in US and European tents are made in Ireland.

@@orh6896 I checked but I cut the label. I'm pretty sure they are made in the USA or in Ireland though.

@@orh6896 This makes no sense. So why are you at an MSR Hubba video, "leo chan"? You heard a bunch of complaints about the Hubba, but that makes you interested in buying the the Hubba? Why don't you buy some other tent? I saw a Chinese tent the other day that's a shameless ripoff of the Hubba--why don't you buy that? I bet a lot of the comments complaining about the Hubba are phony, and were left by people from other tent companies, who are trying to make MSR look bad. If those Hubba tents leaked, where are all the RU-vid videos showing it? There are thousands of tent videos, and I've watched a lot of them. The only video I've seen that showed an MSR tent leaking showed some idiot spraying his tent with a garden hose. I think people complained about the Hubba tents not because they leaked, but because other people told them that tents are "supposed" to be sealed in a certain way and the Hubba tents weren't. MSR has been in existence 50 years. MSR is one of the most innovative makers of mountaineering equipment. They are headquartered in the rainy city of Seattle. I have a very hard time believing that they sold a bunch of leaky tents.

Ciao! Are you sure it the Hubba Hubba the tent you have because MSR have similar design tents. I just checked the MSR web site and it looks like it has the colour coding webbing to help align the doors correctly.

@@DavideTravelli Yes 100% hubba-huba. You can spot it on the us region version of their site. If you look at the 1st photo through the mesh you can see the thicker stitching and were the zippers are. And on the 4th you can see the buckle that is holding the door when it's rolled up is on the opposite side ;). Global site has different photos. Body and fly of my tent have, as i assume by the marking on the label, a production date 03.19 and no water protection on the seams.

The doors on the inner tent and on the fly are the same as ever, you need to align the door of the fly with the one in the inner tent to conveniently enter or exit the tent.

@@DavideTravelli no, not now. Before If you open the doors in the inner tent and role them up, they will be facing each other. Now they will be diagonally. In this way you eliminate the need for colour coding the fly...

Oh I see what you mean now. That's handy especially alone but with two people isnt the best unless you sleep opposite.

Lol not quite :D

I think it offers a good balance if you gonna encounter different climates and season. Defo the 2 person version is worth the little extra weight.

Nothing?!?

Thank you for the feedback, I will try and make b-roll, it's just very difficult for me to edit the videos as I have a very old laptop and also publishing three videos in three languages. Yes this video is very long.

Not even the same tent category, childish comment.

Hiya! I fold it properly because so I can pitch my tent even in the dark or very fast. As soon as I take it out I can deploy it in seconds as I know in my hands I have the head corners even without looking at it.

Where?!?