MSR Mutha Hubba NX 3-Person Tent

MSR always provides excellent videos on their products and here is one they’ve put together on the Mutha Hubba NX.

Here below are some pictures that’ll highlight some of the tent’s features for you. We had the Mutha Hubba out backpacking, SUP camping and we even took it to a music festival.
 
Here’s the tent, fully deployed, on Kootenay Lake. It was a windy night and the tent felt like a fortress.

As with the Elixir 3 we reviewed last season, the Mutha Hubba NX is great sans fly for warm nights with no danger of precip. I am a fan of the half mesh/half tent fabric on the side wall for privacy.

Idiot proof, colour-coded grommet system for the fly, footprint and tent attachment system.

Here’s a close-up of the fly attachment cam device. Attach them loose and tighten to make everything taught.

Here you can see two of my fave features. The KickStand fly vent (in the middle below the little red pyramid) and the StayDry door and vestibule.

See the perpendicular poles here. Likely what makes the tent seem so stable. It also helps limit sidewall sag.

 Here’s the attachment system for the tent rods on both axes. Metal on metal and simple to click in.

Here is an interior shot. It’s a three person tent but I always like a little extra room to move around in or store gear. It’d definitely work for three in a pinch.

Here it is all packed up, with a wine bottle for perspective. The rope-bag style stuff sack is a really cool feature—it enables you to compress, and even reshape, the tent for packing.

Rainfly Fabric - 20D ripstop nylon 1200mm Durashield™ polyurethane & silicone
Canopy Fabric - 20D ripstop nylon & DWR
Mesh Type - 15D nylon micro-mesh
Floor Fabric - 30D ripstop nylon 3000mm Durashield™ polyurethane & DWR

- Optimized symmetrical geometry and non-tapered floor
- Large, easy-entry D-shaped StayDry door and vestibule
- Side entry zipper orientation
­- Rainfly kickstand vent
­- Adjustable rainfly (roll-up vestibule & stargazer view)
- Light gray rainfly color (neutral light)
- Adjustable integrated stake-out loops
- Lightweight reflective guy-outs
- Durable high-tenacity nylon fabrics
- Reinforced Infinity bar tacks and lap-felled seams
- Durashield-coated rainfly and bathtub-style floor
- Compression stuff sack with pull handle
 

The MSR Mutha Hubba 3-person backpacking tent hits my personal sweet spot. I don’t winter camp so I don’t need an All Season tent (I’m more of a hut guy). I also don’t really need to go with an ultra, super duper lightweight tent because I think one sacrifices some durability in the materials. The Carbon Reflex 3 we tested, though by no means flimsy, seemed like it might not stand up over time the way the Mutha Hubba will.
 
The experience inside the Mutha Hubba is pleasant as well. You know how some of those trapezoidal/asymmetrical tents can create a slightly weird vibe and mess up your sleep (maybe that’s just me…). This is not the way of the Mutha Hubba, whose rectangular footprint is more comfortable—the ample headroom and vertical-ish walls help too. I haven’t yet had to wait out a storm in this tent, but, if I did, I’m sure it would be more comfortable and less claustrophobic than many tents I have been in before.