Hey everybody its Papa Steve On The Move, today we've got the MSR Mutha Hubba NX
3 person dome tent. It's an ultra light tent - its fairly light - comes with an
optional footprint and an optional gear shed which I'll show you as well.
Hey guys, today I'm talking about the MSR Mutha Hubba NX
three-person dome tent it's a great new ultra light tent made by MSR.
As sold, it comes with a compression stuff sack, rain fly, three person tent, nine millimeter
carbon poles, twelve stakes. I highly recommend the optional dedicated
footprint I never leave home without it. I find the stuff sack's a little too tall
for my backpack. The poles are really the only thing that takes that height
so I pack them up in your own sack - it comes with it - carry them on the outside
of my pack and I just use a regular little compression sack, pack up the tent
and the fly and the footprint - everything folds about that size fits really nice
in my pack. The tent itself has some great features we'll see these hooks,
they're very adjustable, stake the whole tent down, put the poles in, comes together really fast...10-12 minutes.
I'm gonna set it up here later for you see how it looks. Inside, reflective ropes,
reflective guy wires on the fly, two big doors, D-shaped doors really it's got a nice
big bathtub, nice red color, you can see everything you left on the floor.
Inside of the tent is white mesh. That combined with the light grey rain fly
lets in a lot of natural light
Reduce the amount of time you spend with your lamp. See the reflective guy
wires. The beautiful thing about the fly is it's color-coded so everywhere there's a
steak or a pole it's red. Makes it really easy to throw this fly on top of
the tent, figure out wherever everything goes. There is little velcro's to go around
the doors, it's got built-in rain gutters which keeps the rain from entering the
tent, really nice options, the poles themselves are very light, 9mm carbon fibre, they hold up really well.
I haven't actually had to use these guy wires yet because I haven't been stuck in any major wind.
I find it's really a fast setup and takedown, I like the extra room,
I'm not really ultra light, I want a big shelter you like to bring my pack inside
we've had three people in it before. It does come with an
optional gear shed which I'll show you as well and that's really handy for
making a base camp or when you do have three people but for one or two people
this is a great tent there's a lot of room there's two big vestibules right outside
both doors where you can keep your pack or your shoes, any amount of gear outside
gear shed's really a best option if you're gonna base camp for a couple days.
Stakes are excellent I think they're aluminum
they're really sturdy, really light. I've used a lot of different stakes before I
find these ones MSR supplies with the gear shed and the tent are fantastic,
recommend the stakes if you can find these stakes and looking for stakes for
your existing shelter get these ones from MSR. Not much left to do
but set it up now so we'll set it up I'll give you some some more
specifications, weights, heights while I set up and afterwards we'll talk about
problems that MSR is had with negative reviews about the shelter there's a lot
of activity but they've recommended a really easy fix
talk more about that afterwards and I'll let you know how it works out in Rocky
Mountains in the rain let's get to work
the MSR mother hubba NX three-person ultralight tent includes the tent a
unified hub and pole set, the rainfly, 12 stakes, guy-wires
and a compression stuff sack sold separately is the ground sheet which is
made from 68 D polyester taffeta and weighs 0.44 pounds or 0.2 kilograms
I recommend the ground sheet for two reasons the first is the fast and light
setup using the ground sheet, poles and fly you can exclude the tent and shave
off another 1.1 pounds or 0.3 kilograms and the second reason is the ease of
take down. I find that using the ground sheet keeps the tent clean and dry on
the bottom so I could pack it up quickly. The ground sheet is light enough to hang
or lay out to dry or even put away wet and dries quickly
allowing me to get back on the trail sooner. The complete shelter has a
packaged weight of four pounds five ounces or 1.95 kilograms if using the
compression stuff sack the package dimensions are 21 inches by 7 inches or
53.3 centimeters by 17.8 centimeters there is maximum space inside, head an
elbow room throughout, plus two large vestibules to store gear. The mutha
hubba offers 39 square feet of floor area plus an additional 14 square feet
of vestibule area, the canopy fabric is made from 20D ripstop nylon and the
floor fabric is made from 30D ripstop nylon with 3000 millimeters of XtremeShield
rain protection. The fly fabric is made from 20D ripstop nylon with 1,200
millimeters of XtremeShield rain stop coating the shelter has 44 inches or 112
centimetres interior peak height is 84 inches long by 68 inches wide and the
two vestibules are 30 inches deep
the shelter itself is very livable, it has two large easy entry D shaped doors
one at each end which are protected by built-in rain proof gutters there are
four interior pockets to stash gear and a handy loop in the center of the
ceiling to hang a lantern. There is a deep bathtub floor ensuring users don't
track any debris from outside. The fly has adaptable, adjustable, cross
ventilating panels and is equipped with roll-up vestibules and stargazer views.
The 9 millimeter East Syclone poles are made of composite materials that make
them virtually indestructible in windy conditions while maintaining low overall
weight. The color-coded staking loops, sturdy lightweight stakes and reflective
guy-wires round out the solid shelter.
As you can see the shelter goes together really quickly about 10 minutes.
Sold separately is the gear shed. It's a great option if you're using the shelter for
a base camp or utilizing as a 3-man tent. Condensation only becomes an issue when
at full capacity. The gear shed offers an additional 26.5 square feet of covered
storage space using the included poles and stakes and fastening
to the existing shelter. It's 67 inches long by 80 inches wide by 35 inches high
and has a pack weight of two pounds or 0.9 kilograms
Many reviews have been mostly negative as users have found the fly leaks.
Most distributors concede that in some circumstances the rain fly does not
perform to waterproof standards . The recommended repair is to add additional
sealing to the rain fly along all seams. MSR includes this in its 2020 models but
not on the earlier ones. Many outdoor outfitters can do this for you but I
went to a popular online distributor and purchased some Gear-aid tent seam
sealant with applicator for about 20 bucks, I set up the poles and fly in the
yard and completed the project in about 15 minutes. The sealant appears white
when applied but dries invisible and flexible. I let it dry for about four
hours packed it up and headed into the woods and guess what?
Not a single leak! I believe the repair is inexpensive, simple and makes this
shelter a real gamechanger if, like me, you want a little more room in the
backcountry without packing a lot of extra weight. It's Papa Steve
On The Move, see you next time. Don't forget to like and subscribe!