Naturehike Cloud Peak 2 Review: A Roomy Tunnel Tent at a Budget Price

Introduction

The Naturehike Cloud Peak 2 is a two-person tunnel tent that takes its silhouette from a top-end tunnel design that sells for roughly £1,000 more. That comparison is the whole reason it is interesting. It is a large, tall, well-shaped backpacking tent sold for around £163, and for that money the specification reads far above its price.

As supplied it weighs about 2.5 kg. The flysheet carries a 4,000 mm hydrostatic head rating, and both the fly and the groundsheet use 20D nylon fabric. The poles and pegs are aluminium, including ten bladed triangular pegs. Packed down, the tent measures roughly 50 cm by 15 cm, which is reasonable for a shelter of this size.

Who This Tent Is For

The Cloud Peak 2 makes most sense for campers who value interior comfort over the last few hundred grams. It works as an unusually generous one-person tent, with enough room to keep a pack, clothing and cooking kit inside rather than piled in a doorway. It also works for two people who are happy to share a compact sleeping area, or for one adult camping with a child or a dog.

It is also a strong candidate for anyone who wants a tent they can comfortably sit out bad weather in. The appeal is not minimum weight, it is the ability to spend a wet afternoon inside without feeling boxed in.

That focus on liveable space is what separates it from lighter, tighter shelters. If your priority is a low pack weight for long-distance walking, this is not the tent to chase. If your priority is a base that still feels civilised when the forecast turns, it is.

Design and Pitching

The tent uses three sets of pre-curved aluminium poles and ten aluminium pegs. The inner and the fly can be pitched together as one unit, which matters if you arrive at a pitch in the rain and want the sleeping area protected while you work.

Pitching follows a straightforward sequence. The groundsheet goes out first with four pegs, the inner and fly are laid over it, the poles slot into their fixings on the flysheet, and the clips are then worked around the tent from the base upwards before the roof is attached. The fixings and clips are simple enough that the first pitch is quick, and the whole shelter can be repositioned once it is standing. Naturehike also includes spare guyline and spare pegs, so every tie-out point can be reinforced when the wind picks up.

Main Strengths

The headline number is height. The Cloud Peak 2 stands 105 cm tall inside, which is what allows an adult to sit upright with room to spare. The floor is 210 cm long and 130 cm wide at its widest point, tapering slightly to around 120 cm at the narrower end. A 72 cm vestibule sits on each side.

The doors are one of the best details. Each side opens fully and rolls right around to one end, so an entire side of the tent can be opened up for access, airflow or a clear view out. Inside there are storage pockets at the ends, a large pocket higher up, and a lantern hook for a small light.

The inner mixes a solid fabric panel with mesh. That combination helps keep draughts off while still allowing ventilation, which is a sensible arrangement for a tent intended to be used across three and four seasons.

The flysheet and groundsheet share the same 20D nylon construction used across other Naturehike tents, and the hardware is aluminium rather than plastic. Taken together, the materials and the pole geometry are what give the tent its taut, purposeful shape once it is up.

Interior Space and Liveability

In practice the interior feels much larger than the footprint suggests. There is enough height to sit up with roughly 20 cm of clearance above an average seated adult, and enough width to stretch both arms out. A full-size sleeping bag fits along one side while leaving floor space beside it for a pack and loose gear.

The twin vestibules add genuine living space. Each one is deep enough to store boots, wet layers and a pack, and to set up a stove for cooking under cover when the weather is poor. Having a door and a vestibule on both sides also means two occupants are not climbing over each other.

Treat the sleeping area as a snug two-person space or a very comfortable solo space. Two adults will fit, but it is close, and the honest framing is that this is a roomy one-person tent or a compact two-person tent.

Things to Consider Before Buying

One design detail is worth knowing before you buy. The edge of the roof does not finish in line with the groundsheet, so water running off the flysheet can drip down into the tent rather than shedding clear of the inner. It is a small geometry issue rather than a flaw in the materials, but it is the kind of thing you notice in steady rain.

The groundsheet is removable. Taking it out saves 226 g, which is a useful option for anyone who wants to trim weight on shorter trips or who prefers to use their own footprint.

The four-season label is worth treating with some caution. It is better understood as a three to four season tent: the fabric, the solid panel above the mesh and the taut pitch all help in poor conditions, but the rating is a description of intent rather than a guarantee of deep winter performance.

The full mesh sections of the inner also mean the tent relies on its flysheet and pitch for warmth. In cold, still conditions you will want a suitable sleeping bag rather than expecting the inner alone to hold heat.

Price and Value

At around £163 from the Naturehike official store, the Cloud Peak 2 sits in a different world from the tunnel tents it resembles. Comparable high-end designs cost in the region of £1,000 more. Delivery in this case arrived within a couple of days, which makes the price even harder to argue with.

Judged purely on what you get for the money, this is exceptional value. The design language is borrowed from a much more expensive class of tent, the poles and pegs are aluminium, the fabric is a proven 20D nylon, and the flysheet rating is high for the price bracket.

Buying Advice

Buy the Cloud Peak 2 if you want space, headroom and weather protection at a budget price, and you are willing to carry around 2.5 kg to get it. It suits weekend backpacking, wild camping where comfort matters, and anyone who camps in changeable conditions and wants somewhere genuinely pleasant to wait out a shower.

If weight is your first concern, look elsewhere. If you want to reduce the carried weight slightly, the removable groundsheet gives you an easy 226 g saving. Adding a small groundsheet or footprint for the vestibule area is a sensible extra, since it keeps packs and boots off bare grass and keeps the living space cleaner. Packing it down is simple, and the 50 cm by 15 cm packed size fits most backpacking setups without a fight.

Set your expectations around three to four season use rather than full winter conditions, and pitch it with all the guy lines out when the wind builds. Do that and it behaves like a tent from a much higher price bracket.

Conclusion

The Naturehike Cloud Peak 2 is a well-designed, genuinely roomy tunnel tent that borrows the shape and the thinking of a top-end design and delivers it for a fraction of the cost. The 105 cm interior height, the twin 72 cm vestibules and the fully opening doors make it comfortable in ways that budget tents rarely are, and the 4,000 mm flysheet rating and 20D nylon fabric give it real weather resistance.

The roof run-off detail and the optimistic four-season label are worth knowing about, but neither changes the overall picture. For campers who want a spacious, well-made shelter and are not counting every gram, this is one of the easiest recommendations in its price range.