Tents

GearScore blends published specs into a single 0 to 100 number: a floor-area sufficiency check, weight per person, space-to-weight, price per person, peak height, and doors. Every weight, floor, and price figure is divided by capacity, so a one, two, and three person tent compare on equal footing. Nothing is opinion or sponsorship, and you can re-weight any factor to match how you camp.

A three-person tent is naturally heavier and roomier than a solo tent, so comparing raw weight or raw floor area would be unfair. Dividing weight, floor, and price by capacity turns them into what each person carries, the room each person gets, and what each person pays. That is the honest way to line up tents of different sizes.

Space-to-weight is livable floor area divided by packed weight, in square feet per pound. It is the tent version of a sleeping bag warmth-to-weight number: higher means more usable shelter for less to carry. It rewards efficient designs, including trekking-pole tents, and it comes straight from published specs.

It shows as "n/s" and the tent is scored only on the specs it does publish. A blank field is never treated as a zero and never counted as a strength, so missing data can only lower a score, never inflate it. That keeps the ranking honest and consistent with the rest of the site.

Yes. A tent, a pad, and a bag are one sleep system. The Tent Fit Visualizer shows whether your pads fit a given tent floor, the sleeping-pad rankings cover the insulation and comfort under you, and the sleeping-bag rankings cover warmth. Build the shelter here, then match the pad and bag to it.