Dagger™ is the quintessential one-tent wonder: light enough for backpacking, yet roomy enough to comfortably wait out a rainstorm inside. This best-seller is updated in 2019 with prebent poles to create more headroom, color-coded poles and webbing for intuitive set up, and several additional improvements to increase ventilation, convenience, and durability. 

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With two doors and two massive trapezoidal vestibules, Dagger™ has more area and volume for storage than any other tent in its price and weight category. It also has the unique Divvy™ dual-stage stuff sack, which allows you to split the load with a partner.

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What's Included:

• Stakes
• Guy-out cord
• Repair kit
• Light pocket
• Divvy Sack

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Features:

• Two large doors and massive trapezoidal vestibules offer ease of entry and more volume for storage than any other tent in its category.
• Key updates include pre-bent DAC Featherlite poles with Jake’s feet and lengthened main pole for significant increase in volume at the head and foot ends.
• Color-coded anodized poles and matched webbing for an intuitive set up.
• Integrated 15D Nylon and No-See-Um Mesh sidewalls provide ample air flow and temperature control.
• White No-See-Um Mesh on side panels adds privacy, while a black mesh top offers clear stargazing at night.
• Overhead Light Pockets™ at both ends use special light-diffusing fabric to cast an even glow throughout the tent.
• Divvy™ Sack dual-stage stuff sack allows you to split the load with a hiking partner.
• Gear Pockets™ at each corner offer both partners ample storage for personal items.
• Protected strut vents at the top of each zipper flap ensure greater ventilation, especially during a storm.
• Protected by the NEMO Lifetime Warranty.

The idea for NEMO was born one turbulent night in 2002 on the side of Mount Washington, where founder Cam Brensinger spent five sleepless hours in a poorly designed bivy. That night, he realized how much opportunity there was for thoughtful design as part of the equation for enjoying adventure. Coming down the mountain the next day, he resolved to tackle that challenge. Cam founded NEMO Equipment in the spring of his senior year at the Rhode Island School of Design and, three days after graduation, opened its first office in Nashua, New Hampshire.

The name NEMO was inspired by both the idea of "New England Mountain Outfitters" and Jules Verne’s Captain Nemo.

Cam set up operations in a restored textile mill with some fellow designers and engineers, where he worked for two years patterning and building prototypes of his first proprietary airbeam-supported tents.

In 2004, he launched the brand, and it quickly began winning awards for design and innovation. NEMO was the overall winner of the ISPO Brand New award in 2005 and its designs were among the 100 best inventions of the year awarded by TIME and Popular Science. These kicked off a string of awards and accolades that have only continued since then.

For two decades, as our team has grown, we have actively lived out the belief that intelligently designed gear enables the adventures that make us all our best selves — humans who are conscious, inspired, connected, and mindful. The sticker in our conference room captures our ethos: “Design Like You Give a Damn.”  

And we do just that.