Hornet™ Elite is the ultralight tent of choice for extreme minimalists wanting the best in technical materials and design. Top shelf fabrics and a minimal pole structure shave every ounce possible, while our latest updates and new patent-pending Flybar™ volumizing clip adds even more room without adding any weight. 

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At a mere 1 pound and 11 ounces, this premium technical, ultralight 2-Person shelter provides maximum livable space and large doors and vestibules. The 1-Person sheds a few more ounces to make its mark as one of the lightest, most advanced semi-freestanding tents in the NEMO line-up. Split the load with a partner using the unique Divvy™ dual-stage stuff sack to further lighten your pack.

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What's Included

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

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Features

• Ultra-fine 7D Nylon Ripstop fly with silicone water repellent is extremely light and technical.
• Generous doors and vestibules for each person provide more coverage in the rain.
• Unique Divvy™ dual stage stuff sack makes it easy to divide the load with a partner.
• Patent-pending Flybar™ volumizing pole clip adds more room at the head and distributes fly tension evenly.
• Volumizing guyouts connect the inner tent to the rainfly, pulling the sidewalls of the inner tent outward to create more livable space.
• Black No-See-Um Mesh turns virtually transparent at night for clear stargazing.
• Triangulated volumizing guyouts at corners increase volume at the foot, protecting sleeping bags from tent wall condensation.
• Light Pockets™ turn your headlamp into a tent lantern through light diffusing fabric.
• DAC Featherlite poles boast minimal weight and connect with a single-hubbed intersection for lightning-quick setup.
• 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.