Kunai™ is the most versatile tent on the market for backpacking year-round. It's truly in a category of its own, able to handle everything from hot and humid days in the trees to frigid temps and exposure high in the mountains. If you're outfitting for an adventure that will take you across many landscapes and through a wide range of conditions, there's no better choice. 

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The thoughtfully engineered frame design with top-shelf DAC poles and aggressively-tapered overall tent profile are built to shed wind, rain and snow. Few tents are this adept in every season in a package this compact and lightweight. The current generation of Kunai™ is updated with a reshaped entry area, higher volume vestibule, and larger convertible mesh panels on the sides of the inner tent.

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What's Included

• Stakes
• Guy-out cord
• Repair kit
• Nightlight Pocket
• Divvy Sack

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Features

• Both a backpacking and a mountaineering tent with a uniquely versatile 3-4 season design.
• Tapered profile, aggressive brow pole, and wind-blocking inner tent keep you protected in extreme weather.
• Dimension-Polyant sailcloth and a wind-blocking inner tent keep you protected from high winds and blowing snow.
• Tub floor construction guarantees a dry tent no matter how wet the ground is.
• Large door vent and zippered mesh windows allow for plenty of air flow.
• Strut vent located on zipper flap allows multi direction air circulation.
• Divvy™ Sack dual-stage stuff sack allows you to split the load with a hiking partner.
• Overhead Light Pockets™ use special light-diffusing fabric to cast an even glow throughout the tent.
• Gear Pockets™ at each corner offer both partners ample storage for personal items.
• Protected by the NEMO Lifetime Warranty.

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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.