Tube tents, emergency shelter for when you need it the most

Tube tents are probably the cheapest most effective emergency shelters you can get. Whenever you plan to go camping, or even just go out trekking, this is something everyone should carry in their backpacks. You may have a clear blue sky ahead of you, but you never know when nature may decide to play a trick on you – especially when you’re out in the mountains, hours away from the nearest shelter so having a tube tent is the best way to go.

These cheap emergency tents are cheap, require very little space in your backpack, and weigh next to nothing. They’re also easy to set up – which is quite important when you need to set it up in a hurry. You may think these simple plastic tube tents won’t help you much out in the wilderness, but you’d be surprised if you knew just how many people owe their lives to these tent tubes. Its plastic may look cheap, but there’s no better material to shield you away from sun, rain, wind and snow.

You can find tube survival emergency tents nearly everywhere: from camping to stores to gas stations. Often they come included in portable survival kits including some extra gear you’ll appreciate having if you ever end up needing it. Considering it’s extremely low cost, there’s no excuse not to have one of these on everyone’s backpack. You can even carry a couple around in your vehicle just in case.