Low weight - and still stronger
In the hunt for light-weight gear, one is easily enticed by simply the lightest possible, disregarding strength or durability. This may cause safety problems! You can combine both low weight with a high degree of strength. This combination is not cheap since it requires materials of the highest quality and clever solutions - but these attributes define our ambition.

The concept of low weight is one of the predominant drives in our industry. This is advantageous; carrying a lighter load allows for more fun when you are out in the hills. But there are other aspects when choosing your gear: namely longevity. Most often lighter gear does not last as long as heavier gear.

Nobody wants equipment that is too heavy but many lighter materials do not meet the demands one should have on good equipment. We therefore do not compromise in our choice of materials. This can make it quite difficult to find the right components for our products. Prior to production, all materials are scrutinized for their qualities. We do this to make sure that you can enjoy your outdoor pursuits, but also for your safety!

Strength and function
It is important that your gear lasts and works well in poor conditions. We are always wishing for clear skies and sunny days, but often this is not the case. Inadequate gear works reasonably well on pleasant summer days but in howling winds and driving snow it is strength and function upon which you must rely.

We are taking poor weather conditions into consideration when designing our tents: linked inner and outer tents, external pole sleeves, adjustable pole tensioners and peg loops are details that help you when the going gets tough.

A truly safe tent should not only be able to withstand the rigours of bad weather but needs to excel in ease of handling as well. Strong winds do not wait until you have set up and secured your tent with all the pegs and lines!

It is our aim to offer tents that you can set up all by yourself. This is the basis from where we start. It can be hard to pitch a tent in a gale and it is therefore necessary to practice pitching your tent before your departure.

By adapting the functions of our tents to the worst imaginable circumstances we want to enable you to raise your tent in strong winds with cold and darkness even when wearing gloves.

Once you have gained a certain routine in handling your tent in rough conditions, using it in winter is not a major obstacle any more. It will rather add a new, exciting dimension!

Double wall tents
Double walled tents offer greater comfort and safety. Therefore, all Hilleberg tents consist of an outer and an inner tent. These are linked to each other - but easily detachable - so that the inner is raised simultaneously with the outer tent. The advantages are obvious:

No loose inner tent to think about when pitching the tent.
The inner tent is always protected from the rain when making camp, and there is no flapping flysheet to wrestle into place.
Inner and outer tents can easily be separated when the outer is wet or if you want to use either of the two separately.

There is naturally considerably less condensation in a double-walled tent and the inner warms up faster - crucial for your comfort!

The fabric of the inner tent also protects you from condensation droplets coming from the inside of the outer tent when it is shaken by wind gusts and keeps you from touching the potentially wet surface of the outer.

The outer tent will seldom be completely free of condensation and moisture from the ground and can potentially soak your equipment stored in the vestibule. Zippers and vents can also not be absolutely waterproof. Therefore, it is wise to cover your gear in the vestibule when it is raining heavily or on occasions when there is a lot of humidity in the air.

From a safety standpoint, double-walled tents are superior. Should the outer tent ever get ripped, you still have the protection of the inner tent. A single wall tent would allow a storm to get right to you, with possibly serious consequences!

This construction also offers a high degree of flexibility and versatility: inner and outer tents can be used and/or packed separately. The outer by itself makes an excellent shelter for a lunch break on a day hike while the inner can be used in balmier latitudes when protection from insects is the only prerequisite. All you need are some separate pole holders.

Production
We at Hilleberg's manufacture ?in contrast to most other brands ?tents in our own factory, in Estonia. Equipment and working conditions are according to Swedish standard. Our permanent staff is trained to our high standards and they are all competent tentmakers. Inner and outer tents are sewn completely by one person who labels every tent with her name. Before the tents are dispatched they are assembled, pitched and completed with lines and then undergo a final inspection.

Product Development

It is our ambition to work to the highest standards, from being a just employer to corresponding to the expectations that our customers have of our products. In order to offer tents with the best possible performance in materials and design, we need to be continually working with product development in combination with field tests in the most shifting environments!

The response from our customers and their different needs are of vital importance because every year we sell our tents to both normal hikers and professional users who undertake demanding trips and have high expectations. We go for multi-day outings into the Swedish mountains every month where we test our equipment in all sorts of conditions, find solutions and get inspiration to improve prototypes or existing models.

This is where our best ideas are taking shape.

Every detail or entirely new tents take months or even years of testing before production. No design or solution is put into practice before it passes all the tests. This goes above all for the materials we use. We continually search the market for new developments and choose those that correspond to our criteria, replace when necessary or preserve what is right.