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NEMO started in New Hampshire in 2002 and has spent most of the time since on one problem: how to sleep properly on the ground. You can see it in the Spoon-shaped sleeping bags, cut wider at the elbows and knees so side sleepers can actually roll over, and in the Tensor pads, which stay quiet when you shift instead of crackling like a chip packet. Their OSMO tent fabric is the same instinct applied to shelters - it stretches far less when wet, so the fly doesn't go slack in overnight rain and need re-tensioning at 2am. We stock the tents, pads, bags, pillows and chairs, with free shipping Australia-wide (bulky items excluded) and 80 days to return anything, sale items included.
Three things decide this: how much weight you're willing to carry, whether you want to sit up inside, and whether you're camping in snow. NEMO's tent range runs from a shelter you'd take on a fastpacking trip to one that will hold a load of it.
Lightest for one: Hornet Elite OSMO 1P
The Nemo Hornet Elite Osmo Ultralight 1-Person Hiking Tent is the one for people counting grams. Everything on it has been pared back - thinner fabrics, the lightest poles NEMO uses - and that is the trade-off: it is not the tent to pitch on gravel and drag in and out of for a fortnight. If you're doing a few big trips a year and weight is the point, it's excellent. If it's your only tent, look one step down the list.
Two people, minimum weight: Hornet OSMO 2P
The Nemo Hornet OSMO Ultralight 2-Person Hiking Tent gives you two doors and two vestibules at a weight most two-person tents can't match, and the Nemo Hornet Elite Osmo Ultralight 2-Person Hiking Tent takes it further again at a packed weight just over 900 grams. Both are semi-freestanding, which means the head end stands up on its own but the foot has to be pegged out to get its shape. On soft ground that's a non-issue. On a hard tent platform, bring extra cord.
One tent for most trips: Dagger OSMO
If you only want to own one, this is usually it. The Nemo Dagger Osmo 2-Person Lightweight Hiking Tent is still light enough to carry for a week but has proper vertical-ish walls, two big doors and a storage tub in each vestibule for wet boots. The Nemo Dagger Osmo 3-Person Lightweight Hiking Tent is the same tent with room for a third person, or for two people and a dog. The Dragonfly OSMO sits between Hornet and Dagger - closer to the Hornet on the scales, closer to the Dagger inside.
Room to sit up and eat dinner: Mayfly and Aurora
The Nemo Mayfly Osmo 2-Person Lightweight Hiking Tent and Nemo Mayfly Osmo 3-Person Lightweight Hiking Tent use the tougher version of the OSMO fabric and a heavier floor, so they wear better on rough ground than the ultralight tents do. The Nemo Aurora 2-Person Hiking Tent & Footprint is the roomiest of the lot and comes with its groundsheet included, which makes it the sensible pick if the tent is going in the car more often than on your back.
Year-round, including above the treeline: Kunai 3P
The Nemo Kunai 3-Person 3-4 Season Lightweight Hiking Tent is built to shed wind and snow, with a steeper profile and convertible mesh panels you can close off when it turns. For Australia that means Kosciuszko in winter, or a trip to the northern hemisphere snow. For a summer week in Tasmania it's more tent than you need and you'll notice the weight.
In short: Hornet if you're counting grams, Dagger if you want one tent that does most things, Mayfly or Aurora if you want to sit up inside, Kunai if there's going to be snow on it.
This is where NEMO is strongest, and the choice comes down to two numbers. R-value is how well the pad stops the cold ground pulling heat out of you - higher is warmer, and it matters more than the bag rating on a cold night. Thickness is how far off the ground you sit, which is mostly a comfort question and mostly a side-sleeper question.
Three seasons at the lowest weight: Tensor Trail
R-value 2.8 and just under 400 grams. Warm enough for a Queensland or coastal winter and most of the year everywhere else, and the cheapest way into the Tensor line. It will not be enough in the Alps in July. Regular, Regular Mummy, Regular Wide, and Long Wide are available.
The one most people should buy: Tensor All-Season
R-value 5.4, 3.5 inches thick, around 440 grams. This is the pad that covers Australian conditions end to end, including cold nights in the Victorian and NSW alpine areas, and it's the one the other pads get compared against. Regular, Regular Wide, and Long Wide are available.
Comfort ahead of grams: Eclipse All-Season
The thickest air pad NEMO makes at 4 inches, with an R-value of 6.2. The sleeping surface is shaped to hold you in the middle rather than letting you roll off the side, which is the actual complaint most people have about thick air pads. Regular, Regular Wide, and Long Wide are available. It's around 50 grams heavier than the Tensor All-Season and packs slightly larger. If you sleep on your side and wake up sore, that's a trade worth making. If you're chasing a light pack weight, it isn't - take the Tensor.
Snow and alpine: Tensor Extreme Conditions
R-value 8.5, at about the weight of a pad half as warm. Genuinely more than Australian conditions call for unless you're camping on snow or heading somewhere serious in a northern winter. Buy it for those trips, not as an upgrade for general use. Regular, Regular Mummy, Regular Wide, and Long Wide available.
Cutting every last gram: Tensor Elite
Three inches thick instead of three and a half, and lighter again than the Trail. It's a race and fastpacking pad. The fabrics are thinner, so it wants a groundsheet and a bit of care.
Cheap, indestructible, no valve: Switchback
Closed-cell foam that folds like a concertina. It's colder and bulkier than anything above and it cannot be punctured, which is exactly why plenty of people carry one under an air pad in winter or take one as the backup on a long trip.
Pads come in a few shapes as well as a few lengths - rectangular for room, mummy for a bit less weight, and wide versions if you sleep with your arms out. Regular suits most people up to about 183cm; if you're taller than that, take the long.
In short: Tensor All-Season unless you have a specific reason to move off it. Eclipse if comfort matters more than pack weight, Extreme Conditions if there's snow, Trail or Elite if you're counting grams.
NEMO's bags are built around the Spoon shape - wider at the elbows and knees than a mummy bag, narrower at the feet and shoulders so the extra room doesn't cost warmth. If you've ever felt strapped down in a mummy bag, this is the fix.
Three-season down, for side sleepers: Riff 30
800 fill power down, meaning a lot of warmth for the weight, in the trimmer of NEMO's two Spoon cuts. The useful feature is the pair of Thermo Gill vents across the chest: on a warm night you open them and dump heat without unzipping the whole bag and losing your feet. In Australia, where an overnight can swing fifteen degrees, that gets used more than you'd think. Two bags with opposite zips can be joined into a double. It also comes in a Long.
One thing worth knowing before you buy: the number in the name is Fahrenheit, not Celsius. A 30 is rated to about minus one. Check the product page for whether the figure quoted is the comfort rating or the lower limit, because the two can be six or seven degrees apart and it decides whether you sleep or shiver.
A liner adds a few degrees for very little weight and keeps the bag clean, which matters because down loses loft when it gets grubby. NEMO's Tracer is cut to the same Spoon shape so it doesn't bind.
The Fillo is the pillow most people end up with: an air bladder for structure with a layer of foam over the top, so it doesn't feel like sleeping on a balloon, and it packs down to roughly the size of a grapefruit. The Fillo Wide adds shock cord underneath that lets you fold a jacket in to raise the height, which is the answer if you're a side sleeper and every camp pillow feels too flat.
The Moonlite reclining camp chair has a pulley in the armrest strap, so you can drop it back after dinner without getting out of it. It's a backpacking-weight chair rather than a caravan chair - light enough to carry, not built to live outside all summer.
Tents: 1 Person Tents, 2 Person Tents, 3 Person Tents, 4 Season & Mountain Tents, Footprints, Tent Accessories & Repair Kits
Sleeping: Sleeping Mats & Pads, Synthetic Sleeping Bags, Down Sleeping Bags, Sleeping Bag Liners, Pillows
Camp comfort: Chairs, Blankets & Throws
Free shipping Australia-wide, bulky items excluded, and 80 days to send anything back - sale items included. Full detail is on our Shipping and Returns pages. If you'd rather see a tent pitched or get a hand choosing a pad, we have stores at Burleigh Heads and in Brisbane - addresses and hours are on the Stores page.
What size NEMO sleeping pad should I get?
Regular suits most people up to about 183cm. Over that, take the long. Wide is worth it if you sleep on your back with your arms out or you're sharing a tent floor and keep rolling off; mummy shapes save a bit of weight by narrowing at the feet.
Are NEMO products covered by warranty in Australia?
Yes. NEMO backs its gear with a manufacturer guarantee, and the exact terms differ by product line. Whichever applies, get in touch with us and we'll handle it from here. Your rights under Australian Consumer Law apply as well, on top of anything the manufacturer offers.
What does OSMO mean on a NEMO tent?
It's the fabric NEMO uses on the fly and floor of most of its current tents. Two things about it matter in practice: it stretches much less than standard tent fabric when it's wet, so a fly pitched tight at dusk is still tight after a night of rain, and its water repellence is built into the yarn rather than sprayed on, so it lasts longer before you need to re-proof it. It's also made without PFAS.
How warm does a sleeping pad need to be in Australia?
For most of the country, an R-value around 5 covers you year-round, which is why the Tensor All-Season is the one we sell most of. Under 3 is a summer and shoulder-season pad. Above 8 is snow camping - real value if you're going to Kosciuszko in August or to the northern hemisphere in their winter, and dead weight if you aren't.
Can you zip two NEMO sleeping bags together?
Two Riffs will join into a double as long as you have one with a left zip and one with a right. It's worth checking the zip side on both products before you order, because two of the same won't mate.
Do NEMO tents come with a footprint?
Some do and some don't - the Aurora includes one, most of the backpacking tents don't. A footprint isn't essential, but on rocky or gravelly sites it takes the wear that would otherwise go into the tent floor, and it's a lot cheaper to replace. They're sold separately on our Footprints page.
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