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The engine's answer

Best 4-season tent for one person in winter nights near −12 °C, under €700

Nordisk

Svalbard 1 SI

A solo four-season tunnel built for wind rather than for grams.

  • Winter-capable at a fair price
  • Very stable pitched tail into the wind
  • Roomy porch for one
  • Two kilos for one person
  • Needs good anchors

Find it at Bergfreunde · Trekkinn · Decathlon · Alpinetrek · eBay (used)

Why it wins, in numbers

Nordisk Svalbard 1 SI is the tent the engine picked for this trip: €450 and 2.00 kg, Season rating 4, a 88% match on the questions asked. The kit around it comes to €675 of the €700 ceiling, leaving €25.

What the engine asked for: a sleeping bag rated to −14 °C or lower, a mat with an R-value of at least 5.5, a pack of at least 43 L, and €700 for all four; anything that falls short of these is flagged beside the item.

The kit it belongs to

Four items chosen together, not four separate winners. Swapping one moves the others.

5.03 kg on your back · €675 of a budget of €700

Tent
Nordisk Svalbard 1 SI: €450, 2.00 kg, Season rating 4, 88% match. Strongest on: Weather.
Sleeping bag
Forclaz MT100 15 °C: €35, 800 g, Comfort rating 15 °C, 28% match. Flagged: Not warm enough for these nights.
Sleeping mat
Alpkit Cloud Base: €130, 730 g, R-value 5.5, 50% match.
Backpack
Forclaz MT100 Easyfit 50: €60, 1.50 kg, Capacity 50 L, 50% match.

What the runners-up gave up

Each of these still leaves a kit that closes — the budget holds and the pack shuts. This is where each one lost.

  • Alpkit SoloistA cheap, tough, freestanding one-person tent for grim weather.Alpkit Soloist — €200, 1.62 kg — is worse on no single spec, but scores 84% to the winner's 88% on the questions asked.
  • MSR Elixir 3Roomy, tough and heavy — a tent for short walk-ins with company.MSR Elixir 3 — €400, 3.20 kg — gives up Waterproof rating: 1500 mm against the winner's 3000 mm. It scores 6% to the winner's 88%.
  • Vaude Taurus 3PThe budget tunnel, stretched to fit three.Vaude Taurus 3P — €360, 3.10 kg — gives up Packed weight: 3.10 kg against the winner's 2.00 kg. It scores 6% to the winner's 88%.

Questions this trip raises

How much does the whole kit cost?
€675 for all four items, €25 under the €700 ceiling. Prices are indicative euro list prices; the shops set their own.
How much does it weigh?
5.03 kg base weight — tent, sleeping bag, mat and pack together, before food, water and clothes. The pack is rated to carry 16 kg comfortably.
Does Nordisk Svalbard 1 SI have room for one person?
It sleeps 1 and carries a season rating of 4; the trip was set for one person, which it meets.

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This page answers one trip. Yours is not that trip — adjust the nights, the budget or the company and watch all four re-rank.

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Specifications are manufacturers’ own published figures and prices are indicative, not live. Comfort ratings and R-values are comparable across brands but describe a standardised sleeper on standardised ground — neither is a promise about you on a particular night. Check the current spec and price with the retailer before buying.