Beta Light Tent: 2-Person 3-Season
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Why We Like The Beta Light Tent
With weight being of utmost importance to us, we pack along Black Diamond's Beta Light Tent for ultra-light, durable performance. After breaking 30 miles in a day, we quickly pitch the shelter using our adjustable trekking poles and hunker in for the night, safe from mossies and no-see-ums behind the mesh perimeter.
Details
- Lightweight backpacking shelter for minimalist adventurers
- Weighs less than two pounds for ultra-light missions
- Durable monofilament mesh valance keeps bugs out
- Reflective, adjustable guylines make low-light pitching a cinch
- Adjustable stake-out points customize your set up
- Two doors allows easy in-out for both campers
- DAC stakes included for burly, lightweight tack down
- Compatible with Ground Cloth (not included)
- Item #BLDZ9DN
This item is made with PFAS chemicals.
- Material
- 30D high-tenacity polyester, mesh perimeter valance
- Capacity
- 2
- Season
- 3
- Wall Type
- single-wall
- Poles
- trekking poles
- Number of Doors
- 2
- Number of Vestibules
- none
- Seams
- fully sealed
- Interior Height
- 47in
- Floor Dimensions
- [length x width] 115 x 57 - 79in
- Floor Space
- 54ft²
- Packed Size
- [length x width] 11 x 6in
- Trail Weight
- 1lb 7oz
- Packed Weight
- 1lb 7oz
- Manufacturer Warranty
- 1 year
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Overall Rating
4.5 based on 19 ratings
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Selecting an option will reload the available reviews on the pageOctober 1, 2025
Unlike the mega mid, this upgrade seems great
I've spent literal years of my life sleeping in Black Diamond Mega Mid tents, and I used to absolutely swear by the 4-person shelter, because, why not? It's so light, you may as well have the extra space. The new version of the 4-person shelter seems pretty meh, but the 2-person version now has bug netting that connects to the floor, which is a HUGE upgrade. Definitely outweighs the cons of the weird new material
Originally reviewed on ExpertVoice.com
April 23, 2025
Almost perfect
A palace for 2 and truly excessive for 1, extremely weather-worthy, and very simple to set up. The update to polyester fabric was a huge upgrade in performance, as was the addition of the bug skirt. One star off for the glaring design flaw of not having any way to vent the top of the shelter (not such much as a 2-way zipper, BD?!? Never mind an actual top vent like most tarp shelters. . . ), and yes condensation can be a huge problem as a result of this. At the end of the day, we bought this as an emergency shelter for SAR work, but we have ended up choosing it more often than not on most of our adventures.
Originally reviewed on blackdiamondequipment.com
January 19, 2024
Just received my beta light tent
I just received and unpack the beta light and the matching ground cloth. I confirm that the tent has four mid panel tie out loops, two on each side. It also comes with 4 adjustable cords for the tie out loops stored in the stake bag. The ground cloth weights about 13oz, it has 6 stake out points with bungee cords. There are also 6 toggle connectors near the corners to connect to the bug net loops. Each connectors are about 5-6 inches inward from the edge. I hope these information help.
Originally reviewed on blackdiamondequipment.com
September 16, 2023
Lightweight, roomy, but HOT!
Tried this tent on a late summer trip in WY. Weather was nice, chill nights, some lightning storms. For a 1 person use, for 20 days, with no footprint, was roomy and lightweight, but this tent needs a lot more ventilation!: either a little window on the top part (like the megamid’s), or a zipper pull allowing to open it up from the top, or the bug protection skirt should be detachable.. or something! There just too much condensation happening in this tent!
Originally reviewed on blackdiamondequipment.com
March 21, 2023
Almost Perfect
I’d give the BetaLight 5 stars but it needs a hair more ventilation up high. They could do this with a mesh backed flap or tube high on either end. Other than that, this shelter is perfect IMO. Lots of room, love the mesh perimeter (could be a bit longer?), fabric is a definite improvement over the Sil material.
Originally reviewed on blackdiamondequipment.com
March 12, 2023
Perfect simplicity
Exactly the bombproof, we’ll-designed shelter for long journeys that I was looking for. I don’t know why I waited so long to purchase one.
Originally reviewed on blackdiamondequipment.com
September 19, 2022
Love it…but where to buy the ground cloth?
I bought the Beta light this past spring and have just started putting it to the rest and well I LOVE IT! I had hot nights and super cold night in it and my dog and I are happy. It packs super small and for solo trips with my furry pal, it’s awesome. Super spacious! So far I have been lucky with only rain at night so haven’t set up on a wet ground yet but I have thought about getting a ground cloth for it, but it’s literally no where to be found on this website. Can we even get a ground cloth for this shelter?
Originally reviewed on blackdiamondequipment.com
September 15, 2022
Almost there!
I have now used this shelter for 15 nights. Love the ease of setup, the weight, the price, and the weather resistance. Only problem is that I live in a buggy part of the world and was hoping the bug protection would be sufficient. Sadly, it was not. Worked well for mosquitoes and other flying bugs, just not for spiders. We had two straight nights of waking up to daddy long legs crawling on our faces. Not great for sleeping. Come up with a better connection between the bug net and the ground sheet and I would happily buy this again!
Originally reviewed on blackdiamondequipment.com
August 23, 2022
Great multipurpose tent
I have had the original beta mid for years and have used it for backpacking and ski touring. For ski touring just set up the tent and dig down into the snow and provide room to stand and create a bench to sleep on. Because it’s light and small we have taken it on our adventure trips to Australia and Europe. My wife made sure we had the beta bug screen for the Australia trip. I highly recommend this tent.
Originally reviewed on blackdiamondequipment.com
July 27, 2022
BD crushes it again
Had the chance to put the Beta light to the test on a backpacking trip into the John Muir Wilderness. Super light. Easy to setup. Plenty of space for two adults w/ gear. GREAT lightweight tent.
Originally reviewed on blackdiamondequipment.com
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