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Backpacking Tents
NEMO Dragonfly OSMO Bikepack 2P Review
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Bikepacking.com's tester wondered if the NEMO Dragonfly Bikepack OSMO 2P might be the best bikepacking tent yet, after months on it, including a nine-day ride on Baja's Cape Loop. The same review says the tent is doing too much. Both are true, and that's my favorite kind of review. Read both halves.
My call, once. Buy it if two of you ride with a freestanding tent and want short poles and a bag that straps to the bars. Skip it if most of your trips are on foot, or if you camp hot and humid. I give it 7.6 out of 10.
By Brooke5 min read
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What makes it a bikepacking tent?
Short poles and the bag. NEMO lists a 16.0 by 6.5-inch packed size and a dry bag sized to strap to your headtube and handlebars. Bikepacking.com measured the pack size at about 12 inches, so the two figures differ. I go with NEMO's printed 16, and I'd measure your own bars before buying.
The bag is the real upgrade. Bikepacking.com says NEMO's first Bikepack tent, from 2021, had a bag with no headtube strap and a weak attachment. The new one adds the strap, a double-ended roll-top and tougher fabric, and in 2026 its tester found negligible movement while riding. It's slightly oversized, so a few layers or a small pad fit too.
Its limit is size. It's small. For the nine-day Baja ride, the tester left the handlebar bag at home and packed the tent in two panniers. Short poles also make a fatter bundle. Riders who stash poles along a big frame bag's downtube gain little, Bikepacking.com notes.
How heavy, and how roomy?
NEMO lists 2 lb 15 oz minimum and 3 lb 12 oz packed for the 2P. Bikepacking.com calls it not extremely light, at just under four pounds.
The room is where it earns that. NEMO lists a 40-inch peak, 29 square feet of floor at 88 by 50 tapering to 45 inches, and two 8.6-square-foot vestibules. Its Precurve crossbar angles upward to make a near-horizontal roof. Bikepacking.com found the walls slant only slightly, with plenty of room for two to sit up and change side by side. The tester and riding partner Emily both called out that flared peak, and I think it matters more than any single spec when two people share 29 square feet for a week.
Here's the sum I like. At 3 lb 12 oz split between two riders, that's 30 oz each. Less than 2 pounds per person for a freestanding tent with two doors. For a solo rider, NEMO's 1-Person version was listed at about 530 dollars.
One quirk: the pole set is a single piece with a center hub. Bikepacking.com found it rigid and stable, but bulky and awkward to take apart.
How does it handle weather?
NEMO lists its OSMO ripstop at 1500 mm for both the fly and the floor, solution-dyed and PFAS-free. Bikepacking.com relays NEMO's claim of 4x longer-lasting water repellency and 3x less stretch when wet.
In the field, in its April 2026 review, Bikepacking.com had a few windy beach nights and says the slanted fly walls deflected most of it. The head end, only slightly slanted, catches the most wind, so think about which way it faces when you pitch it. The new full-coverage fly replaced the old cutaway one.
Airflow is the catch. Plan for it. The tester saw no condensation problems in the Pacific Northwest, but the dark polyester lower walls cut airflow low in the tent. On nights around 60 degrees F, the tester left a door partly unzipped, and says anything warmer would call for an airier tent. There's 1 vent at the head end, plus two-way door zippers.
Why does that matter so much? Bikepacking routes chase heat. Desert loops, Baja, summer gravel. At 60 degrees F the tester was already cracking a door. At 75, I'd expect a stuffy night with the fly on. That's my reading of the review. If your riding is mostly cool and wet, this barely matters. If it's mostly hot, it's the number 1 reason to look at a tent with more mesh down low.
Small details, and who it fits
Bikepacking.com liked the gear loft, two door pockets and the overhead Nightlight pocket. It lost 1 aluminum corner anchor on the 9-day Cape Loop, and the pole tip still fit the webbing loop, so the tent went up. The fly needs that anchor to secure properly, so I'd check yours before every trip. The Landing Zone tub's tiny G-hooks annoyed the tester enough to leave it home.
Buy it if two-person bikepacking is a regular trip style and a short freestanding tent solves a real packing problem. Consider it if you split time between bike and foot and value easy setup over the lowest weight. Skip it if most trips are on foot, or if you camp in heat above about 60 degrees F most nights.
One more thing I noticed in the review. The tester called the core of the tent, its materials, shape and design, close to perfect, and blamed the extras. The hub poles. The gear tub. A bag that's good, not great. That's a useful split. The parts you can't change are the good ones. The parts that bug people, you can leave at home.
What do owners say, and what else to look at?
Early owners are happy. On October 16, 2026, Amazon showed 4.8 stars from 21 ratings, with 11 left in stock. That's a small sample, so I weight Bikepacking.com's months of riding, including that nine-day Baja loop and a scouting trip on Vancouver Island, far more than any star count from a listing this new. Price ran $595-605, with NEMO's own list price in it.
Big Agnes Copper Spur UL2 Bikepack: the closest rival. Big Agnes lists 2 lb 15 oz trail weight, 3 lb 11 oz total, a 16 by 5.5-inch packed size, 29 square feet and a 40-inch head height, at about 650 dollars. Put the two spec sheets side by side and they're nearly twins: same trail weight, same floor, same peak. The Big Agnes packs half an inch slimmer and has 9-square-foot vestibules to NEMO's 8.6. The NEMO costs about 50 dollars less. That's the tiebreaker I'd use.
Pros
- Handlebar bag with a headtube strap; negligible movement in Bikepacking.com's riding
- 40 in peak and a near-horizontal roof (NEMO); room for two to sit up
- Two doors, two 8.6 sq ft vestibules (NEMO)
- About 50 dollars under the near-identical Big Agnes Copper Spur UL2 Bikepack
Cons
- Low airflow on warm nights, per Bikepacking.com
- One-piece hub poles are bulky and awkward to take apart
- The included bag is small for long trips
- Only 21 Amazon ratings so far (Oct 16, 2026)
Key Specifications
- Design
- Freestanding, double-wall
- Fabric
- OSMO ripstop, 1500 mm fly and floor (NEMO)
- Capacity
- 2 people
- Packed size
- 16 x 6.5 in dia / 40 x 16.5 cm
- Packed weight
- 3 lb 12 oz / 1.7 kg
- Minimum weight
- 2 lb 15 oz / 1.32 kg
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