The 70 Best Black Friday Outdoor Deals (2025)

The 70 Best Black Friday Outdoor Deals (2025)

As Black Friday 2025 approaches, outdoor enthusiasts have an unparalleled opportunity to revitalize their gear quiver. This is the prime time to restock on essential backpacking, hiking, biking, camping, and general outdoor-loving equipment. We’ve meticulously compiled a list of the best deals available on our favorite tents, backpacks, sleeping bags, pads, cookware, outdoor apparel, and much more, ensuring you’re ready for any adventure the new year brings.

While REI famously closes its doors for Black Friday, fear not, savvy shoppers! Many of their highly sought-after items will still be available at discounted prices online. Additionally, competitors like Backcountry and Public Lands are rolling out impressive sales across their vast inventories. Beyond the big retailers, we’re seeing fantastic deals from beloved cottage industry brands such as Six Moon Designs, Zenbivy, Gossamer Gear, and others known for their innovative, high-performance, and often ultralight gear. This year promises to be a treasure trove for anyone looking to upgrade their kit without breaking the bank.

If you’re unsure where to begin or what gear might best suit your needs, we highly recommend consulting our comprehensive collection of outdoor gear guides. These resources offer in-depth reviews and expert recommendations to help you make informed decisions. For those looking beyond outdoor essentials, be sure to explore our main hub for the absolute best Black Friday deals across all categories. This guide has been freshly updated on November 29, 2025, to include the latest and greatest offers on everything from puffer jackets and rain jackets to merino wool layers and other critical cold-weather essentials, ensuring you have the most current information at your fingertips.

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Tent Deals

Seeking a new shelter to withstand the elements? This year, Black Friday brings an exceptional number of tent deals, offering outstanding options for every type of camper, from ultralight backpackers to car camping families. Whether you’re planning solo expeditions or group outings, you’ll find high-quality tents at significantly reduced prices. Dive into our guides to the best backpacking tents and best car camping tents for detailed insights and comparisons before making your choice.

Six Moon Design’s Lunar Solo, which earned a 7/10 in our WIRED Review, stands out as my personal favorite single-wall ultralight solo tent. While it comes with a few quirks (be sure to read the pitching tips for optimal setup), its incredibly low weight of just 26 ounces (740 grams) makes it nearly unbeatable for those seeking minimalist shelter. This tent offers excellent ventilation for a single-walled design, with the flexibility to raise the front door on pleasant evenings. I particularly appreciate that it requires only one trekking pole (or a dedicated pole if you don’t hike with trekking poles), simplifying your gear load. Finding a tent of this quality and performance at this price point is a rare find.

The Big Agnes Copper Spur UL 2 has consistently been our top pick for lightweight freestanding backpacking tents and a long-standing favorite among our readers. This tent is a testament to high-quality, thoughtful design, offering a lightweight, easy-to-set-up, and comfortably roomy interior for backcountry living. Its "awning" design, achievable with trekking poles or sticks, adds a useful extra feature. The combination of 15D nylon and 20D ripstop, though it might feel delicate, has proven remarkably durable over extensive use. For those needing a bit more space, the 3-person Copper Spur UL 3 is also available on sale for $450, a significant $150 off its regular price.

Sea to Summit’s "3-plus season" tents are engineered to perform admirably in nearly all weather conditions while maintaining an impressively low weight. The two-person model, for instance, weighs a mere 3 pounds, 12 ounces. Michael Calore, a WIRED tester, recounted using the three-person version during a five-day "shoulder season" trip to Loon Lake in northern California. Temperatures ranged from 80s Fahrenheit during the day to 40s at night, with overnight winds gusting up to 60 mph – and the tent performed flawlessly. A standout design detail is the pole bag, which features a rigid, opaque white plastic insert. When clipped to the tent’s ceiling and combined with a headlamp, it transforms into an effective, ambient light source, illuminating your abode.

Nemo’s Dagger Osmo line of tents has consistently impressed us with its thoughtful blend of reasonable weight, spacious interiors, and remarkable storm-proof capabilities during our extensive testing. The three-person version has become my default choice for family trips with my children, offering ample space and protection. Setup is a breeze thanks to its intuitive single main pole design, which forks at each end, complemented by a cross pole in the middle for added structural integrity. Two generous vestibules provide abundant storage for gear, keeping the interior clutter-free. On clear nights, leaving the rainfly off transforms the tent into an excellent stargazing observatory, thanks to its extensive mesh canopy.

The Nemo Mayfly is a dependable three-season backpacking tent, with the two-person version I tested boasting a trail weight of just 3 pounds, 8 ounces. When divided between two hikers, this translates to less than 2 pounds per person, making it an excellent ultralight option. The Mayfly utilizes a semi-freestanding design to minimize weight, meaning the foot end requires staking for full stability. While its living space of 27.9 square feet is on the smaller side, complemented by two 7-square-foot vestibule areas, I find it perfectly livable for two. The innovative cross pole design creates a wider roof area than many tents of this size, enhancing internal volume. I particularly appreciate the white mesh (a refreshing change from black) and the super simple clips that securely fasten the rainfly.