>>2057862I did a lot of research last year before I bought mine.
First, it all depends of what you expect of your shelter : do you want it to be a place where you can stay for some long periods of time like when it's heavily raining, or do you just want to use it for sleeping ? The snugpack tents look cool on the paper, but apparently you can't even sit in them, they're just made to sleep, I wouldn't want to be "trapped" in one of those during some rainy weather.
That's why I bought a Six Moon Design Lunar Solo : it's lightweight (because you need a pole to pitch it), resistant, the fly is on the exterior of the tent so the mesh doesn't get wet if you pitch it while it's raining and it's a one and a half person tent, meaning that you got a lot of space for your equipment and yourself. The only downside is the condensation, if the air is not really dry, you will get some (I got a lot of it when I went camping last september with it).
Here are some other tents that I considered buying at the time :
- Nemo Hornet is a very good one if you have the budget
- Terra Nova 1 person tents
- REI quarter dome
- Kelty late start 1
- Vango blade 100
- ALPS Mountaineering Lynx 1-Person
