>>616412Solo trekking? If you are looking for a solo tent i will share my journey to a good lightweight solo tent.
>1st solo backpacking tent.Wenzel starlight trekker. It is a small lightweight tent. Very light, maybe a little over 2lbs. Biggest flaw is it is single walled. Took it for a two nighter in the SMNP. Condensation was so bad it was wetter in my tent then outside. Also no vestibule to keep boots or other gear outside of tent but still dry
Lesson: get a tent with a full rain fly for superior ventillation. Vestibules, even small ones are awesome.
>2nd solo tent Ozark Trail Hiker tent
Fooled by youtube survivalists talking about what a great deal this tent is. $30 at walmart, thought why not. The cheap fiberglass poles SUCK. They are so thin and frail. Not a true full rain fly. Tent just had some mesh on the upper part. No attempt to seal the seams. At some parts you could see light shining through the stitching. I sealed all the seams best i could, tent still leaked. Again no vestibule.
>3rd solo tentEureka spitfire 1
Very lightweight 2.5lbs. Pokes are aluminum but stiff and tough as fuck. Two small but usable vestibules. Big enough to situp in. Seams were factory tapped. Full coverage rainfly. On warm summer nights I sometimes leave the fly off to stargaze.
Biggest cons. Not free standing. You must be able to stake it down. Never been a problem for me yet. It was at the time my most expensive tent at $120.
If you need a two man tent i can not reccomend the mountinsmith morrison 2 enough. Full rainfly, aluminum poles, 2 fairly large vestibules, and reasonably priced. Right around 4lbs for a true 2 person tent.
Hope this helps anon.
I still have that shitty wenzel somewhere. If you want it I would sell for super cheap.
