It's out of your budget but the Big Agnes Cooper Spur is top notch. Ultra light and very sturdy. Will fit well in your 40l pack. I have used mine dozens of times over 100s of miles. Have fun.
My personal tent is a Big Agnes Copper spur 3 person that I got on sales at the end of the season. I use that for Scout events and backpacking. Our family tent is a Coleman 6 person we got at Costco. Sometimes I bring my old 2 person REI dome tent and stick one of the kids in that when we do family camping. The Cots fit in the Coleman. It's hard to set up the larger tent by myself, with a little help it is pretty easy especially not that my son is taller than me.
I used to believe posts like this until I actually got on AT. You won’t believe this if all you look at is social media but hardly anyone is actually using the shelters. Everyone is using their tents.
If I was OP and that was all my budget could afford, I’d go for the half dome.
If I had more money, I’d go for a BA two person if free standing was preferred or a zpacks two person if trekking pole tents were okay with OP.
My post literally says “if I had more money” but I guess you decided to ignore that and then criticize me for my “more money” option.
Stay toxic social media. There’s always someone who chooses to make a jab to make the conversation nasty and toxic and unpleasant rather than what my comment was - a fellow hiker just genuinely trying to help out another hiker on ideas. 🫤🙄🙄
You have reliably made this interaction unnecessarily unpleasant. Congrats!!!
When’s the last time you actually set up a modern tent? If you’re picturing threading tent poles through sleeves then I’d get the hesitancy. Modern tents are extremely easy to set up now
Takes me <5 minutes to set up my 2P big Agnes tent. Going bivy seems overly aggressive when just getting back into camping
Maybe depends on your typical conditions. I've used my 2p for about 9 years, mostly when I go backpacking with my wife. It's bigger and heavier than I what I normally take when I'm alone, but I've never had a problem with it. We did have 2 nights of the worst winds on one trip and I was worried the tent would not survive, but somehow it did. If I was backpacking somewhere where exposure to high winds was a big factor, it would not be my first choice and I'd go for something more streamlined.
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