Fjällräven - Abisko Lite 1

I love my abisko lite 1, but it is a small tent. I call it my coffin. I use it when I want something light weight and I'm just going to sleep in it. Or If I think pitching spots might be slim pickings. It's so small you can get it into tiny spots. If I need to be comfortable inside for long periods I try and take my two man, but there's a weight penalty....

I’m out in northwest Scotland with my Abisko Lite 1 for the first time (near Ben More Assynt at about 700m up). I got the tent on a great deal on eBay and have been excited to try it (part of my mission to camp at least once a month this year). I did that thing you shouldn’t do and came out before pitching the tent at home first. No bother. It’s so easy to pitch. But I confess, I’m a bit surprised by the size. The floor space and vestibule are great but the head height is crazy short to me - and I’m 5ft1in! My head hits the top of the tent and I have to crouch to do anything sitting up (cook, read, etc). A bit disappointed I admit, as it makes this otherwise excellent tent quite uncomfortable for anything but sleeping. Is this par for the course with 4 season tents? Or are there roomier tents I should have considered? (After all on these long winter nights, I’d like to be able to move a little, enjoy the camp, and not spend all my tent time in a horizontal position!)

I bought the tent plus footprint AND mesh inner tent for £525 on eBay which I thought was amazing - all seemingly new (even with rubber bands still on guy ropes). It is very roomy in every other way except height (I can even fit my 45L rucksack in the tent!). I’m going to persist and get a big sit mat to sit on (instead of thermarest) to see if that makes a difference for when I want to sit up cooking etc. it has so many other great features im only just beginning to discover and I’m sure jn really windy weather id be glad I stuck such if. I think the test will be on a multi day trek where im bound to experience a mix of weather. We’ll see!

Abisko lite seems look the same, i have a 3 p for 2k6