Allak 2

Not really! A Nallo 2, GT if you need winter capabilities, will do any month of the year! Need heavier duty? Allak 2

Had to look it up. A very sturdy tent. https://www.trailspace.com/gear/hilleberg/allak-2/ But also a bit on the heavy side for single person walking. But with a bike, a very nice tent. All your panniers in one vestibule and the other for getting in and out. With two persons it will be snug inside, but the two vestibules make life easier. Also, the freestanding is nice, as is the half dome design. Truly a tent that can resist almost any weather.

Which tent are you talking about? My 2P Allak weighs a smidge over 3kg and is a geodesic, not a dome tent (a dome has two poles, hence a geodesic weighs slightly more). Yeah it’s too heavy for me to do solo hiking trips with, but when I’m with my partner, or when I’m kayak camping, it’s fine. It’s definitely overkill for summer camping though. But Hilleberg do “summer” (their Yellow Label) tents, of which there’s two dome tents: the Niak (1.6kg, but only one entrance so tricky for two people, but possible) and the Rogen (1.8kg) which are fine for almost all British weather, all year round. But the OP’s budget wouldn’t extend to a new Hilleberg anyway, so it’s not really relevant anyway 🙂 Hillebergs are worth considering if you camp a _lot_, otherwise there are plenty of more suitable options. Edit: as usual, I cannot fathom why I’m getting downvoted when I’ve posted a few basic facts here.

Staika is overkill for the UK. Just go with the Allak. Not a big weight saving but it will be fine for anything Scotland can throw at you.

Sounds like a dome is perfect for you. Domes are not necessarily the best in high winds, but you do not have to take care as much about how to pitch it perfectly - unlike tunnel tents or similar constructions. If weight is not your highest priority I think a dome tent is the mostconvenient for Scotland/Scandinavia, especially in exposed locations like mountains and coastal regions. I use Hilleberg Soulo/Allak and Fjällräven. A lot of lightweight tents use a pyramid construction but they can be a bit annoying to set up - in my opinion. People swear by it but I am not convinced for my use cases (northern Europe with chance for torrential rain and wind over days).

I own a hilleberg and it’s the most competent of the winter tents I tried out. Very suited to Scotland.  Their red label tents should be acceptable for what you are looking for.  I’d also be mindful of the fact that when camping in woodland l, there can be a lot of beaches ready to come clattering down on your fragile canopy, so make sure you risk asses the area before pitching. Weeks of storm damage can be be forced to fall,  by even the lightest wind in our climate. 

Mountain 25 is a good tent used worldwide. If price is no concern then I would definitely suggest going with a Hilleberg black or red label or Mountain Hardwear Trango 2. Any of the three will definitely last a lifetime. I wouldn’t rush though, order a free hilleberg catalog online. They have some amazing tents. I’ve personally camped in a double-poled (yea you can use two poles where one goes on hilleberg) Tarra and saw winds of 80mph. Fabric whipped a bit but sleeping at that level we always bring ear plugs.

While I don’t have experience with the specific tents you’re looking at, my advice would be to go with Hilleberg if price isn’t a differentiating factor. I’m sure either would work great for you - beautiful products from both companies.  I have a Slingfun Portal and I absolutely love it, but Hilleberg design is in their own class. I’ve spent probably 40-50 nights in a friend’s Hilleberg, vs. maybe 30 in my newer Slingfin, and the small details of the Hilleberg win the day. Slingfin’s design is top notch and they have great attention to detail, but Hilleberg takes the same care, attention, and no holds barred approach to quality but you know that every detail has been refined through an order of magnitude more cycles of use and abuse in absurd conditions. All the cool details that sound like a great idea on paper but don’t fully pan out in the real world have been weeded out by Hilleberg leaving an absurdly refined design.  A hardware product developer by trade, I can only aspire to that level of design quality.