Kelty all day every day in that price range. Discovery Element 4 and it's footprint is well under budget and gets you to a little more comfortable size for storing your gear. If you're backpacking or otherwise prioritizing size/weight the Discovery Trail 2 or Grand Mesa 2 would work as well.
For $100, that Kelty is a steal and will work fine for car camping and lighter backpacking. At 4 lbs, it's decent. If you want something lighter that'll last, look at the Marmot Tungsten UL 2, around 3.5 lbs, under $300 on sale. It's a solid do-everything tent.
I had a Kelty Grand Mesa 2 for years and it was a good, dependable in poor weather tent. Nothing special or stand out about it, but it did a great job for the price.
The $170 OneTigres is the 1p tent. The 2p OneTigres tent is $200.
As a couple others have stated, a four season tent won't really keep you a whole lot warmer. It's made to withstand heavy snow load. Is that something you know you're really going to need?
You can get a quality 3-season 2p tent for less than 5lbs and less than $200 pretty easily. I'd look at the Naturehike Cloud-Up 2p or the Kelty Grand Mesa 2p.
I've had good luck with Kelty gear in general over the past few years. In my opinion, Kelty is the best bang for your buck camping gear company out there.
My Grand Mesa 2 gas held up great in some poor weather, but I do wish the pole structure offered more interior space. The pre-bent poles in the Late Start models will help with that, but I've always been curious as to how much. I'm also quite interested in the Far Out tents, as they also offer additional pole structure.
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