Rainbow

6’4” reporting. Tarptent Rainbow is the tent where I can avoid touching the walls, and in fact have some room left at the feet to toss some of the gear.

Tarptent Rainbow. I use one at 6’4”. It is not a dome, but it uses its own pole.

Check out the Tarptent Rainbow or Double Rainbow. I’ve heard of people using the single with a dog. But you’d need the double for another person.

The xmid 2 is ~9oz lighter and is more affordable like you said. I would look at getting the single wall DR, it’s the same price as the xmid 2 and only 6oz heavier. What you get is more versatility due to the freestanding option. Along with better site selection due to the smaller footprint of the DR (the Xmid 1 has a nearly the same footprint as the DR). Also more internal volume due to the arch pole. The fly is 20D and the floor is 30D compared to the 15D for both for the Xmid, so should be more durable. Both tents are loved so can’t go wrong. I love my double rainbow tho. Just bought the single rainbow Li got my upcoming pct hike. Also, they are great for tall people, so smaller people it should feel like a palace.

My Tarptent Rainbow was $324 and weighs 905g total

I've got a Tarptent Rainbow and its great. Yea the single pole setup means it isn't a truly freestanding tent but that's real easy to sort out with stakes or guylines. At the end of the day I'm in a tent that's under 2lbs with everything included. Pretty unnecessary to have that light of a tent for motocamping tho, I'm looking to buy something a bit bigger that has enough height for me to sit in my chair inside the tent and hang out during shitty weather.

I can recommend the Tarptent Rainbow for large internal space and small pack size. It sleeps 2 just fine. And under 1kg. They’re expensive new but if you keep looking for a used one on eBay, they do come up.

The rainbow has two loops on each side of the main pole. The loops are meant for extra guidelines. If you use these loops it helps stabilize the tent especially if you guide them out to fixed objects like a tree or boulder/rock. Discussed a little on backpackinglight [Interesting guyline setup for Tarptent Double Rainbow Li - Backpacking Light](https://backpackinglight.com/forums/topic/interesting-guyline-setup-for-tarptent-double-rainbow-li/)