Its not a tent designed for summit camping in winter, it's a 3 season tent.
Although I did take it up on helvellyn in below freezing temperatures and extremely strong winds/snow last winter and it held up very well, I now have a true 4 season tent and its definitely stronger and fills me with much more confidence when camping in a similar scenario to that
I have the helm compact 2 which has served me well for about 4 years now.
Snow storms on kinder scout, rain storms in the Brecons all absolutely fine and cosy in the tent.
Footprint can be a bit fiddly but otherwise is a really quick and easy tent to set up and pack up. Nice and roomy.
Helm 2, unless you are intending to use it for 2 and are tall.
I don't think I've ever seen a bit of gear from One Tigris that looks like it is worth buying.
Yeah it heavily depends on the specific tents in question and their design. My Abisko Lite flies up in no time but I've used other tunnels that can be awkward. I remember OEX Phoxx being a bit of a hassle to pitch.
Out of those two I'd definitely be choosing the Helm 1. I haven't used that but have used the Helm 2 and it's a palace inside, for the winter months I really value a bit of extra space inside even if it means carrying more weight.
I've seen a good review of the Stella but it was more of a "first look" than what it's like to use. I've seen more real life use when it comes to the Helm series, and that's why I bought a Helm2. I've been caught out in it in some pretty rough conditions on Dartmoor and it held up very well, still feeling pretty stable despite shaking a bit in the really big gusts. The Stella looks like it might be a bit bigger inside, just as my Cloud Peak 2 is, but I guess knowing I have something of roughly similar size that I also know will cope with unexpectedly bad weather puts me off the idea of getting anything else.
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