DupleXL

My Duplex lasted my entire thruhike of the AT and I still use it!

I’d forget those heavy options - save yourself the equivalent of (considerably) more than a glass bottle of wine in weight on each tent and consider getting Durston trekking pole tents. They are proven options for 3 season UK hiking, reasonably-priced, and way way lighter! Nobody needs a Hilleberg or equivalent for a summer C2C! Truly! Edit: By the way (and out of budget for you), my personal shelter preferences for hiking in 3 seasons anywhere in Europe (Scotland, the Alps, the Med and anywhere in-between) are the ZPacks Plex tents - a Plex Solo Lite for me on my own, a Duplex when I'm out with the Mrs. No need for an even more expensive 1.3Kg - 3.5Kg Hilleberg when you can take a 332g or 507g tent to cover the same conditions. Hillebergs are great if you want a 4 season shelter for exposed environments, and even then I'd only have one for actual winter trips. It's like buying a Ford F150 Truck to go shopping or to take trips down the M4 from London to Bristol - total overkill!

If you are both under 6ft and sleep on 20" wide pads then the Duplex (*still*) has no UL equal as a fully-enclosed, 2P, UL shelter.

Dagger is square floor as to where the dragonfly tapers at the foot. So if you use 2 25in wide pads in the 2p dagger it should fit as the dragonfly won't. Last years model of dragonfly is on sale at REI and you can use there 20% member discount right now until 23rd. If all you need is a 2p the Durston xdome 2p is the King 👑 then zpacks duplex is next for weight

Get a DCF/Dyneema tent. It is completely waterproof. Zpacks duplex is going to be a nice 2p tent for you. It has large vestibule doors. The only thing is that with most lightweight tents, you won't find a fly that goes to the ground. That is because you need ventilation inside. With the zpacks I've never had my pack or shoes get wet from rain when they were in the vestibule.

I have a zpacks duplex I would consider putting up on r/ulgeartade if interested. I want to get their larger one so I can get a little extra room for Mr. Dog.

Second this, had mine since 2017 and still going strong.

Save yourself the headache and get a Zpacks duplex. It didn't become the most popular ultralightweight tent by accident. And yes, it should pack down small enough to fit nicely in 36L.

I used the Copper Spur UL2 on my hike of the AT 10 years ago. It's a great tent & over the years has been given great updates. After putting tons of miles on it, I gave it to a buddy & he's still using it today. I currently have one of the Copper Spur UL1's as well & really dig it for certain hikes. On my PCT hike, I used a Zpacks Duplex. Also a great tent & was perfect for that hike. Still have it, but haven't really used it since. That being said, I've used a single wall DCF trekking pole on ALL of my other thru-hikes since. The only downside to using an UL DCF trekking pole tent on a thru-hike is that "most" folks will wear one out over 3-4K miles. So, if you plan on only doing the one trail (PCT), an UL trekking pole tent is the clear winner for its simplicity & weight. If you're planning to do a bunch of thru-hikes due to getting the "bug" & can really only justify buying one tent/ aren't as weight conscious... I think a tent like the Copper Spur or Tiger wall would be a great choice. \- Darwin