Walter Underwood has posted a great review of the Mountain Laurel Design's two pound Speedmid shelter:
It is plenty roomy inside. I’m 6’ 3” and my tent buddy is nearly as tall, and we both had room, with our gear inside. The tent walls do slope at a pretty low angle—the heavy nighttime rain was surprisingly close to my head and a little distracting.
This was a very exposed campsite and it was uncomfortably windy and cold outside. It was plenty windy, enough to blow down the cooking tarp, but the tent didn’t show it. It felt very secure, much more so than my other, heavier, tents...
The tent does take a fair amount of space to set up. The base is nine feet square, so allow a 10x10 space, as much room as a big family tent. On the other hand, there aren’t any guy lines to trip over.
All this for $170, the same price as a five and half pound REI Half Dome. If you have the cash, you could upgrade to the roomier and even more storm-worthy MLD Supermid, but the Speedmid is a heck of a lot of tent at an affordable price and a very light weight. Less is more.
Read the whole review here
I am a big fan of tarps and tarp like shelters:
Tundra Tarps are my personal favorite.
Silnylon tarps are easy to find.
There's more than one way to Rig a Tarp like the Philmont Dining Fly.
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