My tents are old. They they have stood the test of time and payed for themselves many times over. I've an 'A', a dome (genuinely used only once), a tunnel and a hiker fly. I look at tents like the hulls of boats ... every boat leaks a bit without timely maintenance.
My favourite tent is a lighter version of the heavier car camping tents by Eureka from the Timber Loft series. It is a Timber Loft 2. It weighs 2.5kg, with alloy stakes. I like it because it is roomy. It has big entrances at both ends, a reasonably sized vestibule, big insect screens but what makes this 3 season tent good, is the internal height. I wouldn't hesitate to buy this tent again, now that it comes in green. The tent is now called the Eureka Timberline SQ 2XT and is 2.8kg, with steel stakes ....
http://store.eurekatent.com/timberline-sq-2xt-tent. Nowadays the tent is less than half the price that it cost me, 25 years ago.
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I also have an equivalent snow tent to the early Macpac Olympus. I say equivalent because Fairydown who made the original Trilogy merged with Macpac. The Trilogy weighs about 3.2 kg. It has been a good winter tent but it is cramped inside. It has good floor space, it will sleep 3 at a pinch but it has very little headroom even when sitting. I can't kneel in the tent or sit in half of the tent without hunching over. Above the tree line the tent is amazing in extreme winds. It is rated to some unbelievable wind speed. The new Macpac Olympus, has more headroom in the centre of the tent but reduced the headroom near the door so it defeats the purpose.
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One of the reasons why this tent has lasted so well and it is nearly 30 years old, is that I don't stress it tightly unless the conditions need it and to protect it from the UV, if I leave it set up, I'll throw a $50 hiker fly over it.
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In the 16 years during the drought, prior to the past 2 1/2 years of amazing rainfall, I used to go everywhere with a hiker fly, except during winter in the Alps. If it rained, which was once in a blue moon, I'd just lower the fly until the rain stopped coming under it.
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Over the past few years the hiker fly has been promoted to being a much needed rain awning.
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... and as a moon shade. I took this shot last year at midnight during the April Super Moon.
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These shots were taken on the Hume and Hovell and the Bicentennial National TraIl. The 3rd image is from the Main Range of Kosci'.
Warren.