Three season, four season tent?
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The distinction is a little arbitrary, 3 season tents are what most of us use for winter camping. There are some things people like on a winter tent: bias against netting tent walls; bias for self-supporting; bias for sturdy; bias for a vestibule; bias for a frost liner (never used one). I mostly don't worry about even most of that stuff. The only time I saw a VE24 (4 pole dome) destroyed was when someone took it summer camping in iceland and the winds were so high it was repeatedly flattened. The poles had fractures on the downwind side. No trees to hide amongst, probably safer not to.
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I like The North Face Tadpole. It is free standing, solid, and can fit 2 if you are in a pinch. It isn't the lightest or cheapest but it is a solid free standing 3 season tent so when it rains like hell I'm not nervous. For comparison The Tarptent Squall 2 is much lighter. But it is useless here in Taiwan because the ground is too hard to stake out and it rains hard. The ground can get saturated fast. Maybe the Squall 2 would be good in a nice ideal CA campground but not for stealth camping in Asia. I don't recommend any tent that isn't free standing.