Originally Posted by
alan s
REI Quarterdome (as do lots of other tents) has a mesh tent with a rain fly, so if you know it won't rain, leave off the rain fly and go with mesh only. It will be cooler and still keep the bugs off.
Yes that makes it a lot cooler. When bike touring we have often slept in picnic pavilions and that way we can leave the fly off even when it rains.
For recent trips I have taken to cowboy camping when the bugs are not bad. That is much cooler than being in a tent even if it is all mesh.