Above in post 7 I had a photo of the tent I bought a couple years ago for backpacking, lighter than what I had previously used. Some of the campsites I use when backpacking are a bit crowded, best to have one that takes up minimal space.

Photo below is the tent I started to use for bike touring in 2017. Big Agnes Scout Plus. Single wall tent, rated for two people but I can't imagine having two in it. Being a single wall tent there is a lot of condensation on the ceiling, but if you are solo you can sleep in the middle and have enough room above you to avoid rubbing on the wet ceiling. It is a trekking pole tent, no poles included, but I cut tent poles that have short enough segments that I can fold up the poles and fit them in a Front Loader pannier. Last time I looked at Big Agnes website, it was no longer made. It has plenty of room for all my gear inside and if it is raining in the morning I can pack up all my gear into my panniers while inside the tent, then take down the tent and pack that last. With the two poles I cut for it and some extra stakes, weighs 1565 grams, or 3.45 pounds.



It is not a self supporting tent, thus when I was camped on a wood platform, I had to jam twigs in between the planks to stake it down. I do not recall which state park this was, it was in Florida Keys, there were hike in sites in the mangrove and this was one such site.

So far have used it for eight weeks. Works great. This replaced the one that I previously said weighed 6.1 pounds.