Originally Posted by
indyfabz
For me, # of people + 1 when it comes to tents. ... I gladly trade a full water bottle’s worth of weight (or less) for the extra room considering considering I’m 6’2” tall with broad shoulders.
Yep, and for the same reason on the body size. I don't like sleeping up against the walls of the tent -- too wet if it rained last night and the dew condensed, and it's no fun getting bit by mosquitoes if it was warm and you stuck a foot or hand out of the sleeping bag and rested it up against the tent wall. Plus I like to have a bit of space to wiggle while pulling on bike shorts the next morning. So with all due respect to bivy fans, no thank you.
If I were 5'2" and weighed 95 pounds like my niece, I might consider a one person tent. Or a two person if her King Charles spaniel came along.