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Which tent - 4 season, 2.5kg, 6ft2in, vestibule 11-Jun-2009 At 10:10:40 PM rols

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I would agree the ease of putting up a tent that has pole sleeves in the fly with the inner tent attached inside is great. Sleeves in the fly also minimise deformation under high winds. Most Exped, Macpac and Hilleberg models use this type of design.
The configuration of these types of tents usually means you can use the fly only (as Paulie said) or put the fly up first then attach the inner (in wet weather), definitely positives for saving weight and convenience in dirty weather.
If you want the best space/weight ratio, I don't think you can beat the tunnel design, although they do need good guying for stability in high winds.
I just bought a hilleberg Nallo2GT, well considered design and quality construction, the large vestible should make things very comfortable for winter/wet cooking etc. The Nallo is probably a little short though if you are 6'2", I am 180 and don't have a huge amount of extra length to play with.