What about pyramid tents?

I think if you search the forum posting here you will find a lot of discussion of pyramid tarps. Some people combine pyramid tarps with inner nests which more or less turns them into a double walled tent.

There are a number of people here who like pyramid tarps for 4 season use. The slightly smushed MLD DuoMid and SoloMid are fairly popular in this crowd. Yes… pyramids have a lot of advantages: they go up fast, are fairly storm proof, while having a lot of headroom in the middle.

The downside is that they use a much larger footprint than shelters that have more vertical walls because the space near the walls isn't that useful because the walls are fairly slanted.

–Mark

Ed:
I have an Oware pyramid. Mine is an 8×8 version. In terms of space it works perfect for two people. I don't use it much Spring-Fall as I am mostly doing solo trips. But it shines in the winter on snow. That is its ideal use IMO. Reason being that you can easily set it up over a pit in the snow to provide easy standing room or all kinds of bench configurations depending on how creative you are. The tent sets up easily and fast. I use two trekking poles connected with some velcro strips at the handles. I like this tent. But it does have a bigger footprint so would be a bit inconvenient if you knew you might be working with smallish camp sites.

I have a Go Lite SL-5 and I would call it a pyrimid tipi style tent. It is simpler then a tipi as all you do is stake out 4 corners and then go inside and lift the pole. Simple, lightweight, and great quality. I even put a stove jack in mine and have a couple pound backpack wood stove that goes in it.

I've used pyramid tents pretty exclusivley for the last 15 years. First the BD Megamids, then after a couple of those wore out I switched to a MH Kiva. Usually for 3 people and our climbing gear. It was a palace, pretty light considering, and really held up well in all four seasons. We used space blankets for a "floor", but seems like the industry has caught up with regards to weight and space now. I've quit the climbing, so have scaled back to a Lunar Duo; this is its first season, so will see how it fares. All in all though, the floorless design tents/tarps are really not a new concept, and have pretty much been thru the ringer and work well. The only real issue is lack of bugproofing. It can be an issue.

That set up looks awesome. Any details on how you installed the stove jack and what stove you use would be great.
The more I see this type of tent the more I think it's what I need to have.

I believe Titanium Goat is where you want to go for a stove and jack. They also have a pyramid type tent. It's an interesting site. I'm also aware of the Kifaru tipis and the MLD, as well as Oware….I'm sure there are others. Kifaru has the tipi and several sizes of stoves…..not cheap, though.
I was out for two days this weekend in a really buggy place, and stayed in my MLD Hexamid with the bug-mesh skirt and slept on a Luxury-lite cot. Wow, just like sleeping at home! I did occasionally wonder what I would do if one of the many centipeds went down my britches!
Don

Ed, I put a stove jack that I bought from titanium goat for $40. Their cylinder stove they sell inspired me to build my own, after seeing a guy called huskyrunnr on 24 hr campfire build his own. I used a 100"X 12" .004 ss shim stock I purchased from mcmaster carr. If you cut one piece 27" that is for your stove body. The remaining shim stock makes a 6' pipe. It takes 2 people to roll the pipe the 6' length the 1st time. Then when you do a hot burn in the stove, it heat treats it and the stove when un rolled pops back to the 6' length on it's own. I use 1/16" cablerings to hold the chimney pipe in place during use. I then used 2 titanium stove plates as the end plates. I used 1/16" ss aircraft cable and small turnbuckles that draw the 2 ti plates together. My legs are 1/4" aluminum rod with 3/8 steel spacers that are drilled and threaded so I can easily adjust the height of each leg.

These stoves warp alittle after they get real hot, but the ss holds up real well

That top pic shows how compact the stove and stove pipe packs down to. All of the parts go inside the rolled ss shimstock and I use spray paint can lids to protect the stuff sack it goes in, as the shimstock ends are a little sharp. This warms up a sl 5 very nicely and only weighs a couple of pounds.

bottom pic is what jack looks like when it comes from ti goat

More views of the sl 5

I added 16 more stake downs to keep bugs and snakes at bay

If you want a kifaru 6 man tipi and wood burner, it will cost you $1300. I have a little under a 1/3 of that price in my 5 man. Total weight for shelter and stove is approx 5.5 lbs from what my figures should be, although I have never weighed it officially. Stakes I painted orange for easy visibility and they are only half in so that they extra stake points are seen. I bought my go lite sl 5 on sale through prolite for $280. They are usually $350

I have a Golite Hex3 (now called Shangra La or something close to that). It is a superb tent in the right conditions. Those conditions are, wide open space and lots of snow.

The thing takes up huge real estate which is near impossible to find in eastern forests and it can be a sweat lodge outside of winter time.

Like everything else, the right tool for the right job. That's probably why I have a closet full of tents … even though I've now gone almost exclusively to hammocking. Will it ever end?

I thought I should show you what these look like with the available nest/floor from their website. Yea, they sell a Shangri-la 3 too.