2P 3 Season Tent Recommendations

can you get a 2 person bug bivy that will fit underneath your current tarp? that'd be how i'd go at it. then you don't need to buy twice…

http://www.mountainlaureldesigns.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=47&products_id=127
http://www.lowergear.com/product.php?id=331
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002YO3V2Y/ref=asc_df_B002YO3V2Y1901703?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=pg-1300-95-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395097&creativeASIN=B002YO3V2Y

if not, time to upgrade to a fancy 4 season cuben tarp by zpacks (you can use that when soloing and when w/ the GF).

http://www.zpacks.com/shelter/tarps.shtml

or perhaps keep your eyes peeled for a tarptent. there is a squall 2 that is semi-pending in the gear sale forum.

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=59879

maybe you can get next in line?

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=59833

buy a floor and have it professionally sewn in?

Hey Josh,

Thanks for the suggestions; however I think we are looking for the protection/privacy of a more traditional tent.

Be good.

Brad

You can get the Big Agnes Copper Spur UL2 for 215 bucks at STP right now with coupons. Pretty much impossible to beat that.

We've used several different lightweight 2-person tents. The absolute winner, hands down, is the Six Moons Designs Lunar Duo. You have to actually sit inside it to believe the interior volume. We've had that thing out in some serious weather, too, and it was warm and dry.

MHW Skyledge 2.1.

Its awesome.

You might consider the Big Agnes Fly Creek UL2, or even the Platinum version:

https://www.bigagnes.com/Products/ProductFinder/Tent/filters/20

It's light enough so that it's almost truly ultra light; it can be used in a fly / foot print combination that is just over 1lb; and it is really very solid. I've had mine out in a downpour, in temperatures as low as the teens, in several inches of snow, and in wind with gusts up to 40mph. Steady as a rock and dry. It's a great 3-season tent that will fit your needs.

(I will say that, with temperatures around 17 degrees F and lots of wind, the interior started to get drafty. I had to put my windshell on inside my bag. But, realistically, the actual tent is made of a great deal of netting, and, in those conditions, one is pushing the boundaries of what qualifies as 3-season.)