Brooks-Range Propel, a 1lb 9oz four season tent?

Funny you should mention the northern hemisphere getting ready to go into summer – just this morning I was complaining about that to myself – summer in the mountains brings crowds of amateur hikers – :-) – guess I'll just have to go further in!

I do a lot of backcountry winter backpacking & looked at that tent – web only – a while back. Nice weight & price but it looks very loose and loud in high wind conditions and needs a lot of staking (big footprint). In snow conditions, I typically hike in, set up camp to drop the pack weight and continue hiking/skiing around the area and would like to use my ski poles – also the external poles will be loud and collect a lot of snow. Doable for two but going to be a tight fit – steep walls – should be a nice solo set-up. It does have the vestibule included in that weight – nice but it doesn't look very tight overall. Sorry if I'm being too much of a critic – I've tried a few lightweight tents in winter conditions. A long winter night in a loose tent = a very long sleepless night.

Might want to check BD Firstlight for nearly the same price and weight – if you going solo and less than 5'10"(1780mm) I would also recommend the Rab Summit Superlight Bivy. Internal poles are a blessing in the snow. jmo

I found a sale on this tent, now discontinued and very few reviews other than the Estrella one on Backpack Gear Test. So I'm reviving this thread– anyone wanna chime in who has tried it out? Thanks in advance.

I briefly owned the Ray Estrella tent (we swapped tents…)
It wasn't my intention of using it , I just wanted to see how it looked in the flesh because I had suggested that design to another tent maker not long before Brooks Range did it. (inspired by some Vaude tents..)
It is rather tight for two particularly if close to 6' or so, however much nicer from my point of view than using a bivy given that it isn't much heavier than a hooped version.
Could be a bit tricky for some to pitch (I have a video on You Tube on how I did it) and I would suggest a stronger ridge pole for winter use (it was designed to use an avalanche probe).

I'd be using it as a solo tent mostly below treeline and i'm 5'9, so size and stability should be alright (i hope). The material seems so thin for a 4-season tent though. B-R's Foray tent (double wall with mesh body) uses the same material and it's classified as a 3-season tent… Anyway, thanks very much for your input, Franco. Hard to pass this up, can't justify paying for a true 4-season tent that's lightweight, so I'll probably give it a shot.