Alpkit - Soloist

Alpkit ultra or soloist here .

I also have a Soloist and it's my favourite lightweight tent.

The Alpkit soloist is within that weight and also less expensive than brands like Big Agnes. It's nothing fancy but gets the job done. Can cut the weight further by just using the ground tarp and rain fly if it's not buggy out.

Alpkit does good value tents, you could save ~500g with the Soloist more with trekking pole Tarpstar. I imported an X-Mid 1s from the US distributor pre-tariff, but now they're sold by Dan directly in Canada you can fib about the country of origin and reclaim the duty. There are a decent number on the used market here too.

I am a 5’4” woman and I found the phoxx 1 too low for comfort. Couldn’t get changed easily inside it because you can’t sit up etc., felt like I was in a coffin to be honest. Quickly changed for the alpkit soloist which is above your budget but so much comfier, it does pack really small too, would recommend if you can stretch.

alpkit soloist or the pole star (if your using walking poles), both are cheap and pretty good value, would have also said tarpstar 1 but it's a problem at times to find enough ground space as the footprint area is pretty big

Ahaha, yeah, that's the full weight of the bag, though that's for a single overnighter, rather than 4 days like yourself. There's a few steps to it, including: \- be in Scotland (aka infinite water glitch) \- be pretty spartan about creature comforts \- be comfortable spending a bit more on sleeping bags / mats than some of the folks on here (but also not crazy-crazy amounts like people on r/ultralight ) This is a pretty good representation of what I pack for an overnighter: [https://lighterpack.com/r/gzv2du](https://lighterpack.com/r/gzv2du) I do usually go out with my other half, so items set to 0 quantity / weight are things he's carrying. That being said, swapping the tent for an Alpkit Soloist for 1 person would be the same weight as carrying half of the 3 man tent, so I think it would only be around 500g more-ish for me to go alone with that tent, and carrying all the shared items he normally carries (battery pack, some of the cooking stuff). Again, above is for one full day, so the food bit would need scaling, but it's still not too bad imo.