http://www.lightheartgear.com/index.php/tents/lightheart-duo-tents/product/view/6/5 Expeditious shipping! Received within 48 hrs. of ordering. Weighed out of the box with 8 ti shepard's hooks, it came in at 2 lbs. 5 oz. Set up is a little fussy, and care has to be taken with bringing the poles inside the tent. I'll probably carry a few wire nuts to protect the pole ends. I'll make sure the small baskets on the poles are clean, too. . The footprint is much larger than a Fly Creek 2 that I'm used to, so site selection is going to be a little trickier and setting up inside a shelter pretty well impossible. We'll keep the FC2 for that purpose, along with it being an under 2 lb. bug shelter for clear summer weekend trips. For tent platforms it may be necessary to bring some extra cord. I use a set of small hardwood wedges with a loop attached to jam into the plank cracks. I was guessing by the dimensions before I bought it that it would be spacious, and it is. Easily will fit 2 large pads and have the packs inside or out underneath the awning. I didn't buy the carbon fiber pole for the awning, surmising that a fully collapsed third trekking pole would do.
It does. The awning is large enough that my 5'11" frame can lay underneath it and be fully covered. Or is it lie? Though it's not. It would be a great place to have your dog set up with his own bed. It'll easily cover several packs and yes....the dreaded, warned against cooking in the rain.....
I'll leave it to the better part of valor for that... The other vestibule is a little smaller and will hold a couple pair of shoes and allow exit if the other is fully engaged. You do have the option of putting the packs in the tent, as there is plenty of length; thus making an unobstructed second exit. I can easily sit up in the middle and changing clothes will not entail any advanced yoga positions. Since the poles are inside the tent, adjustments can be made from inside if you get some wind and rain sag. I bought the cut- to- size Tyvek tarp, as I have no more kicking around, as I've gone to a different type of sheathing system in home building. All told with shipping, seam sealing,Tyvek and stakes just shy of 4 bills. The trail will tell the tale, I'll add more when that happens.

It will be interesting to hear what your longer-term take is on this tent. I've got a lot of miles on my Lightheart Solo and I'm a fan, but I've never talked to anyone that has a Duo.

I like the side exit and that the space is laid out to be where I want it --- high point in the middle, extra width sort of mid-body. The sewn-in fly is overall a positive, one less thing to fiddle with, and once in a while nice to be able to roll up one or both sides to turn it into a bug shelter, where it is in turn pretty fast to re-convert to weatherproof tent should the weather change. At home it's not that much harder to get the whole thing completely dry even with the fly permanently attached; I hang it by the stake-out points upside down in my garage and that does the trick.

Really, I have nothing bad to say about this tent, it's my favorite. If you use it a lot, do be gentle with the zippers; I had to have the pulls replaced, but I've used this tent a great deal, many many nights in it. And if you do have any problem, Judy (owner) is very responsive and reasonable; she fixed my zipper problem for just the cost of shipping the tent.

Ah, one thought: you might consider a two-type-of-stakes solution. I now use a couple of 3-sided stakes, MSR Groundhog or similar, just for the two long ends. Really, those are the only load bearing stakes necessary to keep the structure standing. Lighter stakes of your choice are great IMO for staking out the fly. Sometimes I don't carry enough stakes to fully guy it out, figuring that when I need to I can find local sticks or rocks, and that just about always works for me, but a couple more or less of those ti shepard's stakes that you mentioned really don't weigh much either.

Best wishes for many, many wonderful nights in your new tent!

My wife is our shelter engineer, and she came to the same conclusion about carrying some heavier stakes. I'm more inclined to pile on rocks, being a little more Neanderthalish... Once again thanks for bringing Lightheart to our attention, Brian. We get about 50-60 bag nights a year in, on average, so it will see some good use, but nothing like you put on your gear. I expect we'll see a number of good years out of it. If it ever needs repair, I couldn't imagine a better company to take care of it. Judy Gross and staff are impressive in their service ethic.