CWF
You are underestimating the power of orange.... ( how slow would a grey Ferrari be ?)
I happen to think that the 3 pole design used by the Soulo/Allak is the most efficient "all weather" solution. (least weight/max strengh/min fuss )
The trekking pole supported A frame design is the lightest that ( IMHO) can take some snow and pretty strong wind, not that I would enjoy spending half an hour trying to get 8 snow pegs to freeze before I could set it up...
Next we have the tunnel design. Many are happy with the sub 3 lbs Warmlites, but again you really need a lot of tension to make it work....
The easiest and quickest has to be the freestanding version, still need to peg it down but not so many points are required.
And we have gone from sub 2 to over 4 pounds .
Franco