Ecrow,
I have to say something positive about the tube tent design. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />My siltent is a tube tent larger at the front, <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />with a triangle of mosquitonet in the bottom. it weighs 16 oz with stakes and some cord. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

For the money, the simplicity of the tube tent design is amazing. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />Maybe put a plastic end on it that maybe you can pitch toward the prevailing wind... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Still compared to nothing, <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> a tube tent can be a great place in a really bad storm. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Or it can be a cramped wet space shared with a wet dog, <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />but its still better than nothing. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

length is important - 8 feet is nice since theres no doors.
Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />