For once being short has an advantage, in that I should have room for my gear to be covered either in the tent or under the vestibule. On the TarpTent Aeon page, they show a 7ft guy in the tent. The Aeon LI with stakes is claimed to be 17.5 oz, which would be pretty sweet.
I'm doing the same. I think I've decided to go with Tarptent and either the Strato LI or the Aeon LI. I've got a Cimarron with stove for hunts later in the year, so this would be a lightweight summer early fall setup. Trying to decide if I could get away with the Aeon LI. I like everything I've...
I'll have 22 moose points for UT, now that I didn't draw again for this fall. Even at 22 points, I'm a ways from pulling a tag. I'm too far into it now to give up, but if just starting out, no way I would bother.