These tents are great but for more specific purposes. They are oldschool heavy military tents and definitely not for a lightweight hike such as modern lightweight hiking specific tents, you could use one but it's a huge weight in comparison and one which most hikers wouldn't desire to lug up and down hills as well as their pack load. BUT, if you are expecting some serious weather and your prepared to carry to your pitch location and set up camp for a longer period than an overnighter then these tents come into their own, tough, super sturdy when pitched well (which is pretty easy) and the deep and thick flooring groundsheet make these ideal for more extreme conditions! That said, they're single skinned so for extra warmth a good bedding setup and heating source would be essential for the aforementioned nasty weather. Another thing to note is that although there's plenty of headroom at the apex, these tents are rather narrow making them (with kit) more appropriate as a single full sized adult person tent, two people in this tent is workable but would be a very cosy arrangement! Already knowing this, i bought two of these as they zip together easily and have doors both sides meaning that zipped together you can essentally make one tent that has a zippable sleeping area and a separate equally spacious vestibule area for "stuff" and for sitting in to organise that "stuff" before heading out of the tent for excursions or firewood etc etc. Of course, linking two together would more easily support two people! I bought the grade 1 tents via goarmy ebay store and the quality is superb, delivery was fast and each tent came with all the poles, the attached guy lines in great condition and also the pegs/steaks, all within their own canvas pouch. Easy enough to set up, join together and pack down into the larger canvas bag. Dutch woodland camo, virtually identical to British army woodland DPM and this pattern seems a refreshing return from the modern MTP or BTP designs. Designed to put up with a lot of military abusive usage and the quality of these now very old tents clearly reflects this! Brilliant tents that I'm sure will continue to put up with any tough challenges to come. The only thing to make sure of if your planning to use these tents, is to make sure your prepared to carry their weight as well as being prepared with regards to your other camping equipment if your planning a more extreme camping mission into more remote areas with regular and challenging weather. For a campsite, no real problem, stash your things in the car and then there's plenty of camping living space (per person, per tent)
