Sorry for diverting the thread somewhat, but on the subject of lightweight one man tents, has anyone tried out an Alpkit Soloist yet?
Seems like a steal at £120 for a 1.2kg twin walled tent - Alpkit must be doing something right, as they always seem to be sold out!
After reading your post I looked at the Soloist on Alpkit's website, and to be honest I wasn't too impressed.
It is miniscule, with hardly any space between the inner and fly at the sides, and there doesn't appear to be any porch worth speaking of - the specs say length 270cm, internal length 200cm, but it looks like when the door is open the front end doesn't offer any overhead shelter from rain, while if it is done up its extreme slope would make it impossible to to do cooking etc. there.
Compare that with my old end-entrance tent which had a large porch where I could sit on my bum and maybe get my boots spattered with rain, or my present side-entrance tent where I can also sit without getting wet and in addition have all my gear spread either side of me along the porch.