These are not the only designs possible. The designers have really gone to a great deal of trouble to create some odd designs which offer various advantages, such as extra ventilation, more interior space or headroom, or better year-round abilities. It's impossible to categorize many of these tents. A feature of many designs is that the tent does not need stakes. This feature makes the tent heavier, as the stakes are replaced with an extra pole.
Stakes add little weight.
The best are the wire-like stakes, as they weight less, take up less space that the fatter, plastic stakes, and can be placed in the ground with the bare hands, on most woodland soils. On hard ground, I tie long cords to rocks and trees rather than using the stakes. Space within the Tent S ixth, if you can, before purchasing a tent, try it out to check the interior room. Otherwise, be sure to get the inside measurements and measure to see if that is enough room for you. I wouldn't buy any tent where I couldn't do all of these things, although less room might be acceptable on a short trip.