Originally Posted by smokepole
Originally Posted by ironbender
IMO, a vestibule is worth the extra weight.

+1, a place for your gear and boots, especially if they're wet.

Also, a sheltered place to fire up the stove in the morning and not risk spilling stuff in the tent.
Smokepole has it! Place to fuel and light the stove, and then a place for wet gear.

Several years ago, when the float plane didn't arrive to pick up a friend and I because of a heavy snowstorm and we had to tough it out for some extra days, I was damn glad that my friend had a tent with a vestibule!

I don't recall what model it was, but it was a Hilleberg.

Hilleberg makes makes many models, and most of them get rave reviews in "serious" backpacker circles.

Have a look at the Hilleberg line AT THIS LINK

John