Which type of tent should you buy in 2024??
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Agree with trekking pole tents being easy to set up. I used to be in the camp of only freestanding tents as I felt setting up trekking pole tents is hard - and you need stakes with them always. But given that I always stake my freestanding tents anyway (so that they don't go flying off in the air in strong winds when I am hiking), I realized that staking (for my use case) is required for both. I bought the Durston X-Mid 2P Solid early this year and have not looked back. Super easy to set up, needs just 4 stakes (6 if you want to stake the vestibules), and now I can set it up within 2 to 3 minutes. It is super spacious and very stormworthy. I backpacked and camped extensively in Yosemite, the Sierra, Havasupai, Zion, Escalante, Great Basin this Summer, and only used this tent. I encountered 30 mph winds in Zion backcountry (West Rim Trail) and Yosemite (Clouds Rest and near Yosemite Point) - but this tent did not flinch. Once I set it up properly (with proper tension), it was sturdy and never made me feel it would collapse. Awesome product.
BTW, one clarification - you made it sound like only freestanding tents are double-walled. Lots of trekking pole tents are also double-walled. I have the regular X-Mid which is double-walled (the pro is the single walled one).
My old GMC Jimmy was the tent I always needed!
Chevy Tahoe here! They have a ton of space
Lots of fond memories of the Jimmy that my Dad bought to take the family out to fish, swim, and camp in the 4WD only part of Padre Island in the early 80’s.
How many grams was it?
@@MichaelDavis-kk8oc just enough to take it on the trail comfortably ;)
Best budget Trekking Pole: Lanshan 2P $159 Amazon/ Lanshan Pro 2P $205 Amazon..
one thing that wasn't directly adressed is that if you primarily camp somewhere where you're often forced to pitch on a wooden tent platform, such as in the whites in New Hampshire, a trekking pole tent is super annoying. There's definitely ways to make it work but it I usually get at least a little bit pissed off and it's never exactly how I like it pitched...
Agreed! Most places around me have wooden tent pads (required use), often without the eyelets around the outside. So, a trekking pole tent is really not possible for local backpacking here.
Sounds like a few nails would work
Would big rock little rock suffice on the platform or is there not enough room to make that work?
Absolutely love my Durston X-Mid 2 tent. I use it solo motorcycle camping with the lightweight Durston poles. It packs small and I like the look and color. I'll bring my trekking poles instead if I plan to hike when I get to camp. That does mean the tent has to collapse, but so easy to pull the poles out and place then back in. This is a double wall tent, which you did not mention, so no real condensation issues and it is warmer. Great room inside and the nice large vestibules each side. The X-Mid holds up to strong winds and rain better than anything I've had before.
My lanshan 2 is a trekking pole tent and is double wall.
Yup, both the 1 and 2 are available as double walled and "Pro" single walled versions. And they have both screen and winter inners available, adding to the flexibility.
Really great show. Thanks Dan (nice interview style) and welcome back Darwin. Good to see you back.
Just went on my first solo trip. Went to Michigan for a week. Used my new durston xmid-1 and I love this tent. Very easy setup and not a ton of stakes. Side note. Used my flextail pump and loved it. Also have a pair of trekking poles that Dan recommended about 5 years ago and they are still going strong. Thanks Dan
I live in Calgary and that trip looks amazing! I've done everything on the list except rafting the Athabasca and the glacier walk (I've hiked glaciers in New Zealand and Chili!) You are hitting the highlights of the the two parks, this is a well set up tour! Who ever goes on this trip is going to love every minute of it!!
I'm starting the High Peaks in the Adirondacks (NY) this summer. Your videos are super helpful. Thanks Dan!
I'm in love with my Flash Air 2 from REI because it's versatile, and I can use its poles or trekking poles with it.
I really want a trekking pole tent, but majority of trips I take nowadays are on a kayak or bike. So trekking poles do not make that much since for me... I really like the Durston tent.
Durston x mid 2! Double wall less than 3 pounds!
Thanks Dan!
I've got and used both - choice varies depending on trip length, terrain and expected weather.
Just recently though I've been using just a tarp coupled with either a fly net (Aussie summer) or a bivy bag (winter/snow) (maybe throw in a ground sheet in case of soggy ground).
I'm finding it gives more space, more flexibility, more coverage, just as good weather protection if you set it up right, and better ventilation (important in our summers) for little to no weight penalty.
Hilleberg Anaris is good trekking pole tent. Enought strong and double wall and no condensation problem. Weight 1.4 kg. Possible also use different variations.
I have a Tarptent Stratospire Li which I absolutely love. Trekking pole tent that weighs under 900g (30oz for you guys in the US). But I did actually just buy a Mont Moondance 1 FN, for a number of reasons. Most from the US probably haven't had much experience with Mont being an Aussie company, but it's a freestanding 1.5 ish person tent. It's marketed as having an extra 25% space than a traditional 1p tent. The FN version (Full Nylon) is a 3-4 season tent, so I have extra warmth as an option.
But the thing I feel missed in this review is regarding camping platforms. We have a lot more of those popping up at hike-in camps here in Australia, and while it's not impossible to setup a trekking pole tent on a platform, it's a lot more difficult and fiddly to get the pitch right. It was the main reason I wanted to grab a freestanding tent as an option.
Nice that you are coming to Canada 🇨🇦 you are going through love it here. Maybe I’ll see you out on the trails.
I get the weight savings but the convenience of a free standing tent is well worth it. We often set up camp and drop our gear inside the tent, then go exploring with just essentials in a daypack. The guy with the trekking pole tent doesn't have a "tent" to leave his stuff in. I love the gear loft/pockets and the head room.
Say what? This can all be done with Trekking pole tents as well.
@@MixMeister5000 Yup, we do it all time too!
51 years of backpacking. My go to trekking pole tent is the Lanshan 2, two person. It excels in every area (mesh inner tent covered with a rain fly that has stopped everything Mother Nature has thrown at it) and is inexpensive. It has survived the high winds of a thunderstorm on top of Buzzard mountain in Virginia and a tornado near miss in Mississippi. I bought mine from Amazon for $140. Tent is 2lbs. I replaced the original tent pegs with sturdier, longer pegs, 6oz. It will be with me next week doing a 7 day section hike on the AT. Outside of a short comment made by Dixie on her Homemade Wanderlust site, no backpacking influencer will give this tent the credit it deserves.
underrated tent for sure
Hahaha! “Trekking pole tents typically have fewer luxuries and amenities” (throws car keys at corner where there is no pocket). GOLDEN!
i can highly recommend the onetigris tangram TP tent. Its double walled, has massive headroom. The only downside is that it's kinda heavy, but i've been using it for bikepacking, so its not as big of a deal
You can buy poles for most trekking pole tents...
If you have a multi-night stay with day excursions from your “base camp,” then a trekking pole tent either robs you of your poles or you’re taking down and setting your tent each day.
Dan, Congrats on 350k!
Great video Dan! Due to budget issues im using the River-Country Trekking Pole Tent 2.0 and its been holding up. Id love to try some of those higher end tents one day!
I have a MSR Hubba NX I bought for a steal (to only discover that it was recalled for bad seals years ago - it works fine now i resealed it..) and I love it for the few trips i make out a year... but I am looking at a Durston Mid-2 for next season - for more space inside and also inside my pack - but will likely bring the hubba on trips where I intend to basecamp. I definitely do love the ability to shift the Hubba around easily - but it does need to be staked - Mine flew off like a box kite the second time I set it up.
I have a lunar solo,trekking pole tent 26 oz. With my trekking poles another pound plus stakes. My copper spur ul 1,double wall tent weighs only 2 pounds 2 ozs with stakes. So with pole’s my trekking pole tent weighs more and they are close to same size as far as packed up.
Tents are very personal and choice depends heavily on the terrain in which you camp. I’ve been flip flopping between my ZPacks Plex Solo and my Marmot Tungsten UL 1P. We primarily backpack in the mountains and deserts out West. We love remote camping by lakes and streams with incredible views. The Plex Solo wins on being the lightest tent weighing in at just under 1lb. But, I hate the tent due to condensation issues, waking up to a wet quilt, and the fact you need to keep the vestibule door open. I hate wet sleeping conditions! Love the Marmot because it’s more spacious in the interior but has a small footprint which allows me to fit into the smallest of flat spaces, doesn’t wet out, has an air vent, is fully free standing, and is warmer cause I can keep vestibule doors closed. I will choose the Marmot for most of my trips cause it’s a better all around tent. IMO!
If you ever come to Australia we will definitely join you out camping!
I still prefer the freestanding because it’s don’t like having to dry the single wall tent out after a night of heavy condensation before packing it up - or worse - packing it wet… Thanks for the informative video!
Lots of double wall trekking pole tents. Dan just did not mention them (even the Durston has double-walled trekking pole tents with the same design).
With a double wall tent you still have to deal with condensation, have to dry it, and have to pack a wet tent at times. In a hard rain you still get splash back from the condensation through the mesh inner wall. I'm sorry but everyone needs to stop thinking that double wall tents are immune to condensation and that they don't or won't have to deal with it.
@@bumblebeehikes Are they doing single walled tents that have a mesh ring to let the condensation out these days? I suspect the reputation comes from my day where the single wall was stitched directly to the bathtub and any condensation ran down the inside and pooled on your floor while the double wall, the condensation ran down and dripped onto the grass outside. Of course you still had a little bit of water to dry off, but it was millilitres compared to decilitres and not on your stuff, the only thing you had to dry was the sheet.
@ABitWhippet I do know that the Durston X-Mid Pro and the Zpacks tents have mesh separating the bathtub floor from the outer wall. So, any condensation that runs off isn't supposed to go into the bathtub floor.
@@bumblebeehikes Thanks, I always had it in my head that it would be a good idea (snow notwithstanding) but haven’t needed a new tent in two decades so haven’t seen the latest and greatest!
I really like my Trekker 1 from RCP. With a free standing tent you never have to worry about a broken tent pole.
I like to do some base camp day hiking while backpacking and would be reluctant to flatten out the trekking pole tent while I am off for the day. [Of course, that's because I use my trekking poles to hike with.]
I love everything about trekking pole tents, except the ability to move it around after setting up before committing to a precise location. I always use trekking poles anyway. However, on my first TP tent outing, I was disappointed when I could NOT use my poles after setting up the tent to claim a space! Staking can be dicey in rocky areas, too. Sadly, very light freestanding tents are really expensive.
I love all my tents and bivy sacks. Each have pros and cons. Copper Spur, Hubba Hubba, Nemo Dagger, all have issues. I've also used the Hammock with a winter shield. I am off for a crazy winter Michigan upper peninsula. bikepacking trip this season. I am considering the Hillenburg Jannu. What do you think? 7lbs and 4 season.
Keep it up. I tell all my friends how knowledgeable, experienced and genuine your crazy fun is.
What an adventure 😄😄😄
There are double wall trekking pole tents. (eg.: Durston X-Mid)
geat thanks for your overview. makes me much easier to decide which tent i want to use,... trackingpole tent will fit my needs,.. love to be ultralight ;)
Just completed the JMT with my Durston Trekking Pole tent I like it waterproof,vestibule space galore,Magnets,2 ways in and out,and easy to Pitch,Velcro air vents on both ends are a gem no condescension at all.However proper Vegetation is vital to securely pitch it,not always possible to do that on established camp sites but not a biggy.Only 200 dollars a lot cheaper than my MSR.
Not bad mouthing the self standing tents but the Durston is a breeze to pitch it is heavier but worth it.
Another CON for a trekking pole tent is if you happen to break a pole you could be screwed. It happened to me on the PCT and ended up bailing after a few days of Jerry-rigging and hoping that we didn't have any weather. I still love my Durston X-mid Pro but it can be an issue. the Z-flick poles might be worth the 3oz weight just for the security.
Pole fails can happen with any tent
I have a Paria Bryce 1P and a Kelty Ashcroft 2P. I really like both of them. Then I have an old Coleman Sundome (4 or 6, I forget) for non backpacking camping. My car is the only thing that carries the Coleman
I miss my old Kelly windfoil hoop tent. It was kinda heavy at 5 lbs but big enough for my wife and I and our mutt.
I’ve got a tipi style trekking pole tent. It’s a 4p so larger. Still weighs less than 2lbs because it’s also floorless. I would say that it takes practice to set up!! Unlike a freestanding tent which are all about the same.
Id recommend the 2P over the 1P for the Paria outdoors for extra space.
I bought a Lanshan 1 trekking pole tent three years ago. I probably should have stuck with it longer, but it wasn’t for me. It was difficult to set up, and less versatile in terms of location (very hard to make one work on a platform, for example). I’m much more comfortable setting up and sleeping in my Big Agnes Flycreek UL 2. The added weight is not significant (in my opinion) and well worth it. With the way gear constantly improves, maybe I’ll try another trekking pole tent someday.
Looking for a double wall tent because I been relying on a single wall tent for the last couple years and absolutely hate how much condensation can build up in a single wall tent. Basically getting rained on all night and wake up soaking wet and freezing cold. I'm over that. Will happily pack 2-3 more pounds to sleep dry if needed lol.
Free standing tents have saved my butt on the kayak. There has been a couple nights on rocky beaches with no way to stake anything out.
Love my Bryce 1P… but have always been interested in other options
I always use a trekking pole tent from late spring to early autumn. Other than that I then use a freestanding tent.
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Another option is a tarp and trekking poles.
Tarps can be set up in many different configurations, including several that are completely enclosed, including a ground sheet. Or you can use a poncho as a ground sheet.
If you know you are going to be in the woods, the tarp can be setup with string attached to the trees - you don't even need trekking poles!
Dan, maybe do a lottery for one of the spots to go camping with you.
Trekking pole does not automatically mean it has to be single wall though, for anyone who overheard the "typically" in "trekking pole typically are single wall" :D. The Night Cat Ultralight (or its china knockoff versions) is a great double layer trekking pole tent. Comes in just under 1kg. Also has more headroom than some free standing options out there. :)
Thanks-good to know. After freezing in Greenland in my breezy trekking pole tent I have been searching for a double walled tent.
I have the durston x-mid, a copper spur ul 2p, and a S2S Alto 1p 3+. Each one serves a specific job and does it's job well. Durston for long haul, fast, light, and if I know I'm not dealing with rocks everywhere. My copper spur is my work horse, it's gone everywhere and done everything. My S2S is my solo rough weather and rough conditions. This doesn't include my expedition tents like my 2p Chogori.
The durston x mid 2 is doubled wall luckily, and honestly I never use the pockets in my tent. My big Agnes has tons of pockets, and I rarely use them. I feel like for backpacking you don’t need all those luxuries. For bicycle touring though I want a comfy 3 person tent!
I'm planning to get the x-mid1 for the speed of set up and small pack size. I've never not staked down a tent and I don't really use the pockets
Have you tried Paria Outdoors Arches tent? Just curious! Super useful video, tons of info, thanks!
Freestanding usually can handle high winds a bit better
Could you recommend winter camping tips/warm tents
nalgene bottle with boiling water goes in your sleeping bag at night.
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I got a discontinued tarp on sale and used it a few times. Not sure if I will ever tent again.
Very interesting
If you gonna be in Banff, I have notified a canadian hiking friend of mine, who may drop by. He say beware of The Boss, who may do the same thing. Well known around Banff, you may be lucky enough to run across the Boss...at a distance hopefully.
I got x2 solid, is it ok to leave both vestibules in pack and set up that way?
There's another con to trekking pole (read: single-wall) tents: Camping in hot/humid environments. Whether it's a midwestern summer or on a beach, not being able to allow that hot, humid air to escape is the worst sleep you will ever have. In those environments, you will want to use a double-walled tent, take the rain fly off, and rig a tarp overhead.
How do you feel about Improved combat shelter tent camp 1 military?
Your Canadian trip sounds awesome. Great way to meet new people. I’m interested but looking for a contact source since I live local and won’t need any of the airport transfers. I can drive to starting point. Would there be a difference in pricing?
Excellent dissection. The two things I disliked most about trekking pole tents and why I only use freestanding tents now is the amount of stakes necessary every time you pitch it, and those stakes require good soil. And that is the second problem. The two backpacking trips I've taken this year, the soil on one was dry, sandy, and rocky and I could only barely get the stakes to hold. The second one I thankfully took a freestanding tent and ended up having to pitch my tent on a boulder, which was the flattest open space on an unexpectedly busy campsite on the SHT I arrived at at sunset. The hike was too grueling to try to make it to the next site that night. If I had brought my trekking pole tent I kind of would've been screwed for the night.
How well do these work for custom static length trekking poles? My poles only have one length and are not adjustable. Would that make them a nogo for TP tents?
Use wood sticks in the treckingpole tent
Nobody has done a review of the Argali Rincon 2P (with insert). I’d love to see what your thoughts are on it.
Some comments that are likely not worth anything:
I use a Six Moons Designs Gatewood Cape and net tent. It’s a Trekking pole tent. Because I have the cape and net tent, it qualifies as a double wall tent as I understand it. I like that. The thing I haven’t figured out…
Since the Gatewood cape is my rain gear, how do I set up a tent in the rain? Do I throw down the net tent getting it wet, then cover it with my cape, or do I throw down the cape, get it set up, and then add the net tent…
Getting ME wet?
So far I haven’t had a problem. But I assume that day will come…
Literally having this debate now. Currently I have a light weight 3p tent BUT I’d like to have something for myself. I’m considering going even lighter with the Stone Glacier SkyAir
Trekking poles tents are great. As fast to setup IF pegs are easy to get in. If pegs aren't easy to put in and you need to use rocks etc its going to take substantially longer to put up
What about if you fall over and break your trekking pole, then what do you hood your tent up. I broke two poles in two hikes.
Just wanna know if solid can kill that way?
Love the video would the durston X-Mid one person work for a six-foot-three person and still have little room, thanks
I’m 6’, 200 and I sold mine. I felt cramped. Plenty of room in vestibule though. Definitely good in wind and rain. It would definitely be cozy. Go with the 2 person.
Great channel as always Dan! I am very new to it, and learning a lot... I'd love to go camping with you, But! Anyway you can raffle a winner?? The price is just a bit out of my budget! Lol! Cheers!
I have both and use my X-mids 99% of the time.
Most trekking pole tents I see reviewed are ZPacks and similar tents and those are much more expensive than my MSR free-standing tent.
I carry a Tripod with legs that I can unscrew - would they do instead of trekking poles?
Durston X-Mid2 FTW. Never going back to free standing
You forgot about non- freestanding tents. They have poles but need to be staked out in order to actually stay up.
What if your a canoe tripper?? No trekking poles.....great videos Dan...all related to what I do. I'm from Ontario and have been subscribed about a year.👍
You still have to bring along the tent poles. Instead of packing tent poles you bring a pair of trekking poles instead.
I did 50 miles at Philmont w my Zpack Duplex trekking poke tent. Single wall was fine. Best nights I’ve had on a trail!
One more con of trekking pole tent....you better pray that you don't break one of your trekking poles while you are hiking lol. Granted this is not a common thing but it does happen.
Damn I wish I could use a trekking pole tent for the weight, but most of my camping nights will be done while traveling and in hostel courtyard (spending around 18 months abroad, so I went for comfort instead of weight 😅 for pure backcountry backpacking 100% would go for trekking pole 8/10 times
One question I’ve always wanted to ask someone is: How do you pitch a trekking pole tent if one or both break? Sticks? TH-camrs occasionally film their broken trekking poles, but I haven’t seen them discuss this issue. My freestanding tents have repair kits with pole splints.
My Henry Shires tarptent - a minimalist ProTrail 1p comfortable tent - has optional poles. 5 ounces for the long front pole and something minor for the tiny foot pole. I always use the tiny foot pole and sometimes bring the front pole. If I needed to improvise for the front pole, any roughly 45 inch stick would work, or use no pole and run a 45 degree forward/up line to a tree. To replace the foot pole, anything around 24 inches or more would work. I always bring cordage and know lots of knots and lashings to join up short sticks and such.
As you go minimalist, the tech doesn't automatically cover you for problems as much, so you need to bring more skills. Learn your basic 10 knots, about 8 supplementary knots/systems (trucker's hitch, lashings, friction hitches) and build up a good little cordage kit. There is so much excellent strong/thin/light cordage easily available online. I am particularly fond of the hollow braid polyester/dacron kite line in 200#, 300# and 500# breaking strength for camping/hiking purposes.
Practice how to do the most likely camp improve/repair jobs and make sure you can do all the knots in the dark while it is raining and windy. Knowing how to combine various knots with sticks, trees, stakes and other camping equipment takes a little longer to learn after mastering the individual knots. It's more of an engineering thinking (rigging) kind of thing.
The tent weighs 28 ounces (0.8 kg) without any poles or stakes and has 45 inch headroom near the front. Good length for up to a 6 foot 2 inch camper and lots of width for a wide sleeping pad.
This is the old silnylon build. They now have a standard silpoly version and some kind of cuben fiber 1 pound version.
The Paria tent has been sold out for most of this year.
Let's see a test of one of these lightweight or trekking-pole tens in 60 mph winds, heavy snow or driving rain. Those are the conditions I often find while backpacking.
It would be incredibly fun to have the opportunity to fly over to your continent and get to camp With you
I've got lots of experience with both free standing and treking pole tents. This is only my opinion, so take it for what it's worth. I don't like hiking with trekking poles, I feel like they just get in my way. I understand they're great for some people, but they're not my thing. That said, my Six Moons Design Lunar Solo tent has the option of a collapsible carbon fiber pole to use in place of a trekking pole. It has worked perfectly for me, and it's lighter than any treking pole. Long story short, a trekking pole tent is lighter. A freestanding tent is easier, faster, and more flexible. The choice is yours.
edit: I love you, Dan, but that Bryce tent is terrible. Yeah, its inexpensive, but mine failed on me the first night I used it. Two of the corner clips, at the pole ends/stake points, failed. And it is a total pain to get in/out of with the door on the end. A far better free standing option IMO, albeit a bit more expensive, is the Marmot Tungsten UL. For treking pole tents, the Durston is a very good tent. But for interior space/cost/simplicity I like the Six Moons Lunar Solo. I've used both and I'll pack the Lunar Solo first if weight is my primary concern. If I can afford the extra pound I'll pack the Marmot Tungsten.
Again, just my 0.02$
Hike on.
has anyone tried the Night Cat Backpacking Tent Ultralight Waterproof Professional Hiking Tent, supposedly waterproof and double layered and the tent I'm leading towards.
This is literally my friends opinion on tents vs mine. 😂
Haven't seen much hammock content from you recently. Do you prefer tents now?
I'm from europe and if you want to buy the paria outdoors tent you spend around 250 dollar. So me and my friend, are going to do a 15-20 day alpine hike, and we thought if you had some suggestions from companies that are selling stuff in europe what the best tent is. It doesn't have to be ultra cheap but we like to spend les than 500 euro on a tent. Any suggestion?
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My only real problem with TP tents is that if you are camping in one place for a few days hiking then you lose the use of the TP while the tent is pitched. I guess in theory you could take them out and just leave the staked tent in a loose bundle but I'd be wary of doing that!
I had to check and see if my video play speed was not set at 1.5. lol might switch to decaf.
I actually have found that trekking pole tents are waaaaayyy more expensive than free standing tents. Way more
Simplicity, lack of weight, speed of setup, cost, etc.,etc.,etc....all reasons I moved to tarps several years ago. I always use the same pitch (the Holden tent or half-pyramid)...which is very stable and goes up in about 2 minutes. Usually takes a lot more time to actually choose the site for the shelter than putting up the shelter.
The only "downside", is no floor. I couldn't care less, though, as I got over the bug-willies a long time ago. Besides, no worries about holing the expensive floor on your expensive tent. If my groundsheet gets torn up (in practice this has never happened)...replacing it is easy and cheap. Condensation is NOT much of a problem, either, because the shelter has no floor. That is, the floor is unattached to the walls...so any condensation simply runs down to the edges, then drips onto the GROUND...rather than onto the built-in floor. So, actually, no floor is an advantage.
To each his/her own...but, at this point, I can't imagine going back to actual tents. Not at all.
What's about them being seam sealed as standard ? I know some manufacturers require you to do this yourself after buying it. A way of making it cheaper to make and sell
They don't not seam seal them to be cheap about it. They do it because to seam seal a tent it has to be pitched, cleaned, sealed and left up for several hours to overnight, then cleaned again, broken down and (re)packaged. A lot of companies will do it for you for an extra charge, but imagine if they did it all the time for every tent that needed it. It's just not practical and the job is so easy that it's best left to the buyer.
Trekking pole tents are also way better in bad weather because the walls are less steep and therefore better in the wind, plus there is no flat roof to collect snow or water. On top of that, the fly usually goes up first so the inner wall can stay dry when setting up in the rain. With freestanding tents it is much more of a pain to do a fly-first setup if you can at all.
There are plenty of trekking pole tents that are double walled making them just as good for condensation and warmth. Some of them also have pockets and plenty of headroom. The only real reason to go free standing is if you can't be bothered staking out the tent and need maximum headroom but is that really worth having about twice the weight (including poles) and much worse weather resistance?
I should note that if you care about headroom, pockets, and convenient doors then some trekking pole tents are going to be way better than others. The Durston X-Mids are some of the best if you care about this stuff. They are cheaper than the most expensive free standing tents but are made just as durable if not more so. Their budget line even uses polyester instead of nylon so that it doesn't sag in the rain and it's more UV resistant too.