Bear with me, yet another newbie after advice!!

 Ok, so I'm looking to get a tent, primarily for myself and my girlfriend to get some "weekends away" from London. Yes, winter's coming and it's perhaps not the most sensible time to start up, but needs must...!

 So, we're looking for a 2/3 man tent (I'm 6'1, she's 5'4 but flails around a lot when sleeping!). Popped into Snow+Rock at the weekend and had a look at a few tents, including: ME Dragonfly 2XT (too small/tapering), MH Viperine 3 (palatial/cavernous, looks like a helluva sail!), Hilleberg Nallo (light!! too expensive really and just a fraction too small). All this leads me to think i'm looking for something approx 32-37sq ft, preferably sub 2.5kg. 

 Based on this, i've shortlisted the following:

i) Big Agnes Seedhouse SL3; Roomy but pricey. Looks very tall, but i've not seen one in the flesh. Lovely and lightweight

ii) Black Diamond Mesa; Looks pretty good from what I can see

iii) Marmot Mercury; Bent-knee poles for a bit extra room, perhaps a little heavy for what it is?

iii) Marmot Aeolos 2P; Heaviest of the shortlist. Any reason to take this over the other options?

iv) Marmot Twilight 2P; Liking the amount of vestibule space, and it's not inordinately heavy either.

v) Big Agnes Emerald Mountain SL3; SL2 is too small (29sq ft), this one's an enormous 44sq ft! Too big really, but at 2.5kg, who wouldn't?

 So, does anyone have any thoughts on that? I realise it perhaps seems like I'm wedded to Marmot from that list - I'm not really, and am totally open to all suggestions! Eventually aiming to further decrease weight and go for a cosier 2-man, but for the moment I'm just trying to get the girlfriend into the whole walking/camping thing.

 Thanks for your indulgence! (and sorry for the length of the post!)

try this

www.findmeatent.com

Its an average website but it has pages and pages and pages of tents in each category , when you find the dimensions and style you want, do a google or fleabay search for the name.

John,

Thanks for that, I've been using it a fair amount recently in my research. I was hoping some of the other users on here might've had experience of using any of these tents - experience is always better than the dry stats!

 Cheers for your help though. Anyone else?

 C

If the Nallo is too pricey, could you give us an idea of your budget?
There are tent sales going on at the moment so you might find a top-spec tent within your price range.

Something like the TN Voyager Superlite at this kind of discount might interest you... very fine tent.. and less than 2kg

in fact... I might just get one!

I'm looking to spend no more than £250 really (tight, I know, but I was hoping to find something in the sales!). I'm able to stretch a bit if I find something that's perfect for, say £50 more, but that's really pushing it.

 Now, that TN Voyager Superlite does look good...might pop along to F+T to have a look today!!

But yeah, I think you've got the idea of what I'm after. From everything I've seen, the perfect tent would probably be the Lightwave g2 Ultra, though that seems to be prohibitively expensive everywhere I look! 

OK, well, I went across to F+T to try out the TN Voyager Superlite. They didn't have an SL, so I tried the regular version (which is the same size). It was nice, but I found it a little on the small side...but that could've been because it wasn't pegged out.

I then had a chat with Paul at Hike Lite about tents etc, and he succeeded on talking me into getting a Big Agnes Seedhouse SL2 from him - which, to be fair, does seem to tick about all my requirements, based on size comparisons (length/width) with ME Dragonfly 2XT (nice length, too narrow at the foot end for me) and TN Voyager (Much better, but still felt a little small, though I'm not used to tents just yet).

So, I am now the proud owner of a Seedhouse SL2...! I shall post a review/thoughts on it once it comes, and I'm hopefully using it in the Beacons this weekend, so we'll see how it holds up!

Thanks to everyone for their advice, even though I eventually ignored it

From what I can tell, the Seedhouse is a great tent. Let us know how you get along - post a review once you have tried it a few times.

John

Well, it turned up at 0830 this morning - spectacular service from Paul at Hike-Lite, and, for a change, Royal Mail too!

First impressions:

• Very, very light. It's only 1.5kg, but feels far less.
• Spacious. Lots of room inside, it'll comfortably fit two people inside. Just enough taper on the inner from front to back to reduce weight a bit, but not so much that you'll be playing footsie with your tent buddy all the time
• Tall. Well, not so much on the outside, but on the inside thanks to its A-frame-like construction, the central ridge gives a lot of headspace down most of the tent. I can easily sit up in the middle of the tent
• Smallish vestibule. The vestibule's on the small side - enough to fit two packs in, one on top of the other, or to cook in in wet weather, but not really for both at the same time.