So far I have two Alps Mountaineering tents and they are great high-value tents. I use the Merimac for warm weather and the Taurus for cold weather.

I think of them as the tents that Eureka or Kelty SHOULD be making. I've used Eureka tents for years, but their designs seem to have gotten too fancy/weird lately. For example, a lot of their current designs - like the Tetragons - seem to have the sides of vestibules, but no vestibules - what's that?

I've got to believe their other tents are as nice. The Mystique is very much like Eureka's Spitfire. I tried the Spitfire 1 and found it too small, so I got the Spitfire 2. That was before I discovered Alps. The Mystique 1.5 seems a more reasonable solo size.

I do wonder why Alps when with a pole sleeve when I personally would rather have clips.