21st Century Baker's Tent
Modern backpacking tents have achieved an exquisite pinnacle of engineering and usability perfection. I am a UX <i>baby</i> (constant whining about almost every tool/service/product I interact with, sorry to everyone who has to be around me) and I <i>love</i> my tent.  It is magical the degree to which it has been thoughtfully optimized in so many little ways.<p>DIY tents like this one are interesting and fun if you are into geeking on that sort of thing but honestly seem like a pain to set up and likely to have severe condensation issues (as others have mentioned) but, seriously, I appreciate the geekery here, just not my focus.  I prefer to invest my camping DIY geekery on bushwhacking and cooking.