by Gadgetgeek » Sun 30 Dec, 2018 6:41 pm
There are quite a lot of light tents that have at least boot space, if not a full vestibule. The main thing would be space, I'm just hazarding a guess, but you probably are not into doing a whole bunch of yoga to get in and out of a sleeping bag and back into your boots? Yes, I would go with at least a small vestibule, the cost in weight is just not that big compared to what you get if its a little wet out.
I'm pretty impressed with my tarp-tent Notch, its designed well and not too fiddly to set up. I also had a Duomid that was good, just not for me, although it did take a little work to put up, it was an easy one-man job. Nothing that required me to be at both ends of the tent. I would suggest any of the tents where you peg them first then push the poles up inside might be ideal for you, I'm guessing your mobility on hands and knees is fine?
I'm sure you will get suggestions from others as well, were you looking for a one-man or two? Just thinking out loud here, a lot of the lighter tarptent tents use trecking poles, but you said you use a crutch, so you would want that available for use around camp I'm guessing. Your partner could walk with poles, or they do have light weight poles available, depends on what is your pace. For a two person tent look at the mo-trail, and for one look at the notch, but see how the others strike you, as there may be a feature that jumps out at you. A lot of innovation has come from the through-hiker movement, as they are looking for light, but also fast setup, no muss-no fuss sort of things. No one wants to set up an old style two pole army tent by themselves, and even a lot of domes are a pain by yourself.