Quoted from mbaumle:I'm a pretty avid camper. Recently, I moved to Montana on extended business, and took the opportunity to visit Glacier, Yellowstone and other parks.
I splurged on a $300 Mountain Safety Research tent. Part of me thought, "A tents a tent, just as long as it keeps you dry, why spend more on something expensive."
Long story short, bought an expensive backpacking tent, and holy hell is it nice. It's bombproof, windproof, water proof, and just all around lightyears better than your standard Coleman tent.
MSR products are fantastic quality. I purchased their latest one man backpacking tent. Hands down the best tent i have ever owned. But yes they are not cheap!