Margy wrote:

But they are heavy!

Absolutely. Not for someone flying a, shall we say, "load-challenged" aircraft.
Tom was, however, looking for a tent that will hold up under weather, and you
can't be certain of that with lightly built gear.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.