With care and practice this is a great ultra-light shelter - - it also goes up fast in the rain:
www.sixmoondesigns.com/tents/LunarSolo.html
This tent is a mainstay for a lot of long distance hikers - setting up in the rain is a little tricky and
it's more of an "outdoor industry" tent but still a good company and certainly a solid bet - I've got this
a few of these and it's cousin, the non- free standing MSR Carbon Reflex:
Here is the carbon reflex:
cascadedesigns.com/msr/tents/experience-series/carbon-reflex-1/product
Here is the basic Hubba - it's very basic - you probably can't go wrong with it
cascadedesigns.com/msr/tents/experience-series/hubba/product
I'd recommend any of the three depending on who you are, your experience, how you like to hike, your expectations, budget etc. to
an aspiring thru-hiker