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A solo is a smaller tent than a Zep 1 so taking size into account the Zep1 is lighter. Try sitting upright and cooking inside a solo :)
Tenting is like everything else, if your on a budget then loads of choice but with a bit of weight, some carefull repacking and maybe changing guylines and playing with pegs and you can drop a bit of weight and pack volume.
If you need low weight and are prepared to pay for it and live with any drawbacks of ultralight weight then those rad Terras are for you, you can also ditch the inner and just run the outer shell and really drop some weight, bit more protection than just running a tarp, depends on how bad the insects are where your camping (full tent for me in midge season, worth the extra weight) :)
7up, i don't use footprints as i try not to be in places that need them, soft ground is a nicer nights sleep. Bit of weight weenism...... the footprint for the Hubba is 270g (and well worth that for extended trips on rough rocky ground) a piece of builders poly sheet cut to size should be lighter and can be binned mid trip if needed. The big old orange survival bags make a good footprint too, or for really light the mylar/foil survival blankets and a check ground first for really pointy stones.
I cannot prove it but you "might" get a thermal gain from using a silver survival sheet.
Best way with a budget tent is look at the pegs and repack in something like an Alpkit dry bag, you can drop a bit of weight and reduce volume for not much cash, beyond that the weight will be in the material and poles used at that price point.
Steel round pegs are about 20g each, so some cheap alu V pegs could drop 100g.