We used a couple of REI tents (can't remember the model names) in the US a few years back - one a 4 person size (used solo) and the other a 6 person size (used by two people). You can see them in the 'arty' B/W pic below. Both tents had enough headroom to stand up inside (if you were under about 5' 10" anyway). They weren't particularly heavy but took up huge amounts of luggage space on the bikes. The downside with arthritis wouldn't be so much using them as putting them up / taking them down as that involved a fair amount of crawling about getting poles aligned / pegs in the ground etc. We used them on a two nights camping + one night hotel basis and they were fine. They were like giant 'play tents' and fine in dry sunny weather. Whether they'd be quite so good in extended rain is another matter.
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