New mid on the horizon – z-Shelter

Not a bad looking shelter but this is only $50 less than a StratoSpire 2 which is 10" longer and can be pitched fly only. Also, Sierra Designs had a prototype shelter similar to this pitched when Andrew did his online presentation a few months ago; who knows if that will go into production though.

Not criticizing this shelter as it's an interesting design to me and I wanted to compare it to similar shelters. Sort of thinking/typing aloud here.

Franco,

Any idea of how much the fly alone weighs on the SS2?

I think it's been around for a couple years. Used to be the Snow Peak Cell 2:

http://www.moontrail.com/snow-peak-z-shelter-cell-2.php

Tarptent lists the weight of their SS1 fly at 20 oz

The Tarptent StratoSpire 1 ,fly only, is about 20oz ($195) however it takes 2 full length mats set up that way (and can also do that with the inner in place, just)
looks like this :

When you add the cost and weight of an inner net/fabric interior to many of the light weight mids people talk about, you will find that TT shelters like the Notch,SS1 and 2 are very competitive particularly looking at the usable space they offer with the inner in place.
franco@tarptent