Is this a good reason to buy The One?

In response to Brian M’s post on why he chose the tarp/bivy over a one piece, tarp/tent type shelter:

Brian’s post:
I have been through the same reasoning a few times.
As another tarp/bivy user I understand the allure of the single -easy -to -set -up -one -piece -shelter.

But, after trying a few TTs I came back to the tarp/bivy.

why:
– floored tents of any kind need a bigger foot print to set up.

I do not understand what you mean by this… the footprint of most tarps set up in a-frame is larger than a lot of floored tents because you have to have the guylines go so far in each direction, unless you are staking directly to the ground or to trees, in which case it would take up about the same size footprint as a floored tarp. A tarp tent type shelter typically takes up just more space than whatever the interior space is…

– they may have a larger bug free space but a lot smaller over all space.(depending)

You do use “depending” here… but still if you consider the space you have with a tarp/bivy if it is anything but nice conditions while you sleep it means the space inside a bivy vs. a much larger enclosed area

– I can use my bivy to well… bivy, when the weather is good.

If the weather is good enough you can just use a ground cloth i suppose… depending on condensation of course, but yes, this is an advantage of the bivy

– I can use the bivy separately inside a shelter for bug/mice protection.

also true, although I have been fine without many times

-bivy adds warmth.

bivy does add warmth but a tent does as well, just not as much

My basic point here is that there are advantages to both and it is something you have to just try for yourself to decide which is the best fit or pick depending on what the conditions will be like where you plan to hike.

To get back to the original post, my gear list is in my profile but some small things have changed and I haven’t had a chance to snap photos yet. Hopefully will soon and I will post them.

– floored tents of any kind need a bigger foot print to set up.

[[I do not understand what you mean by this..'

You are forgetting that you can set a tarp up 'over" rocks and brush. Thus you only need a foot print large enough to lay your bivy down on. This is the biggest advantage for me.

"floored tents of any kind need a bigger foot print to set up."
Not this kind….
Franco

That one needs a whole mountain.

Ha wow Franco… a little more extreme than I was thinking of course but still along the lines that a lot of one man tents take up just slightly more space than you do laying down… experiences between brian and myself must have just been a little different i suppose

That picture was stolen by me from Google images, but I knew what I was after…
To cover a mat area from rain/snow without the fly touching the ground , a tarp has to be wider than a two cross pole design.
When you add the wide spread of guylines required for a tarp, then my Rainbow takes less space ….
Franco