Hello all,
This is my first post, but I've been lurking around for a month or so… basically soaking up all the info everyone has to pass on on this site. Amazing stuff and thank you!
Right now, I'm looking over the "standards" in light weight shelter options, and I'm really into an MLD tarp set up. I start thinking in oz. and $ and I have questions:
I could go for an MLD Grace Solo SilNylon Tarp and Serenity Shelter for ~$245a at ~18 oz. and have tons of pitching options, protection from the occasional mid-atlantic bug madness and 360 views. Pretty appealing.
I could also go for a Contrail for $200 at ~25 oz., and it's one piece easy.
So, I guess, I'm thinking… what am I missing here? $50 more for a tarp and bug shelter. I see a lot of the advantages and disadvantages here (more than listed below… this post is already a book.):
More money
More "stuff"
Less Weight
Almost infinite pitching options
I know that any way I slice it, I can't go wrong with either option, but I'd love to know which direction you would go and why.
Spend the extra $50 for the versatility of a true tarp set up or go the cheaper "idiot proof" (after learning curve) of a Contrail?
Pretty awesome that a decision between two amazing and scrappy manufacturers is my biggest concern at this point! :-)
Thanks in advance.
Adam
