This was originally going to be a poncho tarp question-If you could get a full rain suit and shelter for the same weight as a poncho and bivi would you change? For me part of it is the purity of multi use items, but as I thought about it, it's also the look of the item as opposed to all the identikit regular backpackers. When it's raining and I'm walking along the trail it's kind of good to see the incredulous looks as I saunter past in a giant trash bag and two plastic sacks (cuben rain chaps!). Then I got reminded of the punk rock thread. So would you change if you could get 'conventional looking' gear at very low weights or do you like to use cuben fibre backpacks partly so that people can tell you that 'you shouldn't do that'?
