[pct-l] Talking gear again! SHELTER

[Whitnee Goode]

I just looked up the Hyperlight Mountain Gear Echo 1 system and it looks AMAZING! Also AMAZINGLY expensive. You weren't kidding- $400-$500. Really perfect though. I just got $300 to buy my shelter and STILL cannot decide! Hennessy Hammock? Wild Oasis? MLD Solo Mid with netting? Z-Pack's solo hexamid system? Tarptent? I just don't know. Someone please tell me what you used and what you though about it... Thank you!! 
 
Whitnee
 
P.S. Thanks John for the question... the answers some people gave helped me lighten my load as well

--- On Sun, 12/12/10, John Abela <pacificcresttrail2011 at gmail.com> wrote:


From: John Abela <pacificcresttrail2011 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] My Gear List - Need Some Experienced Thoughts
To: "PCT L" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Date: Sunday, December 12, 2010, 6:52 PM

I love the rain!! It has rained 36 out of the last 39 days here were I live.
I live in the middle of the Redwood forest and 96% of the time love the
rain. Something is probably wrong with me, I know ;)

I would say the only time I am really truly miserable is when my sleeping
environment gets wet. It was for this reason that I ditched my TarpTent
Moment and went with the HyperlightMountainGear Echo 1 system. The Moment
was simply unable to keep out the rain mud and muck here were I live. Here
is a photograph of a typical trail here where I live, this time of year:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/abelajohnb/4619499718/ - When things are this
bad, the TT Moment simply did not have a high enough bathtub to keep the
crap out, so, I switched over to the HMG Echo1 as it has a bathtub that is
somewhere around 8 inches high. It also saved me 5 ounces (yeah, and cost
twice as much, sigh)