Drawbacks? Minor, but worth mentioning. For one, if you use it without pegs, it will stand, but it won't be tight. It needs pegs to pull the ends into shape. Two, I've gotten spoiled with my Diamond Brand Free Spirit and the MSR Zoid 1.5. Both of those tents have doors on two sides, and would be easier to ventilate in muggy weather. Three - the pegs are pretty big, and though they're still lightweight enough for most trips, I definitely want to have the titaniums by the time I do the long trip this year.

I didn't see a flashlight loop inside the tent (though the documentation says it's there,) and it has only one small mesh pocket for the odds and ends that end up in little mesh pockets. The stuff bag that the tent goes in is large, a lot larger than the size of the tent would seem to indicate would be needed. I suppose that they made it big enough to hold the optional footprint, but it ends up having a pack size of 20" x 7". I used a lightweight cord to cinch mine down to about half of that diameter.

Again, these are minor gripes, and as with nearly every tent that I've owned, I'll get used to them or work around them. Luckily, my Zoid footprint suffices quite nicely, so I can avoid spending the additional $19 for one of those.

This campsite was down in Pilot Cove. I like it not only because of the open hardwood forest, but because it's one place where I always get to listen to owls and coyotes singing in the night. Last night, a great horned owl made its rounds through the valley a little after dark, and just before sunrise, I heard two barred owls calling to each other. I got to hear a coyote singing too, sometime around midnight.