Hi all - for anyone who has experience with these 2 shelters for long distance trips in the west can you recommend one over the other? I currently have a Solomid silpoly but the cricket std/pro looks very appealing with its simplistic materials (no zipper) as well as reducing shelter weight - especially the pro version. I always seem to read about people complaining about their failing zippers on the PCT or other desert-esque adventuring.
I have seen the posts about having to crawl into the cricket when in storm mode but that doesn’t seem to be that big of a deal..conceptually, at least. I’m not interested in the DCF versions so this will be the silpoly version. I have a solomid inner but am interested in pairing with the MLD superlight bivy, borah UL, or Katabatic bristlecone for modularity and further simplifying my shelter setup. Thanks everyone!