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Funny you should ask this, because after preparing to do the same thing myself, I couldn't justify
80 bucks worth of nylon and lots of my time (I'm a mostly inept sewer so I'm slow) against $150 for
a golite shangri-la 3 on ebay (the one I link in the pics in the make your own gear forum) - I splurged this year so that's what I'll be taking out a bunch.


I agree completely. I'm a reasonable sewer, but can't get myself to commit the time it takes to make my own shelter. All the seams are very basic, but a shelter requires a lot of time managing very large pieces of fabric.