I know what you mean about cost/year. It is easy to justify, but I really don't have any plans for even an overnight hunt let alone driving an hour away. If I were going on a 9 day expedition, I probably would have sprung for the MT or the Sitka already.

I'm going to go in and compare the UA, against the MT050 packables tomorrow. The UA is on sale.
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