I have started to run a CCS lean plus. A week trip in it so far. We stayed dry in heavy rains, the sod cloth and tarp did the trick. When I say heavy it was, the rain not the shelter. A nice switch up to the backpacking tents that I am use to, even if sil nylon is there common strand. Set up is a little longer, good noggin knot exercise to boot. The Baker tent wings were missed, but i have not decided yet if the addition is worth the little mass they would add. The open air feel without the bugs was nice. Quiet too, as the mid summer humm was pretty much absence as was the substantial duration of nightly de-bugging patrol, that was a nice surprise. I think it will double as a great cooking tarp in the future for those bigger groups when boy starts bringing friends...anyways the boy likes it and that good enough for me!
So no it is not a pipe dream, what pinch me...nope I am not dreaming.