I basically have three options:
Blemished top cover with integrated sidecar in mesh - 175g (cheapest)
Top cover with integrated sidecar in Hexion 1.0 - 160.5g
Moonlight top cover + seperate side sling - 205.2g + 110g (most expensive)
My initial though was to get the mesh top cover but I wonder if I would ever use it. It's not often I am too hot (am in New Zealand so the climate is temperate, 30c max in summer) so generally I will want the wind cutting ability of the Hexion top cover.
When then takes me to the middle option. It's only slightly more expensive. Surprisingly it's almost the same wight. Worth noting that I already have a Chameleon + this top cover (second one if for my son) so buying two of the exact same top covers reduces options and will only be used when he comes with me.
So then I think I should get the delux option. The moonlight top cover is better vented so I doubt I would ever be too hot. You can close it up when it's cold. You can save 50g by leaving the moonlight bit behind. A sidesling seems better than the sidecar (doesn't hang as low) and I have the option of using it with my other top cover for double storage. But...this options is bloody expensive at almost twice the price of the blemished mesh top cover. It's also bloody heavy because you have the weight of the extra zip that the top cover with integrated sidecar doesn't have.
I guess I wish they just made a moonlight top cover with integrated to side sling and everything was on sale. Dreams are free.
Some questions that would help me decide:
Has anyone ever been too hot or humid in the asym top cover?
Do people with the moonlight top cover think it's worth getting over the normal one?
tldr; which top cover for Chameleon?
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