Greetings, and a thanks for a great and informative site! Quick scoop, new backpacker here...with NO gear. Been real tempted to get some stuff this weekend due to some of the sales Im seeing, but time is running out. Heres what Im thinking

WBRR with Bugnet
Wilderness Logics Summer TQ and UQ
Tarp - Cloudburst - but other tarps would/could work?

That set up for $515 and 78 oz

I plan on warmer weather hiking late spring to early fall in MI so I probably won't see temps below 40 very often. The other question is..how big of a tarp do you need for such hikes? I see the Cloudburst is almost tailor made for the RR but wondered if any tarp with pullouts would work?