My 2c, Minaret is a excellent tent, the workmanship quality difference between the club ones and the new ones is probably negligible. It is definitely worth checking the ratings on both models though, they will be identical i expect. Katmandhu already makes a line of *** tents, they dont need another one i guess!
I would also say...buy an msr hubba hubba hp from the states. :) or just have a look through the vaude and exped range (vaude Taurus Ultralight, exped polaris, exped sirius 2 extreme). Sales are harder to come by but you can get 3-4 season tents for <2kg. The Minaret is pretty light at 2.6? i think, but 1.8kg is really nice :)
A guy told me about NZ made garage style tents that are suuuuper light and good quality, dont know anything about them though? Worth looking into maybe. But if you have a states contact. The tents are about 1/3 the price, shipping would not be too bad if you got a friend to send it or free if they take it over.
But failing that buy that Minaret!
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