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Only comment on the older Lasers really.
So far at 10+ years the tub is showing signs of wear. To be fair we always check for stones, pointy things before laying it out, and have always avoided gravel ground.
Depending on weather conditions, as in not likely to freeze to death in my sleep i would deploy my Sol emergency bag as a groundsheet/tub protector as this is way lighter and cheaper than a dedicated "Footprint" groundsheet from terra nova. Or use the sleeping mat under the groundsheet to protect it.
To save weight the tub is fairly shallow, but i have pitched up in marsh conditions and had no water soak through. Not even naplam would have set the ground on fire.
There is no "right" tent they all have faults and niggles, just a case of working out what you want and can afford.
The terra nova carbon pegs are fairly tough but not suited to hammering into hard ground, the ultralight Ti wire pegs have limitations (despite being Ti and silly light). Hilleberg spec nice V pegs. Some tweaking with pegs and guylines can improve any tent.
I mostly seem to camp on soft ground (comfy) so added extra weight by getting the XL Y-pegs and standard Y-pegs.
Wasn't worth the cost and hassle of swapping to ultralight guylines as the stock fittings are pretty good allready.
Going to an Alpkit drybag while not saving a huge amount of weight does allow you to really pack down the tent over the stock tent bag. With playing around you can get the pack size down on many tents.
I still have my 80's issue poncho and trip flare stakes, probs around 2kg, the poncho is nearly a kg alone..... :) there is so much really good and sensible gear out there now. Pick your comfort level, tent, tarp,bivvy bag set a budget and look around.
I slowly regeared a few years ago, still getting stuff :)
Alpkit is ace for Ti cookware and cheap drybags.
I started reading up on the Marathon Des Sables, the kit lists for that are brutal, a minimum carry weight excluding water and a maximum, they don't have to carry tents/shelters and get a daily water ration (which needs carefull management) but they carry all food and equipment for several back to back desert marathons. Some of the specialist kit and weights are quite outstanding.