In terms of tents there's no point shelling out on a Wild Country Quasar (amazing tent) if your going to a festival, and there's equally no point taking a 20 quid pop-up tent into the Tien Shan for some high-altitude super-alpinism.
Same goes for weight savings - a mountain marathon runner is likely to pay a lot for single-skin goretex tent if it saves him 2 kg.
There is undoubtedly some high-end kit that is totally and utterly pointless..... Why anyone would pay 40 odd quid for a piece of laser-cut anodised aluminium to protect their sidestand switch when cutting the switch off and throwing it in a bin would save weight and money is beyond me!
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