mich800 wrote:
This forum is pretty good at losing sight of the forest for the trees. The short answer is one is not easier than the other for your question. There are differences and those will be personal in nature.
The only question mark I see in the original post is asking how to determine weight. Once the question was answered correctly several times others moved on to the various other points the OP brought up. I think everyone was trying to be helpful and nice.:) We got to see the forest AND the trees - that's what camping is all about!