We went from a tent to a tent trailer, to a hybrid and now have a hard sided trailer. There are benfits to all of them. When they say a hybrid is lighter I always questioned that. For the floor space you end up with and the sleeping options you will have, yes they are lighter than a regular trailer. But....they are heavy enough to consider. The single issue I would pay attention to is the condition of the canvas. While everything might "work" if the canvas is molded or torn, this will be an issue. We moved up to our hybrid for the want of a bathroom and furnace. It did open things up for us to camp in the "elbow" seasons. It was easier to set up and take down than our tent trailer, but not that much easier. We had our tent trailer for 17 years and then our hybrid for another 6. After retiring we knew we would be doing a lot of traveling and setting up and taking down day after day pushed us into our "old folks" trailer.