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My current favorite for backpacking & camping with - https://rab.equipment/uk/silwing
Not for everyone, but it is so light. In conjunction with a bivy bag, one can stay dry in some pretty foul weather.
Ha ha! I have a 1920s copy of Baden Powell's Scouting for Boys. It has bivouacs like that in it, along with instructions on how to make toothbrushes out of twigs.
I've slept in a plastic bag on the Cuillin Ridge in winter so I'm no stranger to primitive camping but I can guarantee that one night in that is likely to put the OP off camping for life.0
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