Our first trip with our Travelstar was sure a good test.  Just after we
set up and turned in for the night the skies opened up on us.  It was a
typical monsoon complete with very hard rain and 30-40mph winds.  We
stayed completely dry.  The trailer shook from the wind and the rain was
rather noisy so sleeping wasn't so good but we did stay nice and dry.

I have had to fold up in a light rain but never a severe storm.  In that
case I pulled the mattress off the bed bottom and then went back outside
to finish.  The canvas is attached along the top and sides but not to
the bed bottom.  I folded the bed bottom up and then went back inside
and used a towel to wipe up the canvas.  I stood the bed mattress up in
the rear of the trailer and its held in place by the slide out once its
slid in.  With a popup trailer its not easy to get inside to wipe the
canvas dry after folding up.  With a hybrid its no problem at all.

There is considerably more storage space in our Travelstar 21SSO than we
had in our popups.  We no longer have to pile luggage all over the floor
of the trailer as we did with the popup.  A large fridge and freezer is
a huge plus.  The 21SSO does lack in counter space but the room the
slide out provides is great.

Setup and take down is much faster with a hybrid than the popup.  Mostly
because I no longer have to haul out luggage from the floor as I did
with the popup.  Also if two beds are not needed you can just fold down
one.  Can't do that with a popup.  Same with ability to unfold either
beds without having to unhitch when just stopping for 1 night.

I've been out with my travelstar at least 20 or 30 times in the 2 years
I've had it, usually for 2 to 4 days each time.  I'll never go back to a
popup!!