In reply to TobyA:
yeah, the Big C took over MHW maybe 2 years ago, along with montrail. the shift has been significant with a streamlining of their range thats about 2/3 of what it was (all the really cool tents are gone, plus much of their their less selling but very cool exped gear).
they are one of the few companies that do mix gore with other stuff - their own brand conduit to my experience has been a better product across the board than goretex. their short-lived incite i thought the most amazing shell ever (untill i met the new neoshell range).
these new bits will be fun to try - hopefully theres enough of a range (rather than just 4 versions of near-identical items) to really test it out. give us some bibs again. and windshell.
MHW usually nails it pretty well - just they seem to turn over designs so fast its hard to get a good perspective on them in any one season. im not that wealthy.