What is your preferred recording style(s)? Is

it a high priority that your mics and the support
"rig" for them be as portable as you can make
them? Examples:

(a) Do you record while on walks and need light-weight or hands-free micing=
?
(b) Is it important to _minimize_ mic handling
noises and record longer "takes." The later might
require the mics to be on a stand-- some very
small and light-weight. Both? Some recordists
have to plan to have more than one rig.