I'm not denying that SP is a good value, every SP in the world that doesn't regret their purchase demonstrates that. Is it the best value? Depends on the individual notion of "best value". I'm just saying that SP is at the high end of both the quality and cost scales, in case OP isn't the kind of guy that equates "best quality" with "best value".

Anyways, as I said, I live in San Diego, I don't deal with rain and I don't have any useful recommendations, so maybe I shouldn't have bothered to comment at all.