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Have to decide between a cabanon and vango aspen 500 DLX. One thing that troubles me about the Aspens we've seen on display is that alot of the inners seem to be touching the outer flysheet, and that quite a few have rips in the outer flysheet.

Now it's a long time since I went camping for I seem to recall a rule which said never let your outer touch your inner cause as soon as your sleeping bag then touches the inner, you get wet. Is this not right?

Even if the ones on display were poorly pitched, the inner would be in contact with the sleeve the poles went through and this sleeve would also be in contact with the outer, so the inner would still get wet, no? Are suspended inners (ones that have a strap) better than sleeved ones for this reason?