I think we have found the yurt we want

[Jafo]

I don't know much about the new

insulation

. Here is a recent article about the company:

Yurt business thriving as people search for simplicity - Daily Inter Lake: Local/Montana

I have only heard good things myself. I have a Pacific Yurt and love it. I have only seen a handful of other yurts and honestly I liked them all lol. The differences are subtle in many of them. You might want to give Shelter Designs a call and see if there is a 40 footer you can visit close to you? There really is nothing like a first person view when it comes to picking out a yurt.