If you play locally or even regionally and travel mostly by car, then you have the luxury of being able to carry more gear. If you have a preamp, a tuner and you have to carry CD's some cables and personal stuff, you can do that if you aren't goin by plane. If you are going by plane you might want to consider a smaller preamp, one that does not have to go into a rack. Some performers who have had elaborate setups have simplified recently as they got more successful. The hassles of carrying and setting up more gear weren't worth the added sound quality to them.
More versatility equals more complicated gear.
If you travel by plane Sunrise recommends that you remove the pickup from the guitar before flying. Fishman tells you to take out the battery from the Matrix system before plane rides, but that is a whole lot easier that removing a Sunrise. Removing a Sunrise can mean using a screw driver, and taking the strings off as well as more installation because you have to have a mini plug inside the guitar so you can un-plug it . But some people swear by them. The other issue is that if you do not know what you are looking for in terms of sound, you will be frustrated for a while until you get used to a certain sound or learn to hear different sounds.