I like it, KISS.
Its like anything else, depends on how much you want to put into it. Kind of like all those fancy gaming computer systems I used drool over.
Personally I will be happy to have a simple home set-up and maybe a second mobile rig that can fit in the back of a mid-size SUV along with other gear and then a good HH or two on top of that.
Which brings up some questions.
1.) Whats the max range from a HH? I realize theres a lot of variables that go into it, but could I feasibly talk from say south Louisiana to NW Florida, about 350 miles, unassisted (no repeaters) on a HH? Or is that just out of the realm of possibility?
2.) If I wanted to 'call home' under such conditions, would my wife/son also have to be licensed?