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Re: Tents, Sleeping Mats, and Bags
Postby maxknott » Thu Jan 25, 2018 2:48 pm
Recently purchased S2S ultralight insulated mat regular size, im impressed considering i,m a 110kg 6'2" side sleeper,packs down smaller than 1.25 drink bottle amd 400ish grams,got it on ebay for 130ish i think
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Re: Tents, Sleeping Mats, and Bags
Postby Aushiker » Sat Mar 03, 2018 4:18 pm
New single person shelter option from Tarptent, the Notch Li [Cuban fibre]. Weighs in a claimed 565 grams. Would need poles but.
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Re: Tents, Sleeping Mats, and Bags
Postby rifraf » Mon Mar 05, 2018 11:41 pm
Aushiker wrote:New single person shelter option from Tarptent, the Notch Li [Cuban fibre]. Weighs in a claimed 565 grams. Would need poles but.
Seems a little mean spirited of certain tent manufacturers not to offer up the complete weights of their tents.
Whilst perhaps some people are interested in purchasing special custom poles/ropes/pegs, most of us use what comes with the tent until we lose an item or two....
Don't they?
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Re: Tents, Sleeping Mats, and Bags
Postby RonK » Tue Mar 06, 2018 7:36 am
rifraf wrote:Aushiker wrote:New single person shelter option from Tarptent, the Notch Li [Cuban fibre]. Weighs in a claimed 565 grams. Would need poles but.
Seems a little mean spirited of certain tent manufacturers not to offer up the complete weights of their tents.
Whilst perhaps some people are interested in purchasing special custom poles/ropes/pegs, most of us use what comes with the tent until we lose an item or two....
Don't they?
The tent is designed for use with trekking poles. You supply the trekking poles and their weight is variable depending on the poles.
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Re: Tents, Sleeping Mats, and Bags
Postby Warin » Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:39 am
RonK wrote:rifraf wrote:Aushiker wrote:New single person shelter option from Tarptent, the Notch Li [Cuban fibre]. Weighs in a claimed 565 grams. Would need poles but.
Seems a little mean spirited of certain tent manufacturers not to offer up the complete weights of their tents.
Whilst perhaps some people are interested in purchasing special custom poles/ropes/pegs, most of us use what comes with the tent until we lose an item or two....
Don't they?
The tent is designed for use with trekking poles. You supply the trekking poles and their weight is variable depending on the poles.
The tent is designed for people who use trekking pole/s for their walking. As such the pole is already carried and could be of various weights depending on what is selected. So the 'complete weight of the tent is accurate IF you already carry the trekking pole anyway.
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Re: Tents, Sleeping Mats, and Bags
Postby rifraf » Tue Mar 06, 2018 12:20 pm
Warin wrote:
The tent is designed for people who use trekking pole/s for their walking. As such the pole is already carried and could be of various weights depending on what is selected. So the 'complete weight of the tent is accurate IF you already carry the trekking pole anyway.
RonK wrote:The tent is designed for use with trekking poles. You supply the trekking poles and their weight is variable depending on the poles.
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Re: Tents, Sleeping Mats, and Bags
Postby Leaf T » Tue Mar 06, 2018 1:41 pm
rifraf wrote:
There might just be enough enlightenment in here to reach Nirvana.
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