The solid interior is warmer and better for environments with blowing dust or cold winds. The mesh interior is better suited for warm/hot and humid environments
Careful Max... you might upset the sensibilities of these serious gear hounds.Max wrote:That video made me giggle. The bit where he was pouring a pretend drink reminded me of kids tea parties.
The Nemo Pentalite strikes a nice balance between functionality, size, features, weight, and value. For groups of four to five (if you don't mind being cozy) looking for a well ventilated floorless shelter, the Pentalite is worth consideration. For groups of four looking for a lightweight shelter that provides full bug protection, the Pentalite with optional wedge is one of the lightest available. If Nemo were able to reduce the weight of the center pole and put a tie-out on the long side of the wedge to prevent it from sliding around, we would consider bumping this up to a Highly Recommended rating.
Yes or I think you can buy access to individual articles.Wingnut wrote:An online subscription ("Premium Membership") is required to view this article?
It's huge Max - it's like the Taj Mahal. 3 pole tents are a little bit heavier, but I like that the vestibules are formed by the poles and are not simply pegged out flaps. It should be very comfortable for two people and gear on an extended tour. So, what bits will Mum be carrying?Max wrote:I've just received a nice big parcel from Amazon, containing an Exped Venus III tent, a footprint for same, two Exped DownMat 7s and two Lonely Planet cycling guides (Australia and NZ).
If she has her way, nothing!RonK wrote:So, what bits will Mum be carrying?
If you do want a tent for solo touring, the Exped Vela 1 is a great little tent - good space for one person, light weight (1.8kg) and a very spacious vestibule. I used it fr a 9 week tour last year and loved it.Max wrote:If I ever decide I want to go solo touring, I'll either suffer the weight or get myself a smaller, lighter tent. For now, this suits our needs.
And I'm selling my Exped Vela 1 due to getting a Tarptent Scarp 2. Unsure where to advertise it currently as it's an ultralight weight tent and I think unsuitable for ebay.il padrone wrote:If you do want a tent for solo touring, the Exped Vela 1 is a great little tent - good space for one person, light weight (1.8kg) and a very spacious vestibule. I used it fr a 9 week tour last year and loved it.Max wrote:If I ever decide I want to go solo touring, I'll either suffer the weight or get myself a smaller, lighter tent. For now, this suits our needs.
Here would be a good place to start: http://bushwalk.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=13 - though you might find it easier to shift the ScarpBaalzamon wrote:And I'm selling my Exped Vela 1 due to getting a Tarptent Scarp 2. Unsure where to advertise it currently as it's an ultralight weight tent and I think unsuitable for ebay.il padrone wrote:If you do want a tent for solo touring, the Exped Vela 1 is a great little tent - good space for one person, light weight (1.8kg) and a very spacious vestibule. I used it fr a 9 week tour last year and loved it.Max wrote:If I ever decide I want to go solo touring, I'll either suffer the weight or get myself a smaller, lighter tent. For now, this suits our needs.
And I wouldn't insult them by describing the Vela as "ultralight" either unless you want to cop flakm@ wrote:Here would be a good place to start: http://bushwalk.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=13 - though you might find it easier to shift the Scarp
Pretty sure you can add a pump to a Svea - I cant get my head together tonight but I'm sure I read that the pump that fitstmac100 wrote: For the Australian trip next June-August from Perth to Sydney I have decided not to use my Hennessy Hammock - no trees in places, my SVEA stove - want to try a stove with a pump, a. Just some idle musings as I read this thread
Max wrote:I've posted some first impressions of the Venus III here. No new photos, but a bit of text to round it all out. I'm pretty happy with our first crack at setting the tent up.
To be fair to Exped, I doubt that any tent manufacturer includes more than this. Tents don't normally come with a manual, just basic pitching instructions, IME. Usually the assembly is fairly self-explanatory, with a logical outlook on it. Exped generally make it easier than most tents (colour-coded poles and sleeves, all accessories included, easy to tighten tension straps, 'one-pitch' tent and fly etc.).Max wrote:The user manual should consist of more than a half-A4 printed sheet!
A pump with the SVEA and a pump with the MSR still can both go "bad". Mind you, the SVEA works fine without the pump. The chuf-chuf-chuf on startup on a cool morning boilup is a delightful sound to welcome another day of adventure. Mind you the hiss of the MSR is a different kind of welcoming sound. The SVEA is a part of a Swiss-made camping unit that has a pot, frypan two windscreens and a pot holder. cannot remember who made it, but I bought it used 6 years ago on ebay specifically for bike touring. I got it instead of the Tranga alcohol burner that we used in my rock-climbing days.
IP, there is some truth to this. Perhaps Exped expect their customers to know all this stuff, but we didn't. I would've settled for two pages! I've owned tents before and they all came with more than a pamphlet.il padrone wrote:Max wrote:I've posted some first impressions of the Venus III here. No new photos, but a bit of text to round it all out. I'm pretty happy with our first crack at setting the tent up.To be fair to Exped, I doubt that any tent manufacturer includes more than this. Tents don't normally come with a manual, just basic pitching instructions, IME. Usually the assembly is fairly self-explanatory, with a logical outlook on it. Exped generally make it easier than most tents (colour-coded poles and sleeves, all accessories included, easy to tighten tension straps, 'one-pitch' tent and fly etc.).Max wrote:The user manual should consist of more than a half-A4 printed sheet!
Not quite true. Shellite has pretty much disappeared from many of the camping shops and other places you used to be able to buy it, at least in WA out of the big cities.tmac100 wrote: No mattter, there is lots of Shellite available in Australia. If I can buy it in Borroloola and Domadgee, I can buy it anywhere
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