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Post by Coolkat on Apr 1, 2024 5:31:40 GMT -8
with an old Dell E6400 laptop with Kubuntu 22.04 All I can say is nice!
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Post by bluefish on Apr 2, 2024 14:05:49 GMT -8
Anyway it went well and I can see with both eyes again. Glad to hear, I mean see....
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Post by oldbill on Apr 4, 2024 4:20:23 GMT -8
The one thing I liked better with the SMD was interior space, which is not a rectangle. The side opposite the entrance has a very useful trangular space for stuff inside the tent, whereas the 1P Durston is a rectangle without as much room on the inside as my old TT Rainbow 1P. In searching for a replacement of my old Skyscape Trekker, I've spent a lot of time reading user comments on the non-pro version. It is a loved tent by many with the main complaints being that it has a large footprint and one has to get used to the geometry in correctly visualizing the sleeping area on the most level area. However, another complaint is that the interior is just too narrow (even on the Version 2). It is a 32"-wide box, though Dan has said there are loops to help increase width near the shoulder. Several have since sold the X-Mid 1 V2 because it's still too narrow. For me (5'10", 160lb) 32" means lots of contact with the walls getting dressed or just doing inside chores. I have a bit of claustrophobia but also wanted partial solid walls for the colder, windy conditions I encounter above tree line in shoulder seasons. The Trekker is 48" at the floor where one sits up. It narrows rapidly to about 3' at chest height, but that gives plenty of "elbow room". The Tarptent Dipole is even more narrow at 28" since the poles are set in the same place that one sits up. All that said, it's not a factor for the single wall tent. I just can't stand being rained on inside during heavy wind storms or with the condensation drip putting a frost on my bag in the morning. The biggest weakness of the Trekker IMO is the single, single-wall panel. I'm even thinking about making a lightweight tarp to put over that panel.
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Post by cweston on Apr 4, 2024 6:01:00 GMT -8
The one thing I liked better with the SMD was interior space, which is not a rectangle. The side opposite the entrance has a very useful trangular space for stuff inside the tent, whereas the 1P Durston is a rectangle without as much room on the inside as my old TT Rainbow 1P. This is true. The "inner nest" floor of the 1P Durston is just about the size of a standard sleeping pad, without much extra floor. And the storage pockets above are decent sized, but anything very big and/or heavy will tend to fall out easily. How I've adjusted to this is in re-thinking my approach to interior space in a tent. I've always thought of a double-wall tent as having two distinctly different spaces: the tent, and the vestibule(s). As I mentioned above in this thread, I've come to conceptualize this type of tent differently, as essentially a single-wall tent with an interior mesh nest. The Durston 1P *does* have copious interior space for gear--it's just mostly on the other side of the mesh zippered nest wall (i.e. in the huge vestibules). The difference between "in the nest" and "in the vestibule" is a largely arbitrary one. I've learned to keep fewer items in the nest with me (mostly what I really want to be able to grab immediately at night--like my headlamp, or balaclava), and everything else in those cavernous vestibules, which are almost as easily accessible to me, except that I have to unzip a zipper.
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Post by driftwoody on Apr 4, 2024 7:35:12 GMT -8
I've spent only one night in the Durston 1P v2, but I agree the large vestibules are a big plus and should be condidered usable interior space. Items inside the mesh are those you may need in the middle of the night when you'd rather not deal with a zipper.
Overall, the Durston is a spacious, lightweight, affordable tent desisigned to withstand strong winds with extra tie-outs when needed.
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Post by texasbb on Apr 4, 2024 8:36:39 GMT -8
The Tarptent Dipole is even more narrow at 28" since the poles are set in the same place that one sits up. While this is true, (1) the head and foot are wider at 36" and (2) the geometry of the Dipole is such that head and shoulder room while sitting up are surprisingly generous. I rate the Dipole-1 Li as the easiest one-person tent to change shirts in I've ever used (which is saying a lot at my height). But while my pack certainly fits in a vestibule, it's so tight that I basically can't access items in it without opening the fly. Trade-offs.
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Post by rebeccad on Apr 4, 2024 11:31:54 GMT -8
Looking at what some of you are saying, I realized again that there are some advantages to being short! I can sit up and change a shirt in pretty much any tent short of an actual bivvy sack.
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Post by oldbill on Apr 4, 2024 12:38:08 GMT -8
While this is true, (1) the head and foot are wider at 36" and (2) the geometry of the Dipole is such that head and shoulder room while sitting up are surprisingly generous. I rate the Dipole-1 Li as the easiest one-person tent to change shirts in I've ever used Good points. It's mostly a rectangle with a constrained center so one doesn't need to sit in the center. It would have more width than the Trekker above chest height due to the taper in the Trekker. Only 2" shorter in height and certainly better ventilation. The 28" width in the center would still bother me though. Pretty tight, even with only a 20" wide pad. The Trekker doesn't have a big vestibule either but that's low on my priority list. I'm an active sleeper and have a bit of claustrophobia so need some extra volume to cope. Looked long and hard at the Dipole though! Looking closely at the Light Heart Gear Firefly. Same roomy pentagonal geometry as the Trekker and only slightly heavier. Solves the foot and head volume issues with struts and has a peak vent. Still has one single-wall panel, but like everything else... there are tradeoffs.
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Post by Coolkat on Apr 5, 2024 4:08:48 GMT -8
I can sit up and change a shirt in pretty much any tent short of an actual bivvy sack. Interesting, as it's been my experience that shorter people have longer torsos. My first backpacking tent came from a friend who is 6' a good 3 to 4 inches taller than me. He could sit up and do everything he needed. For me though that tent drove me nuts I had to duck down a little if I wanted to sit up. Because of that it wasn't long until I upgraded to a different tent.
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Post by rebeccad on Apr 5, 2024 6:45:56 GMT -8
I can sit up and change a shirt in pretty much any tent short of an actual bivvy sack. Interesting, as it's been my experience that shorter people have longer torsos. My first backpacking tent came from a friend who is 6' a good 3 to 4 inches taller than me. He could sit up and do everything he needed. For me though that tent drove me nuts I had to duck down a little if I wanted to sit up. Because of that it wasn't long until I upgraded to a different tent. I think that’s often true for men, but women tend to have shorter torsos anyway, so I fit. Of course we also tend to have larger backsides, which can make one taller when sitting, but that’s not my genetics.
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