gabby
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Post by gabby on Sept 10, 2020 17:10:42 GMT -8
Should be the Squall Classic, from 2006 . Designed by Henry Shires , sold by GossamerGear. Spinnaker fabric. I should have known, franco: I was actually at the "Gossamer Gear factory" some time ago, which was then in a suburban house in south Austin. I bought a few things, and then one of the guys took me out to the back yard where they were seam-sealing tents. There were a number of those sitting around drying. Just slipped my mind. I FORGOT!
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Post by trinity on Sept 10, 2020 17:14:21 GMT -8
biffnix , thanks for the report, sounds like a really nice shelter. I'd never heard of those poles. Do you like them? I've been unable to get replacement parts for my Locus Gear cp3s, and the Hiker Hunger poles are not much heavier, have cork grips, and are a lot cheaper.
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Post by gabby on Sept 10, 2020 17:16:09 GMT -8
I don't get the stretchy guyline thing. Looks to me like they'd keep the tent looking taut and beautiful...until the wind starts blowing. Then the guys would stretch, which would loosen the tent, which would result in flapping. How can a tent be tight if the guys are not? Never had a problem with them, but I was never in really high wind using them. What I noticed was that they gave with changing tension on the fabric, but not in a way that allowed guylines to loosen. If anything, they maintained tension pretty well, but probably not if you were in strong wind. ETA: I should mention that my use of these was limited to one on the front pole, and I have used similar ones on backside pullouts on tents that require that, usually side door singles. (BA UL1, SD Zolo 1, Terra Nova Solar)
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biffnix
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Post by biffnix on Sept 10, 2020 17:40:35 GMT -8
biffnix , thanks for the report, sounds like a really nice shelter. I'd never heard of those poles. Do you like them? I've been unable to get replacement parts for my Locus Gear cp3s, and the Hiker Hunger poles are not much heavier, have cork grips, and are a lot cheaper. I do, actually. I believe they are of Chinese import, but they're lightweight, and have held up to some serious granite-banging for a week in the Sierra. The cork grips are comfortable (I much prefer cork grips), and the price is right. I haven't used carbon fiber poles before, and I didn't want to drop too much trying them out, in case I didn't like them. I still like my Black Diamond ergo-cork poles best for comfort, but I can't find ergo-cork carbon fiber poles from any manufacturer, so until someone makes angled cork grips on a carbon fiber trekking pole, the Hiker Hunger poles will do for me. Cheers.
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Post by rebeccad on Sept 10, 2020 17:55:58 GMT -8
I should add a note on my tent experiments, which is that in the Weminuche I had quite a bit of condensation when camped where there were no trees, which was also only about 200’ from the water, and on vegetation. The final night there was also some, which surprised me as we were well away from wet areas, on a mound with a few trees (though the tent was not under trees, since all the trees in that area large enough to be under are also dead).
My thought was that in dry country I would take the ProTrail LI in a hot minute. But hiking the Olympic Peninsula? Probably would stick with the heavier but drier BA.
I loved the light weight, and by the end of the week was getting pretty good at getting a taut pitch.
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Post by johntpenca on Sept 14, 2020 2:38:58 GMT -8
I loved my Virga. Gave it away to an AT hiker in 2006
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 14, 2020 11:31:21 GMT -8
On vegetation is surprisingly wet. In San Diego I’d sailboard on Mission Bay and they’ve lots of really nice lawns. The sailing center had a fresh water hose I’d use to rinse my gear so I’d set up near there most days. After rinsing my stuff I’f dry it fully set up, then dismantle the sail from the mast. At that point it’d be lying on the grass and in the time it would take for me to put the mast on my car rack and bundle up everything else the underside of the sail would be dripping wet from the water evapotranspirated out of the grass.
ETA: From gardening webpages it looks like a vegetation area of 21 sq feet like the Pro evaporates about two gallons of water over a day: so maybe a gallon or so during the time it’d be set up.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 15, 2020 17:19:55 GMT -8
The Aeon Li looks like maybe a nice fit between my Dyneema MLD Solomid and my BA Copper Spur UL1.
Good weight for fully enclosed when I don’t really need the livable volume of the heavier CS but would prefer better bug protection than my floorless Solomid gives. If I throw in an optional pole it’s even nicer fo lightweight basecamping when I’d want my trekking poles for my day hikes.
Hmmmm.
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Post by reuben on Sept 16, 2020 13:49:54 GMT -8
The Aeon Li looks like maybe a nice fit between my Dyneema MLD Solomid and my BA Copper Spur UL1. I still have my old version Solomid in silnylon. How does the new version in dyneema compare?
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 16, 2020 16:41:20 GMT -8
The Aeon Li looks like maybe a nice fit between my Dyneema MLD Solomid and my BA Copper Spur UL1. I still have my old version Solomid in silnylon. How does the new version in Dyneema compare? 11 ozs, a pleasant yellow color. Pitches tight, stays tight. Tough shelter overall. I like it. Though it’s from maybe five years ago so this isn’t his new one which iirc is a tad larger. And no longer offered in yellow Dyneema.
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