toejam
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Post by toejam on Jun 6, 2016 8:37:55 GMT -8
I think it's the single Tarptent Rainbow.
There are so many good options <$300 I wouldn't pay more.
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Post by Westy on Jun 7, 2016 6:43:40 GMT -8
My perfect solo tent is the Hilleberg Keron at 8 lbs 10 oz. You definitely be styling!
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Post by tipiwalter on Jun 7, 2016 15:39:19 GMT -8
I"ll go for a 10' X 12' canvas wall tent carried by porters. Let's see the pics.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2016 16:27:23 GMT -8
Tarptent Scarp 1. Just ordered the larger inner. This thing has withstood some really frightening heavy weather in Va and WV. double doors, double vestibules. I use it most of the time with the one hoop, but have the optional cross poles for winter use. Not a choice for really heavy snow, but it's been fine for my use. Henry Shires has some brilliant designs. I keep looking at the Stratospire 1, but I just can't seem to give up my Scarp!
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Post by bradmacmt on Jun 15, 2016 8:24:55 GMT -8
My 4-season one man is an MSR Hubba HP (high performance). Love that tent. All-up with Tyvek footprint it weighs 3lbs 0.3ozs. It replaced a heavier BD Firstlight. My new 2+ season tent is a Nemo Hornet 1P that has an all-up weight of 2lbs 0.9ozs with Tyvek Footprint. Seems like a dynamite little tent at a full 1lb less than the Hubba, and has a preferred side entry, one reason I ditched the Black Diamond FL.
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Post by dayhiker on Jun 15, 2016 12:30:32 GMT -8
My perfect one man tent is/was my five man Golite Shangri-La. Sadly, it has bit the bullet but I will be purchasing something similar from the phoenix, My Trail Co. - Under 3 lbs, large enough to stand up in to change clothes, cook inside, and hang out in a storm. I had to tweak it make it perfect (snow/mesh skirt) and optional gear loft. mytrailco.com/collections/siteNot sure how close their 4 man is to yours, if anyone wants their (GoLite) 3 man I might sell mine, barely used
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Post by crawford on Jun 15, 2016 12:52:04 GMT -8
The original post is a tough call for me. I've been reading responses over the last few days and really thinking about what I like, what some of my friends/people I know use.
The Tarptent Notch has much that I like, as does the Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo.
I like a floor, vestibule to hold a pack, enough square feet for me and a little gear at easy access, a side door(2 is good, but one will work), good at handling wind, well vented, it can use my trekking poles, quick set up, and under 2 pounds. Oh yeah, I want this at less than $300
One thing that is not a key part of my decision matrix is how well it handles snow load. Not that I won't go out in winter, but if we are really expecting snow my weekend away might be cancelled, and weekends are all I get in the winter.
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Post by franco on Jun 15, 2016 15:02:51 GMT -8
"One thing that is not a key part of my decision matrix is how well it handles snow load"
This is my Notch under some wet snow :
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Post by almostthere on Jun 15, 2016 19:27:38 GMT -8
I like a floor, vestibule to hold a pack, enough square feet for me and a little gear at easy access, a side door(2 is good, but one will work), good at handling wind, well vented, it can use my trekking poles, quick set up, and under 2 pounds. Oh yeah, I want this at less than $300 That's a Lightheart Gear tent.
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Post by reptocarl on Jun 25, 2016 14:28:37 GMT -8
I'm a tent junkie. I currently have a SD Velox 1 as my solo tent. That was when SD made good tents. I use it for known weather conditions if it's going to be good weather. I've always placed durability and strength above light weight. I don't like these tissue thin fabrics or these hubbed poles. My overall favorite tent I use for solo trips is a Marmot Mercury. It's a three pole frog type tent that's strong but still doable for solo trips weight wise. My beef today is the current tents aren't long enough. I've carried a Marmot Swallow and a Mountain Hardwear Trango 2 solo backpacking. My perfect solo tent would be a three pole frog design with a full 8 feet in length, 30 inches wide with closeable mesh panels like the convertibles manufacturers used to make when they made good tents. I think the best backpacking tents were TNF's Lunar light, fire and ship and the Star light, fire and ship. They don't make 'em like they used to
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Post by paula53 on Jun 25, 2016 18:08:09 GMT -8
The tarp tents don't handle side winds very well. They will collapse in heavy wind
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Post by franco on Jun 25, 2016 19:09:22 GMT -8
"The tarp tents don't handle side winds very well. They will collapse in heavy wind" We have 14 different shelters not all at all alike each other.. Here is a recent example from the TT Facebook page : (I liked the creative use of the black camera case..) "This recent trip was a 60-mile, 6-night outing on the Pecos River in desert west Texas. There were 13 people in our party, in eight canoes and kayaks. We had heavy winds, heavy rain, and lightning storms our first three nights out, and despite my having to employ creative guyline tie-offs to creosote bushes, mesquite roots, rock fissures, small boulders and ice-laden coolers (the primitive campsites along the Pecos are for the most part flat, soil-less, limestone shelfs) the [StratoSpire II] performed beautifully. It even managed to stay upright and dry in 50 mph gusts that snapped the poles on my buddy's REI Half-Dome our first night on the river." --Brad Tyer, Kentucky franco@tarptent
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Post by Coolkat on Aug 12, 2016 7:00:23 GMT -8
Anyone here with personal experience with the StratoSpire 1? What about sagging when wet?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2016 10:00:40 GMT -8
I use a two-person Sierra Designs Clip Flashlight when solo. I think it is the 2001 model (before they went to all-mesh walls). I don't really care for what they've done with this model in recent years.
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Post by UpperPeninsula on Aug 12, 2016 10:09:48 GMT -8
Actually Sierra Designs is on its way back to being relevant. For years they produced junk. But they are developing a really nice one-man ultralight with the help of Andrew Skurka, who knows his stuff. The tent is called the High Route 1 FL. And no, I don't have connection to the company. But I've been searching high and low for a good 3-4 season ultra tent, and I think I may have found it.
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