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panatomicx Trail Wise! Less noise and more green Posts: 496	Tarptent for 6'4" Jul 17, 2016 12:33:17 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by panatomicx on Jul 17, 2016 12:33:17 GMT -8 Hey what's the longest tarptent? Rainbow comes in at 88" What would be the best choice for a friend who's 6-4?

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Tarptent for 6'4" Jul 17, 2016 12:46:21 GMT -8

Post by almostthere on Jul 17, 2016 12:46:21 GMT -8

My boyfriend is taller than that. He chose the Tarptent Cloudburst 3, because it is straight sided (not sloped, which leads to hitting your head when you sit up). He's also a big guy with a 25" wide sleeping pad, so that was about the only tent that would fit both of us comfortably with the dog and the gear.

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Tarptent for 6'4" Jul 17, 2016 15:27:30 GMT -8

Post by franco on Jul 17, 2016 15:27:30 GMT -8

The Rainbow and Double Rainbow have been used by 6'5" folk.
On the TT website if you click on products on the far left of the screen there is a "Choose your Tarptent " option.
Click on that and you get a "Features" list including "sleep tall people over 75" "
Next to it there is a full spec chart.
You can also go into the individual product page and play the 3D clip with the 6' dummy inside the shelter.
That gives you an idea of the headroom both sitting up as well as laying down.
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Tarptent for 6'4" Jul 17, 2016 17:34:23 GMT -8

Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2016 17:34:23 GMT -8

ZPacks Soloplex

•Peak Height: 48" (122 cm)
•Rear Peak Height: 32" (81 cm)
•Floor Width: 30" (76 cm)
•Floor Length: 7.5 feet (2.3 meters)
•Zipper entry height: 36" (91 cm)

Weight:

•The included guy lines and clips weigh 1 ounce (28 grams)

•The included medium 6" x 12" stuff sack adds .3 ounces (8 grams)

•The total weight for the tent including the doors, floor, screen, taped seams, sewn in linelocs, and the above is 15.5 ounces (439 grams).

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Tarptent for 6'4" Jul 17, 2016 21:31:10 GMT -8

Post by texasbb on Jul 17, 2016 21:31:10 GMT -8

I'm 6'5" and fit reasonably well in a Rainbow. Have to keep head and feet centered or it's easy to slide into a wet ceiling. But there's lots and lots of side room for gear and stuff.

I've got a Notch too, which also works, but it's a very tight fit. As a double-wall, though, sliding into a wall isn't an issue. Sitting up is a two-step, scoot-n-sit process. I generally prefer the Notch because of its two doors (yeah!), dripless entry, better stability in wind, easier pitching/unpitching, and slight weight advantage. If Henry had made it about 2 inches longer (and correspondingly taller) it would be the perfect tent.

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Tarptent for 6'4" Jul 18, 2016 20:47:46 GMT -8

Post by almostthere on Jul 18, 2016 20:47:46 GMT -8

Jul 17, 2016 17:34:23 GMT -8 @idahowalker said:

ZPacks Soloplex

•Peak Height: 48" (122 cm)
•Rear Peak Height: 32" (81 cm)
•Floor Width: 30" (76 cm)
•Floor Length: 7.5 feet (2.3 meters)
•Zipper entry height: 36" (91 cm)

Weight:

•The included guy lines and clips weigh 1 ounce (28 grams)

•The included medium 6" x 12" stuff sack adds .3 ounces (8 grams)

•The total weight for the tent including the doors, floor, screen, taped seams, sewn in linelocs, and the above is 15.5 ounces (439 grams).

All fine and dandy, except for this from the description on their website:
The Solplex is sized for an average solo hiker. Larger hikers may prefer to spread out in the Altaplex or Duplex.

The slope of the walls is kinda a big deal for the taller hiker.

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Tarptent for 6'4" Jul 18, 2016 22:36:41 GMT -8 High Sierra Fan likes this

Post by franco on Jul 18, 2016 22:36:41 GMT -8

Yes , the important bit is not how long the floor is but how much of it can be used .
First you need to calculate your minimal acceptable height (lay down on the floor on top of your mat AND inside your sleeping bag. Your minimum height has to be a couple of inches more than that)

To illustrate the point about floor lenght, I am going to use one of the designs that I like and a classic from the early days , the Garuda Jalan Jalan :

The floor was 100" long (8.3')yet the last one I saw for sale was from a 6'1" guy that found it too small for himself.

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Tarptent for 6'4" Jul 19, 2016 4:14:50 GMT -8

Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2016 4:14:50 GMT -8

ZPacks™ Altaplex Tent

Interior Dimensions:

•Peak Height: 58" (147 cm)
•Floor Width: 36" (91 cm)
•Floor Length: 7.5 feet (2.3 meters)
•Zipper entry height: 36" (91 cm)

Weight:

•The Altaplex Tarp alone, with taped seams and sewn in linelocs weighs 8.8 ounces (250 grams)

•The included guy lines and clips weigh 1.2 ounces (34 grams)

•The sewn in Cuben Fiber bathtub floor and bug screen weigh 7.6 ounces (216 grams)

•The included medium-plus 7" x 13" stuff sack adds .3 ounces (8 grams)

•The total weight for the tent including the floor, screen, taped seams, guy lines, and stuff sack is 17.9 ounces (507 grams).

I own a Duplex and find the weight, of my Duplex, of 1.29 (tent stakes and guy lines)pounds to be a joy to carry. I also find the Duplex to be roomy, even when sharing the tent with my wife. My wife and I can fit all of our gear inside the tent. I am only 5'11" and when I lay down there is still a good portion of space between my head and feet to the end of the tent.

The Duplex is made so the tent bathtub floor does not touch the side sloping walls. The bathtub floor is attached to the non-angled walls. The space between the bathtub floor and the angled walls is filled in with mesh, which allows built up condensaton to travel down the angle walls and through the mesh to the outside. The gap between the angled walls and the bathtub floor is 4 inches.

The design feature of not attaching the bathtub floor to the tent angled walls, actually, works. On several occasions we closed the tent up, for wind and cold protection. When we woke in the AM I was able to observe how the built up condensation had rolled down the tent angled walls, through the mesh, and to the outside; instead of raining down on us. Most of the time, leaving one vestibule door open and proper tent site selection suffices to eliminate condensation.

Not using a ground cloth has been the hardest thing for me to get use too. We do take a short bit of time to remove pine cones, sticks, and sharp rocks before pitching the tent. We could drop the tent weight further by using titanium stakes *shrug*.

Side wall tension, in the duplex, is not tied to zipper door tension. With other tents, I have owned, the door zipper comes under tension when the zipper is closed. Over time, for me, this has caused the door zipper to fail at some point in the life of the tent. I do not see this as being an issue with the Duplex design.

The Duplex has done well in windy conditions.

Currnetly, the Duplex comes with a freestanding option.

So far the ZPacks Duplex works great, till it doesn't.

Tarptent for 6'4"

Post by panatomicx on Jul 17, 2016 12:33:17 GMT -8