ultra light weight solo tent

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Re: ultra light weight solo tent

Postby ninjapuppet » Wed 29 Feb, 2012 1:15 pm

Earthling wrote:Even the propel is no more, just a floorless 'Ultralight Quick Tent'.



Its not that the propel is no more. Its that the propel is actually not released yet.

I took it out for 8 days on a section of the new Te Araroa in NZ but we had perfect weather for the duration so didnt really test its limits. We slept 2 men inside, and the complete tent weighs just under 700g without the trekking poles. In that week of perfect weather, I would have rather preferred a tarp or a tarptent. The propel's floor was abit thin for my liking, but then its designed to be pitched on snow, not sharp grass.
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Re: ultra light weight solo tent

Postby Franco » Wed 29 Feb, 2012 2:04 pm

Hey NinjaPuppet
Of course I knew that you had those two...
Please post a comparison between them once you have had the chance to test the Propel on snow.
That is , leaving the delamination bit aside.
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Re: ultra light weight solo tent

Postby Earthling » Wed 29 Feb, 2012 9:23 pm

Bit the bullet on the Laser Competition 1 at $250 at Moontrail and Neptune Mountaineering.
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Re: ultra light weight solo tent

Postby north-north-west » Sat 24 Mar, 2012 12:29 pm

I wouldn't have. I have a Laser Comp 2 and the fly tore the first time I pitched it. On a flat open grassy site with no wind. And it's the most condensation-prone tent I've slept in.
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