Will I fit inside that tent ?

[Franco]

A common comment about Tarptent is that they are not available in retail shops therefore one can't step inside them for a first hand experience.
To be fair I estimate that 90% (whatever...) of tents are not available in Australia let alone in your nearest shop, still that does not make it any easier.
To try to overcome that we at Tarptent have now a new 3D player that ,I think, gives a much more realistic experience of being there.
Once you load the clip you can turn the shelter anyway you like and click on the annotation (the numbers) for a quick explanation of what you see .
This is a still from the SS2 clip :



The clips are in the Video section (Products_Videos) and at the end of the slide show in each product page.

Comments ?

[LachlanB]

Looks handy, but doesn't solve the dilemma of people over that height... Sucks to be tall sometimes ):
Was 183cm/6ft chosen just as a random yardstick, or are the Tarptents specifically designed for people that height or under?

[DanShell]

Looks handy, but doesn't solve the dilemma of people over that height... Sucks to be tall sometimes ):
Was 183cm/6ft chosen just as a random yardstick, or are the Tarptents specifically designed for people that height or under?

Im over 6' and I fit in my tarp tent no problems. The floor in mine as per the specs is 218cm long.

[GPSGuided]

Nice bit of multimedia product presentation. At the end of the day, there are some who have a good sense of dimension while others can only be helped by physical tryout.

[Franco]

Was 183cm/6ft chosen just as a random yardstick, or are the Tarptents specifically designed for people that height or under?

Mats and sleeping bags come in that size so it is a point of reference.
(note that a "medium" size mat or sb is shorter than that).

It isn't possible, at the moment, to have a "custom size dummy" and I am pretty sure that someone at 5'4" will be wondering why they need to buy a tent that fits a 6'5" person or care what they look like inside one, but the point here is to give a better idea than what we have had so far.
I don't know of anyone else that has something as good or better than those 3D clips.
Given that we know the dummy is 6', if it looks like ,say, 5 fingers can be put between the head and the end/top (the size of the forehead is close to that) one could come to the conclusion that, say , a 6'4" person will also fit.
Again not ideal but better than some.