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Silicon dots on mat or tent floor?
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Wed 28 Dec, 2016 8:05 amby Tortoise
I've recently acquired a NeoAir women's xlite, which is substantially slippier than the xtherm - an issue now that I've needed to change my definition of a reasonable tent site.
Is there any disadvantage putting silicon dots (diluted with turps presumably) on the mat instead of the tent floor? Then it doesn't matter which tent I'm in.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Re: Silicon dots on mat or tent floor?
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Wed 28 Dec, 2016 8:19 amby CasualNerd
I've been thinking the same thing for ages, but never taken the plunge. My only concern is the compatibility of the plastics involved
Re: Silicon dots on mat or tent floor?
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Wed 28 Dec, 2016 11:41 amby simonm
I actually use a small section of lightweight non slip matting that I got from Bunnings. It has a few possible uses, and weighs very little.
Re: Silicon dots on mat or tent floor?
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Wed 28 Dec, 2016 3:16 pmby Tortoise
HI Simon,
I used to use that, but never got it working ideally. How wide a piece to you use, and how do you keep it in place? (There's me slipping on the mat, and the mat slipping on the tent floor.)
Might be worth another shot.
Re: Silicon dots on mat or tent floor?
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Wed 28 Dec, 2016 3:32 pmby simonm
Tortoise wrote:HI Simon,
I used to use that, but never got it working ideally. How wide a piece to you use, and how do you keep it in place? (There's me slipping on the mat, and the mat slipping on the tent floor.)
Might be worth another shot.
I think it is about 40x70cm???? Maybe less. Of course I cant find it now.
Re: Silicon dots on mat or tent floor?
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Wed 28 Dec, 2016 6:56 pmby Tortoise
I found a piece about 15 cm wide, and long enough to do a fair part of the top and part of the bottom. I realised that one of the straps around my mat for the quilt should do nicely to keep it in place. The challenge comes when wrapping self around several clumps of button grass or the like - quite 3 dimensional.
I'll let you know how it goes.
Re: Silicon dots on mat or tent floor?
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Fri 30 Dec, 2016 10:55 amby redbruce
I put dots on my own silnylon tent floors as a matter of course.
However if using multiple tents (as I do with Scouts), silicon on base of mat is definitely way to go.
Re: Silicon dots on mat or tent floor?
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Sat 31 Dec, 2016 6:46 pmby rcaffin
I put silicone stripes (not diluted) on floor and on mat - at right angles to each other. Works fine.
Cheers
Roger
Re: Silicon dots on mat or tent floor?
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Sat 31 Dec, 2016 8:56 pmby Tortoise
Thanks a lot for your thoughts everyone.
Yours sounds the most effective for the very challenging tent sites, Roger. About how many stripes have you used? I'm not wanting to add any more weight than I need to, but obviously the more I use the more effective it'd be.