Has anyone given the SplitWing Shelter bundle a shot or any comments on the design?
https://youtu.be/Fu0SZQiRUEM?si=oVOmS_Jb9mzErOWd
SplitWing Shelter Bundle
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Ultralight Bushwalking/backpacking is about more than just gear lists. Ultralight walkers carefully consider gear based on the environment they are entering, the weather forecast, their own skill, other people in the group. Gear and systems are tested and tweaked.
If you are new to this area then welcome - Please remember that although the same ultralight philosophy can be used in all environments that the specific gear and skill required will vary greatly. It is very dangerous to assume that you can just copy someone else's gear list, but you are encouraged to ask questions, learn and start reducing the pack weight and enjoying the freedom that comes.
Common words
Base pack backpacking the mass of the backpack and the gear inside - not including consumables such as food, water and fuel
light backpacking base weight less than 9.1kg
ultralight backpacking base weight less than 4.5kg
super-ultralight backpacking base weight less than 2.3kg
extreme-ultralight backpacking base weight less than 1.4kg
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Re: SplitWing Shelter Bundle
by icefest » Fri 07 Jun, 2024 9:08 am
So many good jokes in that video!
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Re: SplitWing Shelter Bundle
by Bill P » Sat 08 Jun, 2024 9:55 pm
I think they decided on the name 'splitwing' first and worked up a design from there. Yeah, Nah.
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Re: SplitWing Shelter Bundle
by Aushiker » Sat 08 Jun, 2024 10:49 pm
Bill P wrote:I think they decided on the name 'splitwing' first and worked up a design from there. Yeah, Nah.
Why do you believe this is the case?
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Re: SplitWing Shelter Bundle
by JohnnoMcJohnno » Sun 09 Jun, 2024 8:50 am
It looks interesting, and good on them for doing something a little different from a typical tarp shelter. Based on that video it doesn't have a bathtub floor which would bother me. On their website they say they have added one, but you can't really see it in any of their photos. They also say it's designed with FKT (fastest known times?) in mind which definitely rules me out. I dunno, it seems a bit over-complicated to me with all the different bits. Very light though.
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Re: SplitWing Shelter Bundle
by icefest » Sun 09 Jun, 2024 6:36 pm
JohnnoMcJohnno wrote: Based on that video it doesn't have a bathtub floor which would bother me. On their website they say they have added one, but you can't really see it in any of their photos.
Looks like a bathtub floor to me, just need to get the inner!
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Re: SplitWing Shelter Bundle
by Bill P » Sun 09 Jun, 2024 10:32 pm
"Why do you believe this is the case?" I can't see that the front split provides any useful feature over, say a zip, to justify the additional guy required and greater weather exposure. I might be missing something obvious, though.
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