Franco wrote:Much more fun with 2x2 and a lot easier (usually) to find two spots compared to 1 large one.
From what I hear Hilleberg are nice but apparently some have survived by using other brands too...
Franco
wildernesswanderer wrote:That's a good sale, anyone know what postage would roughly be from the states
Onestepmore wrote:There is a Hilleberg Saivo for sale on E-bay at the moment. 4 season. It's a 3 person tent though. The guy who is selling it is in Adelaide. Just a FYI
iGBH wrote:Tarra would be an awesome tent if you didnt have to carry it far. Was tempted.
nq111 wrote:iGBH wrote:Tarra would be an awesome tent if you didnt have to carry it far. Was tempted.
I have made other parts of my gear much lighter. 5-day winter Tassie pack is now under 18kg including food and water and and extra 500g of snow stakes for the tent.
ninjapuppet wrote:If you can attend to your tent and aren't leaving it there for days at a time, I think the tunnel designs are better.
As for the tarra, all looks pleasing to the eye but I think you will regret it if you aren't camping in Scandinavian winters.
ninjapuppet wrote:In Australia, you will find that a jannu is only a good choice for maybe 2 months of the year from mid July to mid sept. They're the only months where you are likely to become stuck in a blizzard with half a meter dump of snow, unable to get out and clear the snow. ... And only if you camp in the alps.
iGBH wrote: Exactly why i got one.
nq111 wrote:ninjapuppet wrote:If you can attend to your tent and aren't leaving it there for days at a time, I think the tunnel designs are better.
As for the tarra, all looks pleasing to the eye but I think you will regret it if you aren't camping in Scandinavian winters.
ahhh – naturally I see it differently. Although most people on this site will likely agree with you.
The tarra suits the balance I am after. I have had tunnel tents and others. The tarra will do me for western side of Tassie and hopefully a few bucket list adventures over the years and the like.
High country in Tasmania can get nasty (at least wind and wet wise) any time of year. I’ve experienced those conditions both in tunnel and geodesic tents. I’ve even had the tunnel camped over 14,000 ft in the USA – though those mountains are very tame by mountaineering standards. Tunnels can do very well, but I believe geodesics do better in a big wind. Yes, tunnels are used to the poles bla, bla. Geodesics are certainly much more liveable in a real blow.
I think it is Andy Kirkpatrick who notes that Scottish highland conditions are much more extreme than the alps, despite being Scotland being lower and warmer. I would say Tassie is similar, along with places like Patagonia, Iceland, parts of New Zealand. The tent is my ‘safety blanket’ – gives me the confidence to push the limits more with other gear and locations.
If I am not going to exposed places like on much of the mainland I take a hammock, not a lighter tent. It even has a cuben fly. Very light. But I don’t regret carrying the weight of a bomber tent where required.
Only disadvantages I can see are weight and price. Maybe save a kilo or so for a roughly equivalent quality and sized tunnel tent. I can handle that extra weight even when the conditions don’t always warrant it. My previous tunnel was about the same weight or fractionally heavier.
Price I can live with.
And the tent the tarra replaces is a heavy, bombproof geodesic. I have been very satisfied with that tent. But the tarra is a little lighter, much easier to set up in a blow (main reason to change) and has two big vestibules rather than just one (a feature I did like in my tunnel).
I guess everyone's sweet spot is a little different.
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