Hello looking at new ultralight tents for long distance hiking in the Rockies. I’ve looked at a few brands zpacks, gossamer. But Tarptent looks a step above.
Has anyone used tarptent? Rainbow li especially
https://www.tarptent.com/product/rainbow-li/
Goes without saying, but no Brits in my thread please. You have no wilderness and don’t need an ultralight tent for your mild winter strolls through grasslands that were once forest.
I’ve seen a few in person but have never used one. There’s a lot of attention to detail and the quality is certainly there, but they all seem to have surpassed the peak of diminishing returns with regards to value and price.
Isn’t it strange that companies like Tarp Tent (that started off in someone’s garage) don’t exist in Europe? I’m sure there are a few, but I only know of one (Atom Packs). Weird, right?
And the few cottage companies Europe has (you could include atom) palante / are way over priced for the value they provide and they’re not even cutting edge. They steal from trending cottage brands in the U.S.- in my humble opinion. Take packs for instance: the first ‘company’ to start using ultra in backpacks was SWD superior wilderness designs- a husband and wife team out of Michigan making like 2 packs a day out of their garage. Seriously the best packs in the world though.
Good grief it's an obsession.
I have a standard double rainbow from them and I love it.
I like the design of their dipole as well, if you want to go with a trekking pole tent
Not a brit but your exclusion of them based soley on the opinion that they don't need the spank shack you want is moronic. They could be perfectly capable of determining quality of construction without having access to whatever inhospitable city park you plan to take your trash bag out in.
You must be Brit adjacent to be so loving of them. Opinion thoroughly discarded.
>t. buttmad park camper
Hey moron Brit, we have state parks about half the size of your country
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood-Tikchik_State_Park
You are still here
That’s not me, I’m a totally separate person calling you a moron
>I'm a totally separate person who didn't read the thread
We know
Why does PrepHole have people who are obviously clueless yet so opinionated? If someone was looking for advice on getting a Vacheron Constantin or a Rolex you wouldn’t bother giving an opinion on fancy watches because you’ve never owned one and you can’t tell time.
>parks
People use these for some of the most most remote hikes on the planet.
>they’re small
Only single trekking pole tents, and then it’s a matter of length, not peak height. I’m 6’ 1”; any taller and rubbing the walls would be more common on that type of tent, but head room isn’t an issue.
Yes, I'm sure city parks are truly remote, nobody around for dozens of feet, kek
Weak bait.
>I didn't read the thread
We know
It's a problem with the entire site. Mods stopped banning the brat kids some years ago. Site's full of underage kids and sodomite schizos these days.
I really like my Seek Outside Silex. I use a nest in it during warm months. When its cold, i just use the tarp and my titanium stove. You can pitch it woth trekking poles, or buy the carbon fiber ones from Seek. It weighs 21 ounces without the nest and using your trekking poles to pitch it.
That’s pretty dope, I assume the ‘nest’ is a mesh inner with bathtub floor? I like the cut of the tent.
Yes, its a mesh insert with a bathtun floor. You cant use the titanium stove with the nest, but during winter you wouldnt need the nest anyways.
I do wonder — what’s the point of these micro-tents you can’t do anything inside of but lay down or at best sit down crouched over miserably? At that point what the difference between that and just being in a sleeping bag? Just have a simple tarp to keep the rain off you? Are they really just to act as bug screens letting you breath comfortably while in a sleeping bag? Or for fair weather camping they are basically just external sleeping bags?
Also is there a way to make sleeping in these things less insanely uncomfortable? Those sad little ground pads aren’t going to cushion jack will they? Strictly for midgets?
These tents are fairly roomy, and have the dimensions to hold a large or wide pad. So no problem there. The tents have a large vestibule for gear storage, so they’re not cramped. Not sure what you’re doing in your tent besides sleeping.
The walls can be taken down to the ground and paired with dynema fabrics makes the tents extremely storm worthy. I’m not understanding the criticism. These aren’t expensive tents, they’re better designed tents, with much better materials.
To be fair, even a one-person tent will give you a bit more room than a sleeping bag, makes putting your pants on or reading a book easier if it's raining out. The bug deterrence makes a big difference in the warm seasons
>dyneema anything
>aren't expensive
kek
I'm waiting for the restock on the moment li. I like that you can remove the inner bug net and just go rainshell. There is also only 2 required anchored points. Rainbow requires 4 anchor points, but can go freestanding if using trekking poles.
Moment
Pro: 2 req anchor points, modularity with bugnet, super wind resistant, huge without bug net, double walled
Con: Can't be freestanding, the whole thing is slightly heavier than rainbow li, with bug net it isnt as roomy
Rainbow
Pro: super light, can be made freestanding, simple
Con: single wall, 4 required anchor points
Are there any double wall lightweight tents under $100?
No.
No, can’t even get a Lanshan 1 from aliexpress for under $100 any more
And no one is actually sleeping or even using these micro-tents are they? The concept of backpack-camping is probably only on YouTube and real people don’t actually do it, just talk about it as an aspiration. If people go camping in reality it’s going to be car-camping (driving to a camp grounds) and no more than that. I’m not attacking anyone here, I get it, it’s fun to watch but actually doing it would be super uncomfortable. Could you actually sleep in those tiny 0.5-person tents?
i went to hardangervidda last summer and was surprised to see that very few people had tents, they were all staying at mountain lodges
and the average backpack was *still* around 15-20kg
>Europeans
>moronic
Truly shocking