Zack, My personal experience with tarp tents is they are too weight conscious at the expense of durability and protection from weather and bugs. As a family we use Hilleberg, and for solos I use their Akto. It is a wondrous 4-season tent that has withstood 100˚F+ desert and high winds and snow and cold and everything in-between. It's a bit of extra weight vs. an ultralight tent (by a pound or two?) -- weight I gladly carry for the assurance of a bug free, dry, protected place to sleep no matter the situation. Plus it is ridiculously easy to set up completely dry inside even when raining. http://www.hilleberg.com/home/products/solo.php
With abandon, Patrick On Monday, April 15, 2013 3:56:48 PM UTC-6, Zack wrote: > > Hey all. > > I am currently contemplating picking up a Tarptent to fill a "need" for a > one person bike camping tent. I currently have the hennessy hammock, which > is fantastic but dependent on trees, and a big/relatively heavy/substantial > 3 person tent. > > I want to get something lightweight that I can use when I am going > somewhere that I am not sure about setting up the hammock. > > I am big (6'3") and don't want any part of sleeping in open air/dealing > with bugs, so would need to get one of the tarptents that actually closes > up in order to be able to sleep at night. > > Looking at the tarptent site, it's tough to determine which of their > options works best for what I am trying to do, so I figured I would ask you > guys. > > Any thoughts on this? Anyone have a tarptent that they don't use/don't > like and want to get rid of? > > Much obliged! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
