The truth about single skin / hybrid tents

[richardh1905]

WOW LOL
Nice try Rajboy
Suppose there is trek lite and there’s certainly the walking forum.

Leave you with this to stick your double wall stakes into.
https://youtu.be/IJ_MGRyhaBs

Interesting video; fabrics like Dyneema are obviously the future.

If fabrics in general get lighter and lighter, then the difference in weight between a modern lightweight single skin tent, and a modern lightweight twin walled tent, which is already small, will get even smaller  

PS - what are 'double wall stakes'?

[April]

Suppose there is trek lite and there’s certainly the walking forum.

 

I find the trek lite forum quite tedious, I found the video from Dyneema to be tedious too, I didn't watch it beyond the first minute . When anyone uses the term "Ultralightweight" continually, I cringe and switch off. It isn't the be all and end all, having the lightest weight item. 

Instead of spending hours and hours talking about gear, I prefer to just get out and use it. Perhaps you should get out and use yours more.

Fox we still don't know what your objective is?

[Owen]

 

 

Instead of spending hours and hours talking about gear, I prefer to just get out and use it. Perhaps you should get out and use yours more.

 

[richardh1905]

He hasn't got the knack on this one tho'..   Got to get used to pitching a cuben/Dyneema composite fibre shelter. Cuben has to be pitched tight as a drum....

This is potentially a serious disadvantage in my view, Rajboy; more strain on the tent pegs, and if the material has no stretch then it has no shock absorbing properties in a storm. Also, when wild camping, it is not always possible to select a perfectly flat spot and achieve a perfect pitch, especially in bad conditions at the end of a long day; a tent selected for wild camping should be forgiving in this respect.

[Rajboy]

Hi Richard,


Actually cuben is the present and the past.
Its been in full use for several years now.
Drum tight..strain on pegs??...depends what pegs you use.
As I suggested, read up Munro277's blog and features of cuben..
..........enough said here now.....

[beefy]

Also, when wild camping, it is not always possible to select a perfectly flat spot and achieve a perfect pitch, especially in bad conditions at the end of a long day; a tent selected for wild camping should be forgiving in this respect.

Wise words Richard 

[richardh1905]

Wise words Richard 

 


Someone flogging a single skin Six Moons Design Skyscape tent on ebay right now - "got used only couple of nights this summer" - says it all, really

[beefy]

 


Someone flogging a single skin Six Moons Design Skyscape tent on ebay right now - "got used only couple of nights this summer" - says it all, really

Does it come with a free shower?