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[Closed] Is there a lightweight backpacking tent like this???

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1 person.
Single skin.
Decent sized porch for cooking/storage.
Bathtub groundsheet connected to walls of the tent by midge netting all the way around.

If not - why not?


 
Posted : 29/05/2013 5:12 pm
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Various Big Agnes designs? e.g.: [url= https://www.bigagnes.com/Products/Detail/Tent/FlyCreek1Platinum ]https://www.bigagnes.com/Products/Detail/Tent/FlyCreek1Platinum[/url]

Sorry, you want singleskin? Have a look at Nemo maybe.


 
Posted : 29/05/2013 5:17 pm
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That has a full mesh inner tent. I just want a trip of mesh around the top of the groundsheet connecting to the tent walls. These would have to flare outwards above the mesh strip to provide weather-proofing.


 
Posted : 29/05/2013 5:19 pm
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Probably difficult to get the tension right on a single skin tent with a meshing strip. I can certainly see durability problems with such a design.


 
Posted : 29/05/2013 5:21 pm
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Lunar Solo


 
Posted : 29/05/2013 5:22 pm
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Have Mountain Laurel Designs got anything like what you want? If not, they do custom work too. There are a few other small American brands like this, I'm struggling to remember their names though.

EDIT: [s]It seems to me that you might be as well using a mesh inner along with a tarp. Then you would have the option of using them separately in the right conditions[/s]. Ignore that...using the a mesh inner with its proper outer would be better than that, as it would be easier to set up.


 
Posted : 29/05/2013 5:24 pm
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MHW, I think, used to do something like that but without a decent porch. It didn't work as well as you might hope and the weight savings weren't so amazing that it was worth the discomfort.


 
Posted : 29/05/2013 5:28 pm
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[quote=flatfish ]Lunar Solo
That looks like the sort of thing I was thinking of. 😆


 
Posted : 29/05/2013 5:32 pm
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[quote=d45yth ]
EDIT: It seems to me that you might be as well using a mesh inner along with a tarp. Then you would have the option of using them separately in the right conditions.
Possibly. I was just remembering that Hamish Brown came up with a similar design (quite) a few years back but without the mesh. It seemed to me that modern materials could make it a decent option.


 
Posted : 29/05/2013 5:33 pm
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The Mountain Hardwear tent I was thinking of was called the Waypoint. It had a mesh strip above a bathtub-type ground-sheet to improve ventilation, but from memory, it didn't actually work very well at all. It didn't have a vestibule at all either, but the bottom line, from memory was that condensation was still a real probem despite the mesh. I suspect there aren't many similar designs partly for that reason.


 
Posted : 29/05/2013 5:36 pm
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http://www.sixmoondesigns.com/tents.html
Sorted.


 
Posted : 29/05/2013 5:36 pm
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Aye. Lunar Solo currently not available. More "research" needed.....


 
Posted : 29/05/2013 5:38 pm
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Tarp tent contrail almost fits the bill. Porch is a beak, needs a pole/stick to pitch


 
Posted : 29/05/2013 5:41 pm
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In which case, I think brooks range do one....


 
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Looking at your blog it's clear that your already familiar with Tarptent. Have a look at their range?


 
Posted : 29/05/2013 5:51 pm
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lunar solo on ebay for £22 at the mo...type in 'tent one man'


 
Posted : 29/05/2013 6:48 pm
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Go-lite do the shangri-la tarp, which you can add a floor to. I have the go-lite den2, brilliant bit of kit.


 
Posted : 29/05/2013 6:49 pm
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[quote=matther01 ]lunar solo on ebay for £22 at the mo...type in 'tent one man'
😐

Not when I look


 
Posted : 29/05/2013 7:10 pm
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Go-lite do the shangri-la tarp, which you can add a floor to. I have the go-lite den2, brilliant bit of kit.

Yes, but the Go-lite netting lets midges in, and a Shangri-la with floor really allows the bugs in. Good tent mind.


 
Posted : 29/05/2013 7:24 pm

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