In a message dated 11/27/1999 3:33:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, n5yyx_at_etsc.net writes: << I do have a friend that has just gotten an eureka zephyr and it does look like something I could learn to live with. >> Hi, James, from another one of the female tent fetishists of the group (there are three of us who admit it - so far), let me say that the Zephyr is pretty neat. It looks like Zephyr City on many of our backpacking trips. It's about the smallest to pack and lightest that still allows you to sit-up. It's 36" wide and a super 8' long. If you're 5 feet tall like me, that leaves plenty of room for your pack and gear at the end. The latest model came out with a vestibule (a small extension that serves like a mini-tent for your gear or dry area for cooking from the inside). Check this out because a fairly recent Backpacker review (sometime in '99) noted some problems with leakage from the vestibule. Hopefully this will be corrected on the new models. She's a nice one, though. I've never tried a Bivy sack, but I do have Slumberjac's Summer Bivy Tent that has a whole top made of no-see-um mesh but you can zip the fly from the inside. It's great for looking at the stars while laughing at the mozzies, but the height is only 24" and I've been told it can be real claustrophobic when trapped by rain and you can't sit up. They also make a regular Bivy tent that has only partial netting. Sandy Kramer Miami *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 29 1999 - 10:35:01 PST
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