Im another of those who has put a lot of thought into the choice between tents and bivvys. Normally when we are out we share a big tent on 2 to 3 persons and end up sleeping under the sky. I wanted a tent that didnt take up much packing space, was fast to set up, and was "standing by itself" (cant get the right word here......). In Scandinavia we have a bit different tent philosophy than you on the other side of the puddle. We pitch our tents fly first, i.e the poles are threaded through channels in the fly instead of through the inner tent, this way the inner tent will always be protected from rain and snow during setup. I had almost made my mind up to buy an swedish design (Hilleberg Unna) (www.hilleberg.se), when I saw the new for -99 Marmot Eclipse. I bought the Marmot and is very satisfied with it. The inner tent is mostly mesh so I can use it stargazing without having to bother with the mosquitos and its really fast tp pitch it. The fly has a small transparent window so you can check out the conditions outside before you exit the tent. It is a 3-season tent and in my mind is to small anyway to use here winterkayaking when you need more room and perhaps a friend in the same tent to chat away the many dark hours. Check it out at www.marmot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~maritimus~~~~~~~~~~ Pontus Gustavsson Eskilstuna, Sweden maritimus_at_mail.bip.net apparluk_at_hotmail.com icq#->413225 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** 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 - 15:04:30 PST
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