[demime could not interpret encoding binary - treating as plain text] >From: Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_pacifier.com> > >Mel Grindol wrote: > >> [snip] For kayaking I use a Mountain Hardwear Light Wedge 2: >> >> http://www.mountainhardwear.com/tents/3season/000163.html > >How much use have you gotten out of it? So far a week on Ross lake in the North Cascades NP. >How would you rank it as a (roomy!) one-person tent? It would work extremely well as a one person tent. The one downside would be the length. I'm 6'0" and seem to be just short enough to fit lengthwise. Very much taller and you could start to run into problems with your feet being pushed up against the bottom wall. >When entering during a downpour, does the interior of the tent stay dry? The heaviest rain I've entered the tent in was a light rain, not a heavy downpour. But the vestibule has enough room that you could squat in it and zip the fly back up then unzip the interior. Might be a little cramped but it could be done. I'm tempted to buy one of those front porch tarps that one of the tent manufacturers sells that are generic for most tents (forget who makes it at the moment). >How do you like the layout of the vestibule? I've never really used a vestibule for storing gear, just my shoes. I generally take a lightweight tarp with me and string up a tarp for gear protection. For what I use a vestibule for it works well. >Finally, they make much of the tension shelf -- is it useful or just a gimmick? We found it useful. If you don't have much to put in a gear loft it would make an excellent replacement for a gear loft. I got the gear loft they make for the tent also though (when I bought the tent, wasn't sure how good the tension shelf would be). I do really like the mountain hardwear gear loft. Instead of just being a sheet of mesh with clips at the corners to clip to the ceiling it also has 6 little mesh pockets. Very convinient for storing stuff. It also coincidentally fits my NF Nebula. More notes on the tent. We never really had a problem with condensation, even in the humid northwest. The tent breathes extremely well. We also went through one windy night. I would put the average wind speed at 20-25 mph with gusts over 30. The tent never seemed to be stressed or in danger of buckling. The only real sign of the strong gusts was a thrumming of the fly. We were rained on a couple of days (I did say we were in the northwest) and we never got water in the tent. But I did thoroughly seam seal the tent before using it. Mel "When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl." *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Oct 20 2000 - 08:12:36 PDT
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