Gypsykayak_at_aol.com wrote: > The Tipi looks like fun, but I recently used a German floorless tent and did not like it one bit...apart from the Floridian creepy crawlies that might like to join us. > > check out the Penta Tarp, look similar to the small Tipi...can be held up with a paddle. Thanks for the tip on the Snowpeak Penta Tarp. I see it is a new product, listed as available Jan 2002. It is an interesting looking tarp.( snowpeak also has some other interesting looking cooking gear and tent accessories) But it falls short of my definition of a tent. I would think of the Penta tarp as more in line to be compared to or used for the same functions as the Kelty Noah's tarp or the Dana Designs HATtarp or the Kifaru Paratarp or any of the Moss or Walrus wings. All useful sounding products. One of which I will get some day. I think the Dana Designs Nuk Tuk or the Moss Superfly IV would be more comparable to the Kifaru 4 man tipi. Less the ability to have an inside stove. I am not sure if the Nuk Tuk or the Superfly have built in floors ( I think the superfly has an optional buckle in floor) which would keep out the "creepy crawlies". Which is of some concern with a floor less design if used in the wrong environment. Many of the use reports on the Kifaru page seem to be in either cold areas or desert, which I suppose has it own types of critters which move about on more than four legs or tiny wings or slithers across the ground when not sleeping away the colder weather months. Anyway thus far it seems that no one on the list has direct experience with the Kifaru tipi. However the guy at Kifaru claims to have sold several to the kayaker types , several in Europe and more of the ultralite model than the standard. The ultralite packs slightly smaller than the standard model. Regards, David *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Feb 09 2002 - 06:25:43 PST
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