to me i like the look of them they seem to have loads of room/easy enough i would have thought to pitch.
no idea what there like in the wind
whats the weight like compaired to other lightweight tents .
Tpee tents good or bad.
Tpee tents good or bad.
so just on tents again ,are any of you lads using Tpee tents and what's your honest oponion on them.
to me i like the look of them they seem to have loads of room/easy enough i would have thought to pitch.
no idea what there like in the wind
whats the weight like compaired to other lightweight tents .
to me i like the look of them they seem to have loads of room/easy enough i would have thought to pitch.
no idea what there like in the wind
whats the weight like compaired to other lightweight tents .
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I had an old one of that general shape. Weighed a ton (sure that newer ones are lighter), lots of head room, but not too warm as warm air rose to the top. Never had any trouble in moderate winds.
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I have not yet spent a night in the Golite SL3 as I am waiting for the Oooworks nest I have on order. Pitching is quick and easy. As my main reason for trying this tent was to be able to sit on my Helinox chair inside the tent, for this it fits the bill.
The weight of the tent+poles+pegs+stuff sack is 1138grams. The Oooworks ripstop nest is stated as 420grams and a lightweight silicon coated groudsheet will be about 160grams. Much less weight and less bulk than my Hilleberg but as I said I do not yet know how it will perform.
The weight of the tent+poles+pegs+stuff sack is 1138grams. The Oooworks ripstop nest is stated as 420grams and a lightweight silicon coated groudsheet will be about 160grams. Much less weight and less bulk than my Hilleberg but as I said I do not yet know how it will perform.
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jags
This may be a good alternative for you and you would only need to sell one of your tents to buy.
http://www.backpackinglight.co.uk/produ ... p?PageID=1
This may be a good alternative for you and you would only need to sell one of your tents to buy.
http://www.backpackinglight.co.uk/produ ... p?PageID=1
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I have the Golite SL3 and had an Ooookworks mesh inner. I've now replaced the mesh inner with the mostly fabric T-zip door version, also from Oookworks.
I was drawn to this tent because I had a new bike and wanted to fit it in the tent - well, under the flysheet - at night.
Mine weighs 1739g, made up of:
Pole 318g
Pegs (6 Ti v pegs plus my own 6 Ti crook pegs) and bag 105g
Outer 693g
Poly bag plus inner 593g
Tent bag 30g.
The inner comes with a stuff sack but I use a wee poly bag, which is a bit bigger, easier to pack fast.
If you walk with walking poles rather than cycling, you can use the walking poles as the pole. Otherwise, this shape of tent is not quite so light as the latest lightest but it's not bad. You'd be drawn to this tent with a half inner, like mine, for the bike indoors thing, or for the headroom, or if you're a walker with a dog.
With all the airspace, it's not a hot one person tent - an advantage or disadvantage, depending on location. I was cold with the mesh inner and a terrible thin sleeping bag in the south of France in summer, hence the new inner. Condensation has never been an issue; it's excellent on that front.
Apparently it's very good in the wind despite its height - google tracksterman to see a blog of the tent used through Highland winters (I think he's onto other tents now maybe). Scott used a tent of this shape in those South Pole winds. He didn't much like the weather but never said a bad word about the tent shape.
The tent is not freestanding and so it can be a bit of a faff getting the pegs into the ground where the ground is hard or rocky, like down near Nice or some spots in Italy. On the upside, it's the nicest tent I can imagine if you have a rain day, for sitting in and for keeping the rain off.
I believe they sell the SL3 only with the full inner at the moment, the complete package.
It's a tricky tent to pitch with the wrong technique, easier with a bit of practice. If you get to pitching it well, the internal space is much greater. I have the inner set so it is almost off the ground but once I'm in, it sits just right with good wall tension making the inside taut and big rather than saggy and small.
I was drawn to this tent because I had a new bike and wanted to fit it in the tent - well, under the flysheet - at night.
Mine weighs 1739g, made up of:
Pole 318g
Pegs (6 Ti v pegs plus my own 6 Ti crook pegs) and bag 105g
Outer 693g
Poly bag plus inner 593g
Tent bag 30g.
The inner comes with a stuff sack but I use a wee poly bag, which is a bit bigger, easier to pack fast.
If you walk with walking poles rather than cycling, you can use the walking poles as the pole. Otherwise, this shape of tent is not quite so light as the latest lightest but it's not bad. You'd be drawn to this tent with a half inner, like mine, for the bike indoors thing, or for the headroom, or if you're a walker with a dog.
With all the airspace, it's not a hot one person tent - an advantage or disadvantage, depending on location. I was cold with the mesh inner and a terrible thin sleeping bag in the south of France in summer, hence the new inner. Condensation has never been an issue; it's excellent on that front.
Apparently it's very good in the wind despite its height - google tracksterman to see a blog of the tent used through Highland winters (I think he's onto other tents now maybe). Scott used a tent of this shape in those South Pole winds. He didn't much like the weather but never said a bad word about the tent shape.
The tent is not freestanding and so it can be a bit of a faff getting the pegs into the ground where the ground is hard or rocky, like down near Nice or some spots in Italy. On the upside, it's the nicest tent I can imagine if you have a rain day, for sitting in and for keeping the rain off.
I believe they sell the SL3 only with the full inner at the moment, the complete package.
It's a tricky tent to pitch with the wrong technique, easier with a bit of practice. If you get to pitching it well, the internal space is much greater. I have the inner set so it is almost off the ground but once I'm in, it sits just right with good wall tension making the inside taut and big rather than saggy and small.
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thanks for that food for thought .the problem i have i'm not an experienced camper so for me a tent must be dead east to pitch i know that comes with practice but at the end of a long day in the saddle i want my tent to pitch itself 
also no wind on the inside i spent a cold night in the mourn mountains nearly froze to death with the wind howling on the inside of the akto (man i hate that tent)
my mountain hardware is much better but a pain in the ass to pitch perfect .
i love the look of the TP tents but if i'm going to have problems with pitching and lots of free air inside making for a cold night then i think i'll keep looking.
i'm not an experienced camper so for me a tent must be dead east to pitch i know that comes with practice but at the end of a long day in the saddle i want my tent to pitch itself also no wind on the inside i spent a cold night in the mourn mountains nearly froze to death with the wind howling on the inside of the akto (man i hate that tent)my mountain hardware is much better but a pain in the ass to pitch perfect .
i love the look of the TP tents but if i'm going to have problems with pitching and lots of free air inside making for a cold night then i think i'll keep looking.
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Wise thinking, Jags. There are other tents with good headroom, if not quite as much as the sl3, but that don't have the cool-at-night top vent design.
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just a quick thought maybe i should be looking at mountain hardware latest tents . .
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jags.
Pitching a tent quickly and efficiently is down to practice not the tent. Yes, some are easier than others but the more you pitch the better you become. You have been known say I am quick at pitching but I would guess that if you have pitched a tent as often as me over the last 10 years, you would be just as quick with either of the tents you have now. If I decide to keep with the SL3 (a decision that will only be made after a considerable amount of camping) I will be so practiced that it will be as quick if not quicker than pitching the Hilleberg.
As I have said to you in the past, it would only be worth you getting another tent if you intend to use it a great deal more than your current use. But if you wish to try the Hilleberg and SL3 here is an offer. Come over here, get off the train at Shrewsbury (same train as you used when you came over here a couple of years ago) and bring your things except tent. I will meet you with the two tents and we can spend a week around Wales carrying, pitching and trying out to find what would be best for you.
Pitching a tent quickly and efficiently is down to practice not the tent. Yes, some are easier than others but the more you pitch the better you become. You have been known say I am quick at pitching but I would guess that if you have pitched a tent as often as me over the last 10 years, you would be just as quick with either of the tents you have now. If I decide to keep with the SL3 (a decision that will only be made after a considerable amount of camping) I will be so practiced that it will be as quick if not quicker than pitching the Hilleberg.
As I have said to you in the past, it would only be worth you getting another tent if you intend to use it a great deal more than your current use. But if you wish to try the Hilleberg and SL3 here is an offer. Come over here, get off the train at Shrewsbury (same train as you used when you came over here a couple of years ago) and bring your things except tent. I will meet you with the two tents and we can spend a week around Wales carrying, pitching and trying out to find what would be best for you.
There is your way. There is my way. But there is no "the way".
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jags wrote:i spent a cold night in the mourn mountains nearly froze to death with the wind howling on the inside of the akto (man i hate that tent)
The Akto outer is down to the ground as much as any other tent out there, and I've always found it quite snug in cold wind.
Did you forget to close the end vents, or what?
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yes i probably did but my excuse is it was pitch dark freezing cold 50 mph winds i was feckin starving so i suppose all in all i didn't do so bad.
but besides all that the akto is a super tent but just not for me sorry .
but yeah i would love the nallo gt2 now that a tent i could live with
but my excuse is it was pitch dark freezing cold 50 mph winds i was feckin starving so i suppose all in all i didn't do so bad.but besides all that the akto is a super tent but just not for me sorry .
but yeah i would love the nallo gt2 now that a tent i could live with
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bikepacker wrote:jags.
Pitching a tent quickly and efficiently is down to practice not the tent. Yes, some are easier than others but the more you pitch the better you become. You have been known say I am quick at pitching but I would guess that if you have pitched a tent as often as me over the last 10 years, you would be just as quick with either of the tents you have now. If I decide to keep with the SL3 (a decision that will only be made after a considerable amount of camping) I will be so practiced that it will be as quick if not quicker than pitching the Hilleberg.
As I have said to you in the past, it would only be worth you getting another tent if you intend to use it a great deal more than your current use. But if you wish to try the Hilleberg and SL3 here is an offer. Come over here, get off the train at Shrewsbury (same train as you used when you came over here a couple of years ago) and bring your things except tent. I will meet you with the two tents and we can spend a week around Wales carrying, pitching and trying out to find what would be best for you.
Thanks for the offer Alan and wales would be great for a tour thats for sure but it wont happen this year .
if you hear of anyone interested in buying my 2 tents or exchange for the nallo gt2 send them my way.