Hiking with an Umbrella

**CeeVee** · 06-22-2016, 12:10

Saw that.

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**SoaknWet** · 06-22-2016, 12:17

Doesn't your pack have a rain cover, just try to position so the missing slice of the pie is over the pack!

**mayhemkb** · 06-22-2016, 14:13

I pick up a cheap light compact umbrella for under $5 and use it until it dies on the trail. They usually weight under 8oz. Lightest one I ever found was 5oz. I have a rain skirt/garbage bag and an 99 cent emergency poncho for emergencies. Enjoy the umbrella as a part of kit, sun protection and protection from light rain. Not the best for heavy rain areas but. . .

**T- Minus** · 06-22-2016, 19:18

Originally Posted by GadgetUK437

As you are the type who is just too busy to read the whole thread....
Start from here,
https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/....php?p=1553019
Video of Euroschirm trekking pole umbrella and resulting discussion.

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Gadget.

Yea saw that kinda the reverse of that, to me that is an umbrella hiking pole not an umbrella add on to a hiking pole. I made a quick sketch of what I have in my head ATM as far as a blue print.
Hiking pole umbrella accessory..jpg

**Carbon** · 06-23-2016, 11:53

Originally Posted by T- Minus

Yea saw that kinda the reverse of that, to me that is an umbrella hiking pole not an umbrella add on to a hiking pole. I made a quick sketch of what I have in my head ATM as far as a blue print.

Have you looked at one of those silver top, black underside, 36" diameter hat umbrellas? They don't have shafts.

**steveflinn** · 08-01-2016, 01:41

Some of the backpacks they make for carrying babies have a canopy. I have been thinking about how to use a similar design that pulls over the wearer instead of the cargo.

I imagine carbon fiber poles slipped into the top of the uprights for the frame on the Vargo TiArc -- to support a telescoping cuben canopy. Seems like with that kind of thing and a couple of stretchy-cord tiedowns in the front you could have a completely windproof, hands-free substitute for both umbrella and hat. Surely you could design that to come in at less than 8oz, which would beat out all the reasonable hiking umbrellas in terms of weight and utility.

Not sure how to adapt that for use with a frameless pack, though something like that over my beloved Zpacks Zero would be awesome.

**SoaknWet** · 08-01-2016, 05:58

I found one of those umbrella hats at Walmart and have used it twice and think it's great! Both hands are free for whatever chord is at hand. Only complaint is people keep asking where to find them and one guy offered to buy it! Cost me $7.00 bet I could have gotten $14

**Oms** · 08-01-2016, 06:51

Originally Posted by SoaknWet

I found one of those umbrella hats at Walmart and have used it twice and think it's great! Both hands are free for whatever chord is at hand. Only complaint is people keep asking where to find them and one guy offered to buy it! Cost me $7.00 bet I could have gotten $14

I think those are the coolest, get it?

No really they make a lot of sense. Keep you shaded without restricting air flow.