Though it is a bit heavy, I thought this was kinda neat and was wondering if anyone in this forum has one. It might be good for car camping.
http://tinyurl.com/3cg7eu
Any thoughts?
Though it is a bit heavy, I thought this was kinda neat and was wondering if anyone in this forum has one. It might be good for car camping.
http://tinyurl.com/3cg7eu
Any thoughts?
Last edited by hacktorious; 06-13-2007 at 22:48. Reason: added link
Scott Macri
www.IronFlyOptions.com
That is both really cool and really weird all at the same time. It took a couple looks to see the hammock part of it. At 3 lbs 9oz it is still about a pound lighter than my TNF tent I sent back to REI and used the money for my hh.
The only issue that I would see is hanging really close to the ground. That and you would loose the site selection advantages of hammocks. But yeah for car camping and if you have the money I would like to see some pics in action.
Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
The hanger formly known as "hammock engineer".
Ya know, that is kinda neat. All said and done, it still appears to be lighter than most tents. I don't know how comfy I'd be that close to the ground, though. The two positives I can see for it are:
1) It's different
2) At least it's till not sleeping on the ground.
"If you play a Nicleback song backwards, you'll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forward, you'll hear Nickleback." - Dave Grohl
I think that's a really cool concept. I really like the tarp design. Anybody think it's a little shady that there is no pic, only a drawing?
“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it." -Terry Pratchett
I didn't even think about that, but it does seem a little odd that there is no actual photo of their own product. For one, I would probably not want to buy something like that until I saw a photograph of an acutal item, preferably in use like REI is so fond of doing on their website with many items.
"If you play a Nicleback song backwards, you'll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forward, you'll hear Nickleback." - Dave Grohl
I could make it lighter.
Expensive Mountain Sports has a return policy similar to REI. Is there is someone here willing to buy one to try it out??? Or go to a store to get a look and some pictures??
Peace,
Joe
I think most commercial tents can be made lighter. They do not use sil out of duribility issues with the mases. That alone would gain you a lot. Add in regular noseeum for the netting and your trekking poles for tent poles. With all of that you could make this for close to 2 lbs.
Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
The hanger formly known as "hammock engineer".
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