gixer
Thru Hiker
Have a Tarptent Strato2 and i'm very happy with it, only downsides are:
Doing the usual window shopping i came across the ZPacks Duplex
+ Points of the Duplex are
- Points are
TT Strato is: 132cm wide, 218cm long, 127cm high: 1334g
Z Duplex is: 114cm wide, 230cm long, 122cm high: 661g
So i lose the double skin, 18cm in inner width and possibly some stability in high winds (say possible as i'd need to experiment with it's height and pegging)
I also lose 673g in weight
I only keep 1 tent so it'll need to do everything from low level camping to high level (2000m)
99% of my trips i sleep in my own tent on my own, but i do have a trip each year which i share a tent with my brother.
Not concerned about space too much as they're both very similar, am concerned about condensation 2 up on a wet night, and stability in high winds.
I certainly don't NEED another tent, but 673g saving i'd be handy when i'm camping on my own.
Me finger keeps wandering over the "Add to cart" button on the Zpacks site, but apart from the weight and sagging the Strato2 has served me well.
So please talk me out of of buying the duplex
- The silnylon stretches when wet, so it's either a re-peg in the night or droopy outer that touches the inner
- It's 1334g
Doing the usual window shopping i came across the ZPacks Duplex
+ Points of the Duplex are
- It's 567g (plus 8 pegs 94g)
- It's Cuben Fibre so won't stretch when wet
- Points are
- It's single skin
- Looks like it needs pitching high to get good ventilation, which won't be so great if the wind picks up during the night
TT Strato is: 132cm wide, 218cm long, 127cm high: 1334g
Z Duplex is: 114cm wide, 230cm long, 122cm high: 661g
So i lose the double skin, 18cm in inner width and possibly some stability in high winds (say possible as i'd need to experiment with it's height and pegging)
I also lose 673g in weight
I only keep 1 tent so it'll need to do everything from low level camping to high level (2000m)
99% of my trips i sleep in my own tent on my own, but i do have a trip each year which i share a tent with my brother.
Not concerned about space too much as they're both very similar, am concerned about condensation 2 up on a wet night, and stability in high winds.
I certainly don't NEED another tent, but 673g saving i'd be handy when i'm camping on my own.
Me finger keeps wandering over the "Add to cart" button on the Zpacks site, but apart from the weight and sagging the Strato2 has served me well.
So please talk me out of of buying the duplex
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