Montmolar
Backpacker
Hey folks! Some of you might already know me and my works from different platforms (Reddit, Instagram or the German UL forum) but since part of my ideas for this new tent were found in Trek-Lite threads I'll give you all the honor of being the first to see this one. 
I basically had plans for creating a slightly "beefier" version of my crazy light XUL tent for quite a while now - which means I wanted to use the common weight 18g/.51oz DCF (instead of the uberlight 12g/.34oz variant) as fly material and the 34g/1oz (instead of 18g/.51oz) as floor material.
--> Not because the XUL version did have any problems (it's been amazing so far!), but because I wanted something safer for more alpine endeavours in 2022.
Goal: A crazy light (sub 250g), fully enclosed and bug proof shelter to be set up with six stakes and an 120cm fixed length trekking pole.
That's when I found a neat little program called Sketchup and I honestly got lost in it for a few days until I had finally made a design I was happy with:
It's basically a hexamid style tent, since this simply seems to be the most efficient shape in terms of material use (only 4m² for the fly!) and I just love the ease of setting up these style of shelters. I have made it as small as possible (which means folks >1,80m will have a bad time...) and slightly asymetric with the foot end being more narrow.
Contrary to my previous projects I rearranged how I fit the design on the 137cm roll width - making it possible to have less adhesive seams joining the material. I also added catenary cuts because I disliked a few of the "floppy" bits on my previus tents.
I finished it over the last few weeks and used 0.5oz NoSeeUm mesh as mosquito netting combined with a YKK 3C as zip entrance. Guylines are 1.3mm Dyneema cordage in conjunction with a micro string lock from AX on top and fixed lengths around the perimeter.
As usual for my DCF projects I have only sewn the outer hem with perimeter netting - everything else was 100% taped to the fly effectively reducing any micro damage to the DCF material. (This means the mosquito mesh was first sewn to a strip of DCF which was then taped to the fly in case you're wondering).
An idea I got from this forum was to also make the guyout points without a single stitch - only using DCF and tape + a tiny cord guide from ExTex:
Now for the finished weight *drum roll*: 227.2g!
(With the 12g DCF fly and 18g DCF floor it should be roughly 52g less)
Nearly half the weight of the Plex Solo from Zpacks and a lot less bulky when packed:
The tent also incorporates neodymium magnets for the doors, an adjustable bungee for the bathtub on the long side and a small hook for lights in the peak.
But enough talking - time for some real pictures!
As you can see: There is only one front guy line which incorporates a movable prusik knot with double hook for the doors - way more convenient than the dual guy lines on the Zpacks tents IMO...
I basically had plans for creating a slightly "beefier" version of my crazy light XUL tent for quite a while now - which means I wanted to use the common weight 18g/.51oz DCF (instead of the uberlight 12g/.34oz variant) as fly material and the 34g/1oz (instead of 18g/.51oz) as floor material.
--> Not because the XUL version did have any problems (it's been amazing so far!), but because I wanted something safer for more alpine endeavours in 2022.
Goal: A crazy light (sub 250g), fully enclosed and bug proof shelter to be set up with six stakes and an 120cm fixed length trekking pole.
That's when I found a neat little program called Sketchup and I honestly got lost in it for a few days until I had finally made a design I was happy with:
It's basically a hexamid style tent, since this simply seems to be the most efficient shape in terms of material use (only 4m² for the fly!) and I just love the ease of setting up these style of shelters. I have made it as small as possible (which means folks >1,80m will have a bad time...) and slightly asymetric with the foot end being more narrow.
Contrary to my previous projects I rearranged how I fit the design on the 137cm roll width - making it possible to have less adhesive seams joining the material. I also added catenary cuts because I disliked a few of the "floppy" bits on my previus tents.
I finished it over the last few weeks and used 0.5oz NoSeeUm mesh as mosquito netting combined with a YKK 3C as zip entrance. Guylines are 1.3mm Dyneema cordage in conjunction with a micro string lock from AX on top and fixed lengths around the perimeter.
As usual for my DCF projects I have only sewn the outer hem with perimeter netting - everything else was 100% taped to the fly effectively reducing any micro damage to the DCF material. (This means the mosquito mesh was first sewn to a strip of DCF which was then taped to the fly in case you're wondering).
An idea I got from this forum was to also make the guyout points without a single stitch - only using DCF and tape + a tiny cord guide from ExTex:
Now for the finished weight *drum roll*: 227.2g!
(With the 12g DCF fly and 18g DCF floor it should be roughly 52g less)
Nearly half the weight of the Plex Solo from Zpacks and a lot less bulky when packed:
The tent also incorporates neodymium magnets for the doors, an adjustable bungee for the bathtub on the long side and a small hook for lights in the peak.
But enough talking - time for some real pictures!
As you can see: There is only one front guy line which incorporates a movable prusik knot with double hook for the doors - way more convenient than the dual guy lines on the Zpacks tents IMO...
Your prusik knot door closure system should work for my hexamid tarp too....
Looks fab 
