[pct-l] Tents....I know, I know, beating a dead horse

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Yeah, the T1 is nice, and I just happen to have one for sale very lightly
used.  If anyone is interested.

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Carl Siechert <carlito at gmail.com> wrote:

> At 3 pounds, the weight is twice your target, but to meet the other
> criteria, I'm not sure you can do much better than the REI Quarter
> Dome T1<http://www.rei.com/product/761891>.
> On our Washington section hike last year, my wife and I used a T2 and loved
> it. Although we dislike sleeping in tents and usually sleep out, we had a
> few nights of rain (In Washington? Really?) and a couple nights of
> intolerable bugs (In Washington? Really?). Quarter Dome is (relatively)
> light for a double-wall tent, easy to set up, and has some nice
> features--not least of which is the ability to use the wide-open-view mesh
> tent without the fly. (REI also claims that, with the optional footprint
> groundcloth, you can set up the fly without the tent, which would allow you
> to leave the tent body at home for much of the trip. I haven't tried it,
> but
> knowing how the poles work, I'm not sure I believe it.)
>
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Bradley Issler
> <bradley.issler at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >
> > Lightweight (obviously).  Preferably around 24oz. or less like the
> contrail
> > tarptent, which does not have the next feature I really want:
> > Ability to be used as just the net without the fly
> > Bathtub floor
> >
> >
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