[pct-l] one person tent

[John Abela]

I had similar problems (but other worse ones) with my TarpTent Moment.

Henry was very awesome about it and said my issue was a very very rare issue.

I recently bought the 2011 Rainbow - but it has not arrived yet. The
2011 version has some nice changes that I will be looking forward too.

Once it shows up I will be able to do a serious show-down on the
TarpTent Rainbow, verses the ZPacks Hexanet Solo, verses the HMG Echo
1. Very very much looking forward to doing up that review.

John

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 5:58 PM,  <dnielsen at djmurphycompany.com> wrote:
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> Jim - I also have the Contrail and I may try what you are talking about,
> however I have not had too many problems with the bathtub floor, if I get
> the geometry of the set up just right.  I have also found that it is nice to
> have your trekking pole, wood walking stick in my case, at an angle when you
> get in for the night because if you get lots of rain just pushing the pole
> more vertical will quickly tighten up the tent. I can usually do that
> without unzipping the mesh or getting out of my bag.  The quality and
> workmanship on the Contrail is great and it has served me well in single
> nights of rain and pretty high wind.  The main problem that I have with it
> is in a multiple day rain situation mine started raining inside the tent and
> not from body condensation as I had just gotten inside. I think it just
> "wetted out". As Dianne said, when the single wall material is wet it is
> hard to get dressed without touching it.  I will say this, it has lots of
> width and length and the weight is great.
>
> And one other thing. I did not realize that there is a fold down storm flap
> at the foot of the tent, that helps keep the rain out if you are smart
> enough to put it down, which I have not been until recently.
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