[pct-l] Tarptent Contrail - was one person tent

[Jeffrey Olson]

Go to utube and type "tarptent contrail" in the search window.  You'll 
get a dozen or so videos of people setting up and testing the tent in 
the rain and wind.  One video has a guy line going from the spot where 
the pole end is in the grommet straight out under the beak for a tauter 
setup...  Another has a guy line from the middle of the rear part of the 
tent to a pole.  What people think of - and they look like they work!

One of them demonstrates the fold down storm flap at the tent's rear...

Jeff

On 3/16/2011 6:58 PM, dnielsen at djmurphycompany.com wrote:
> 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.
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> 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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