[pct-l] Tarptent Rainbow - questions

[Joe Tucker]

I think those clips are for the additional clip-in liner.

http://www.tarptent.com/doublerainbowliner.html

>> Checking out closely my new Rainbow Tarptent (single). Something I
>> couldn't figure out, not even from the video on their website: at each
>> CORNER and INSIDE the tent, there is a small plastic snapping thingie
>> attached to a short elastic band. What are these for? I cannnot see where
>> I
>> could snap them to inside the tent.

> 



Joe Tucker


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On Dec 26, 2012, at 12:11 AM, "JPL" <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:

> "lift" not "life".  Stupid keyboard...
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: JPL
> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 12:10 AM
> To: CHUCK CHELIN ; PCT listserve
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Tarptent Rainbow - questions
> 
> Those clips might be to life the sides of he floor up.  There are clips like
> that on my Sublite sil...
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: CHUCK CHELIN
> Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2012 11:38 PM
> To: PCT listserve
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Tarptent Rainbow - questions
> 
> Good evening, Anne,
> 
> I can’t help with the plastic thingie, but maybe I can with the pegs and
> cord.  First, I rarely erect any kind of shelter, preferring instead to
> sleep under the stars.  I almost never carry a full complement of pegs for
> whatever tent or tarp I’m using – maybe half or two thirds of what’s
> recommended -- preferring instead to attach my lines to local features or
> vegetation, i.e. rocks, trees, bushes, etc.  That’s particularly true for
> the primary lines out the front and the rear of the shelter.  Those I try
> to tie out nearly horizontally to a tree or a bush, thereby removing much
> of the downward line force from the tent pole or trekking pole that holds
> the thing up.  Often when I can use trees to install those lines at
> sufficient upward angle I can entirely dispense with one or both poles.  The
> ability to be erected in that way will depend upon how the particular
> shelter is made.
> 
> What I typically use for line is a product called “Triptease” by Kelty.
> http://www.kelty.com/p-136-triptease-lightline.aspx  It is light, strong,
> it is easy to see with some ambient or any artificial light, but it is a
> bit expensive.  It should be available in San Diego before you depart.
> Other
> than that, standard 1/8” parachute cord – “paracord” – is as common as
> gravel, very inexpensive, and only slightly heavier.
> 
> Enjoy your planning,
> 
> Steel-Eye
> 
> -Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
> 
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
> 
> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/
> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Anne Estoppey
> <anne_estoppey at yahoo.com>wrote:
> 
>> Hello everybody,
>> 
>> 
>> Another question: should I really get extra pegs and cords for the sides
>> of the tent against strong winds?
>> 
>> I am in New Zealand at the moment. It seems that extra titanium pegs are
>> nowhere to be found here. Same for buying extra cord...
>> 
>> Thanks for your help,
>> cheers :-)
>> Anne
>> 
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