[pct-l] Sierra Deigns ulta light year (tent)?

[rforsland2001 at yahoo.com (Randy Forsland)]

As I remember, the lightyear came with the DAC aluminum poles and the ultra
lightyear came with the Easton carbon fiber composite poles.
Here are the weights

DAC= 242 g
Easton= 191 g

I have the Ultra lightyear and I have managed to trim it down to under 2.5
lbs. I bought a set of fibraplex poles ($75) for it as my original Easton
poles delaminated after a few months of use. The fibraplex poles are really
sweet. They weigh in at 151 grams and are guaranteed for life. I broke one
on the trail by stepping on it and Fibraplex rushed me a new one  to Kennedy
meadows "no questions asked". Had it within a few days.

Here is their website.
http://www.fibraplex.com/tentpoles.asp

I also cut off all of the plastic buckles that are used to attach the
rainfly to the tent. I used small diameter bungee cord and plastic hooks
instead. I also had a sil-nylon stuff sack made for it.

I loved the tent on the hike. Very warm in the Sierras and absolutely no
condensation.

Future mods include a sil-nylon rainfly with a larger vestibule area...

Redwood
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The Mountain Goat" <themtgoat@yahoo.com>
To: "pct mailing list" <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 1:26 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Sierra Deigns ulta light year (tent)?


>I have the light year, and have called Sierra Designs about
> buying the new poles and rainfly that are part of the Ultra
> light year. The said that the rain fly and poles will work
> with the Light year.
>
> I was woundering how much weight it would save me, if
> anyone has the Ultra light year tent, could you weigh the
> tent parts so I could see how much weight I would save.
>
> I weighed the Light Year tent, as follow:
> Everything (without stuff sacks) = 3LB 3 oz.
>
> Main tent = 1LB 6.1 oz
> Rain Fly = 1lb 1.6 oz.
> Poles = 8.4 oz.
> Stakes = 1.8 oz (3 stakes)
>
> Thanks in advance for anyone who can help.
> -Mountain Goat-
> www.geocities.com/pct_2005
>


		
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