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> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 1997 8:31 AM
> To: Acheson, Edwin R.
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> FWIT, I've been considering the Eureka Solitaire (if its the one with
> aluminum rather than fiberglass poles) for a while. It seems to me to
> be an excellent choice from a size (easily big enough for one) and
> weight (about 2 lbs, 8 oz). Although its only 2'10" high (or is it
> 2'8"
> and weighs 2 lb 10 oz?) its a bit short, but matches my height. I
> don't
> really consider it a bivy, but a good compromise between weight and
> functionality of a "typical" tent.
>
> My biggest concern is about Eureka's quality. I just bought the
> Equinox
> 4, a family sized tent (some insist on being able to stand in a tent),
> and while it held up well for 10 days in the Boundary Waters, there
> are
> some things I didn't like. The zippers were always hard to use (I
> recall the same problem on a friend's Timberline in 1980), hanging up
> every time I opened the door. The poles supporting the rain fly
> awning
> fit into grommets, which were open to mosquitoes (which are bad in the
> BWCA) when the rain fly wasn't used. The tent pegs were a joke,
> leaving
> me wondering why Eureka even bothered to supply them with the tent.
> (I
> replaced them with the Kelty pegs based on the recent evaluation of
> tent
> pegs by Backpacker, which worked well). The stuff sack for the tent
> was
> not very durable, and became cut in several places. Even the stuff
> sack
> for the tent poles, which was always rolled inside of the tent, inside
> of the outer stuff sack, was cut by the poles, allowing the short
> poles
> to slip out. In contrast, the stuff sack from my Sierra Designs tent
> has endured 4 months of the PCT without any holes.
>
> My understanding of Gore Tex on tents is that it doesn't work that
> well.
> I've been told that it is body heat that drives the water vapor
> molecules through the pores, which is why it will work for rain suits
> (if so, why is Gore Tex used for sleeping bags which should have the
> same problem?). A tent shouldn' t be close enough to you for your
> body
> heat to be a factor.
>
> Ed Acheson
>
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> > Subject: [pct-l] Bivy Sack
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> > Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 09:56:25 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Robert Knoth <robertkn@mdhost.cse.tek.com>
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> > Subject: [pct-l] Bivy Sack
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> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am going to be doing some solo backpacking soon, and have been
> > curious
> > about bivy sacks. I have never used one, and found that outdoor
> > stores
> > (REI, etc...) do not rent them. So, what are people's general
> > opinions
> > of them? Besides the usual of very little space, and not good in a
> > blizzard, what are your experiences with them? I am planning on
> also
> > rigging up a tarp to use as a mock vestibule. I was looking at
> models
> >
> > from Eureka (the Solitare), Slumberjack, and Outdoor Research's
> > Advanced
> > Bivy. Any horror stories? Is condensation as much of a problem as
> I
> > have heard? Would the gore-tex in the OR bivy help this, or is it
>
> > mostly hype? Up to now the info I have read/heard is from Outdoor
> > research, and sales people. I know OR wouldn't badmouth their own
> > stuff,
> > and the sales people are not going to stop me from buying their big
> > ticket gore-tex bivy either. So, any good third-party opinions? The
> > weather
> > I am expecting is 3 season stuff in Oregon, mostly in the Cascades,
> > but
> > who knows where else...
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Rob Knoth
> >
> > (Opionions here do ont reflect those of employer, etc...)
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