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    Elliott Wolin
    BPL Member

    @ewolin

    Locale: Hampton Roads, Virginia

    Has anyone seen or heard about a vestibule for a pyramid tent? Seems like it might be useful, but I've never seen one. Any MYOG designs out there?

    When car or kayak camping I always bring a cheap blue poly tarp and poles to set up over a picnic bench or whatever so we can stay outside when it rains (umbrellas help a lot, too!).

    It is more difficult when backpacking if you want to keep the weight down: one can cook under a tarp if you are careful, and maybe even in a pyramid tent if you are more careful. I wonder if some sort of vestibule might help?

    Your thoughts…?

    #1771671
    Walter Carrington
    BPL Member

    @snowleopard

    Locale: Mass.

    Look at the Royce tent in Horace Kephart's book 'Camping and Woodcraft'.
    It's basically a half pyramid with a vestibule that can be configured in several ways. The weight difference to a half pyramid with a vertical front is negligible.
    http://bookdome.com/outdoors/Camping-Woodcraft/Types-Of-Light-Tents-Part-3.html
    (bottom of the above page).

    #1771672
    Walter Carrington
    BPL Member

    @snowleopard

    Locale: Mass.

    Look at the Royce tent in Horace Kephart's book 'Camping and Woodcraft'.
    It's basically a half pyramid with a vestibule that can be configured in several ways. The weight difference to a half pyramid with a vertical front is negligible.
    http://bookdome.com/outdoors/Camping-Woodcraft/Types-Of-Light-Tents-Part-3.html
    (bottom of the above page).

    #1771705
    Elliott Wolin
    BPL Member

    @ewolin

    Locale: Hampton Roads, Virginia

    Interesting design. But I already built the pyramid tent so I'm looking for a design for an add-on vestibule.

    #1771734
    Franco Darioli
    Spectator

    @franco

    Locale: Gauche, CU.

    NT

    #1771735
    David Goodyear
    BPL Member

    @dmgoody

    Locale: mid-west

    I used a simple flat tarp porch to use with my shangra-la 3 to cook under in the winter.
    I'm sure you could make a zip-in door panel with a roof to block wind from one side and rain or snow from the top.

    Dave

    porch

    #1771754
    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    If you just leave the door open, roll it up, and attach with velcro (or whatever) you have an area like a vestibule inside the tent. Of course, that uses up tent area. I've cooked with canister stove. There's an area to take off wet clothes. etc.

    #1771979
    David Goodyear
    BPL Member

    @dmgoody

    Locale: mid-west

    After looking at Franco's pictures- I had an idea. Since your door zips are in the middle of the panel, and this is a MYOG, then you can easily buy the corresponding zippers and zip in a triangular panel to the door opening- prop it up with trekking poles and you have a porch.

    If you don’t want a porch, but a vestibule, you could zip in a panel like the nemo vestibules.

    Enjoy,

    Dave

    http://www.tahoemountainsports.com/product/nemo-espri-2p-vestibule

    #1774465
    Franco Darioli
    Spectator

    @franco

    Locale: Gauche, CU.

    NT

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