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    John Brewer
    Member

    @crane557

    Locale: Southern California

    Okay so we all know about REI's great return policy well I bought a tent at the used gear sale. It's a quarterdome UI and I love it, but it's missing the fly. Does anyone have any suggestions? A replacement?

    Thanx,
    John

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    Matt Lutz
    Member

    @citystuckhiker

    Locale: Midwest

    Call up REI and see if you can get a replacement. Otherwise, eBay, Craig's List, etc. and search for one. Someone here (Doug Johnson maybe?) just recently had a thread about making a tent fly and it ended up being much more costly than it was worth, so s/he scrapped the idea.

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    John Brewer
    Member

    @crane557

    Locale: Southern California

    Thanks for the reply, I was afraid of that. The thing is I got a REALLY good deal on it so maybe I'll look up his post.

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    John Brewer
    Member

    @crane557

    Locale: Southern California

    Does anyone have pictures of thr Quarterdome UL fly?

    Thanx,

    John

    #1559064
    Vick Hines
    Member

    @vickrhines

    Locale: Central Texas

    Make your own fly from silnylon and save some weight. Kust set the tent up and make a pattern with heavy paper and tape directly on the tent.

    #1559085
    John Brewer
    Member

    @crane557

    Locale: Southern California

    Thanks for the tip. I just want to get it as close as possible.

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    Dale Wambaugh
    BPL Member

    @dwambaugh

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    John wrote:"Does anyone have pictures of the Quarterdome UL fly?"

    Found a photo at:

    http://www.backpackgeartest.org/reviews/Shelters/Tents/REI%20Quarter%20Dome%20tent/Owner%20Review%20by%20Andrew%20Buskov/

    REI Quarterdome UL

    I've though about taking a decent factory-made tent base and making or adapting a poncho for a fly. My initial inspiration was to do that with a framed bug bivy or one person tent.

    The quarterdome is large enough that you might be able to adapt a simple silnylon tarp for a fly, allowing you to use the fly alone when it suits. I assume a poncho would be too small unless you wanted to have tuck-away sections, a la SMD Gatewood Cape. My point is that you don't *have* to follow the original design. Think outside the box– or tent in this case :)

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    John Brewer
    Member

    @crane557

    Locale: Southern California

    Thanks for the reply and the post. I guess I am thinking "inside" the box :).

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