My new modded Hexamid Twin

I like the floor mod doug.

How does quilt work in the higher night temps? Do you find yourself throwing it on and off thru the night regulating your temp?

That is an awesome shelter Doug. Out of curiosity, did you also purchase the rain curtain? If not, do you think you would ever need it?

Thanks for posting the pics!

Doug (aka Mr. Cuben),
Very nice set up. It's good to see that you have not given up completely with sleeping on the ground.

Crazy weight Doug!

Looks palatial. How high are the edges of the Cuben floor turned up?

Saw a youtube video of some guy in the AT trail mid rainstorm with a Hexamid solo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLqfol0IU3s&feature=related

He had a door though and made the mistake of using two pieces of Polycro, one underneath and one overtop of the mesh.
Dsspite that, in the comments he claimed it was "amazingly" waterproof.

Is that floor also 0.7oz cuben? Or heavier cuben?

@ Andy — Also just got the quilt recently, and haven't had a chance to get it out in the woods yet. Was hoping to this weekend, but it didn't come together. Will have it out soon though and will report back on how it worked out.

@ Greg — I have the door from one of the first Hexamids I bought (this is my third or fourth, I forget). I generally bring the door with me, it's quite useful, even if only for momentary privacy.

@ Thom — I do love my hammock! But this is my ground dweller in the warmer months, and my DuoMid remains my ground dweller for colder temps.

@ David — I think it might be the lightest fully-enclosed w/ integrated floor shelter out there! Could, of course, be wrong. And I'm sure it will only be temporary – someone will make one lighter!

@ Scott — I believe the edges are turned up 3", but I'd have to measure to see if that's correct. And the Hexamids are quite waterproof if seam sealed. I had a first-gen solo set up on snow w/door, and got a freezing rain shower for a couple of hours, and nothing inside got wet at all. These things provide great coverage.

@ Dan — You'd have to ask Joe. It's the same weight cuben he makes all his cuben floors out of. I just buy stuff, I don't know much about any of it! ;-) EDIT: Just went to Joe's site, it says "1.5 oz/sqyd cuben fiber material" for floors.

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Hey, I like the mods on your tent. I have the same tent but with different mods. My zipper is a #5, I wanted the heavier duty zipper based upon previous #3 zipper failures with 2 other tarp-type tents. I have bungie style loops with his ultralight micro-small caribeaners that clip the cuben fiber ground cloth to 6 points around the tent instead of it being sewn in.

One mod I did myself was buy a 1/2" grommet making kit at local hardware store and I put a grommet thru the dynema patch so my hiking pole can go thru that and not accidentally slip inside the tent (which it did once before I did the mod and it punctured the screen floor but I fixed that). This mod makes setting up the tent easier as the pole has some self-standing feature while setting up the tent then.

I recommend using Henry Shires seam sealing recipe – a mix of 100% silicone caulk with mineral spirits diluting it to a paintable mix and use the disposable 1/4" foam brushes to brush it on the seams. I even painted a small tic tac toe design on top of the ground cloth so my sleeping pad does not slide all over the ground cloth and end up over the insect netting. (a tip of Henry Shires with his bath tub floors)

Just wondering how this tent holds up to high winds. The solo model has been on the CDT, and I accept that as a good test, but I'd like to know how the Twin holds up under similar "Rocky Mountain high" weather!

Hey Mary!

I'd like to know too! Unfortunately, I'm an east coast hiker. Would love to get out west some day!

Mary, I'll be doing the JMT starting July 18, the entire JMT, with my Hexamid Twin. I expect it to do just fine, inasmuch as it's just a tarp tent so to speak and I've used such the last 2 times on the JMT, last 2 years with the Gossamer Gear Squall Classic.

Thanks for the tips Roleigh!

Doug, you could take it up on Mt. Washington…. :-)

"I think it might be the lightest fully-enclosed w/ integrated floor shelter out there! Could, of course, be wrong. And I'm sure it will only be temporary – someone will make one lighter!"

Yup I think so. Lighthearts newly announced cuben solo tent is 13.8oz so you're still winning :)

http://www.lightheartgear.com/

Looks nice Doug. Like a tarp with built in bug netting. Looks like it'll be nice to have a fire right in front of it but then again, it is probably heat sensitive huh?

Don't worry Jeff. Intelligent people like Doug have their campfire some distance from their tent. And would do whatever man-made material it was constructed from.

You got pinholes in yours huh?

I'm a hanger–we get to have our fires close and even have a nice comfy seat to sit on.

Do you use an underquilt in cold campfire weather? Is it made from spark resistant cloth? :-)

No I don't use an underquilt–I have a nice warm fire LOL

"Looks like it'll be nice to have a fire right in front of it but then again, it is probably heat sensitive huh?"

Hey Jeff,

That's the amazing thing about this shelter, and why Joe's a genius. There's a flap in the floor so you can open it up to build a fire right inside the shelter! And there are hooks on the ceiling so you can hang the optional carbon fiber heat-deflection plate (patent pending). There's even a small thermostat on the side. Try that with your hammock! ;-)

Priced at $500+

ouch

On another note has anyone thought of a removable netting floor? I haven't asked Joe directly about this but I think that would make the Hexamid the most versatile shelter out there at a rediculously low weight.

Also would this shelter still work if you lowered the height of pole to drop the beak to add more protection and eliminate the removable door?

"Also would this shelter still work if you lowered the height of pole to drop the beak to add more protection and eliminate the removable door?"

Don't know the answer, but at barely over an ounce, I'd prefer to carry the door and leave the headroom.

As far as removable netting floor, I think Joe is always happy to mod his stuff for his customers. I guess you'd have netting that zipped all the way around instead of just at the front. Added weight from all that zipper, of course. Seems to me you'd get about the same weight as just using the Hexamid tarp and a lightweight bivy/bug bivy.

I am planning on buying the Hex twin for upcoming CT and PCT thru-hikes but im not sure if i want the net floor or not. I live in Georgia and bugs are a a pretty big concern.

I've never used a bivy but its the next piece of gear i want to buy, so depending on how i (and my girlfriend) feel about bivies that will be our answer.

The versatility of a removable net floor makes it worth the weight for me IMO