Coming Soon: Tarptent StratoSpire

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No – Franco is the de-facto expert on Tarptent.

But he is still sleeping…..

Its time we changed the name to TarpTent StratoShire

I am awake now…
Here is a pic of each shelter:


After fiddling with the concept for four or five years, Henry finally nailed a design for the double that he was happy with a few months ago ant then within a few weeks period came up with the solo version.
If you look at the Bug Net only set up you can see that they are a rather large solo as well as a large double.
Having the pole offset as well as taking advantage of our Pitch Lock corner, results in plenty of headroom sitting up as well as laying down.
A modular system allowing fly or inner only or both together.
Franco

Finally! I've been looking forward to Henry coming up with something new and it is exactly what I'm interested in. BUt they look huge! Wonder how storm worthy they are? Or maybe they're not designed for that? Do you know how tall the shelter is at the apex of the trekking poles?

All of the specs are posted .
The solo is 48" high, the duo 50".
To understand the shelters it is a lot easier if you look at the animated 3D clip (in the video page) as well as the Show Dimensions drawings in the specs page.
The are large shelters but the total footprint (including internal and external guylines) is smaller than many of the other pole supported shelters.
For the ones that do not use trekking poles , dedicated poles will be available soon.


Franco

This looks great, the net tent alone option is great for a warm weather setup – perfect for our climate 75% of the time.

Well done Henry!

KK

My caption says it all.

Question: How will it do in a windstorm?

Very nice design, but I still like the freestanding option with my Rainbow.

They look really good to me. Tons of internal space.

Maybe I am looking at the website wrong, but does it post weights for the tarp and net-tent portions separately?

What is the height of the tent on the opposite side (parallel) of the trekking pole?
My concern is that if 2 people used it they would have to sleep opposite directions.

+1 on the question of sleeping head to toe.

The 2 sets of short corner support poles are diagonally opposed to each other (i.e. LF and RR). That would imply that overhead clearance is not equal across the ends of the shelter. To wit, when viewed end-on, clearance decreases from the supported corner (LF) to the adjacent one (RF).

Maybe I'm looking at this wrong, but that's the impression I get, even though Henry's diagram shows both sleeping bags head to head.

Here is a diagram which I hope helps answer your question. The short answer is you can sleep either end. The interior door will open to the larger triangle side of the support pole. Due to the steepened walls and expanded/diagonal ridgeline there is noticeably more headroom and footroom in this design vs a standard A-frame with equivalent footprint.

Is it me or does this design border or sheer brilliance?

It sure is a unique and creative design, kind of a Mid with full use of space, looks like it will shed wind and light snow well, good shelter for people with dogs.

Really interested in weight without the inner and the pricing.

It also appears that the vestibules will come almost to the ground if desired.

Anyone know the price? Can I preorder now?

"kind of a Mid with full use of space"

That's what I thought when I saw the first picture. It looks like everything I wanted my Duomid + inner to be after using it with another person for two weeks.

Nice tent! Wish it came in Cuben, though.

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"The short answer is you can sleep either end."

Without crawling around on the entry/exit?

I don't understand. You enter/exit adjacent to either support pole (at the highest point). I would encourage you to look at the photos and rotation animation.

"You enter/exit adjacent to either support pole (at the highest point)."

That is my concern. It seems that in order for 2 to sleep adjacent, one would have to enter with their feet pointed to the smaller end, and then do a turn around crawl to be pointed the same direction as the other person? In other words both people can't sit up in the same direction. Entry/exit for one person of the two seems troublesome.

I have no actual tent-making experience, but this is similar to some of the offset pole tent designs I have been drawing up in Google SketchUp.