The CAFFIN tents come!

Roger have you considered contacting Michael from Sierra Designs, the guy who posted here awhile back?

"Too bad, this reminds me of the old quote "Quantity has a quality of it's own." I believe this was atributed to Joseph Stalin."

Correct

What about giving the Scottish tent manufacturer Vango a try? Aarn Tate, the designer of Aarn packs now, used to design their high-end tents for them back in the 90's. Vango then went through a long slump, mostly selling family-style tents. Recently, however, they've started picking up again and are slowly putting together some great new, innovative designs. They might be willing to listen to you.

Hi all

Thanks for all the suggestions. (Truly.)

I think I will try to complete the stoves first. Which means I have to rebuild the electronics for the CNC before I can do that. Hassles, hassles …

Cheers
Roger

That really is a shame. I was looking forward to getting one!

This is frustrating. I was looking forward to eventually cooking in a Caffin tent with my Caffin stove.

I have already begun scouring thrift shops for neon, leopard-print ski pants to complete the winter backpacking experience. I was hoping that you might eventually license those as well.

The frightening thing is that I know of a woman who sews ski-racing Lycra tights …
and tops too.

Cheers

:-P

I've been looking for a high end tent made by some low wage workers.

"Awesome, simply awesome. Very happy for you and can't wait to see them."
Euh, did you actually went through the thread or did you only based yourself on the title ?

Dead in the water.

Just two suggestions for a new thread title.

Bugger about the lack of Easton Support.

:-|

Roger, as I mentioned in a PM to you a while back I think the Philippines is the best place for you to get your tents made.

English is spoken by 90% of the population so nothing gets "lost in translation". There are a LOT of call centers in the Phils because of their English speaking population, at least 30% of which have college degrees.

Filipinos make a lot clothing for export and some items like gloves are a speciality of that country. Finding truly skilled seamstresses there is no problem.

GOOGLE about a bit on that topic and you may find just what you are looking for.

BTW, Korean made DAC poles ar another alternative to Easton poles.

Hi Eric

Yes, you mentioned the Philippines, but the levels of corruption at the Customs and Bureaucracy levels seem to me to be more than I could handle. OK, I am a wimp.

Cheers

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> North Korea will guarantee you low cost and zero defects.

Yes, but can you wash the blood stains out?

Cheers

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del

Did you consider Israel?

They have all required techniques and resources to produce great products.

Probably not cheap as China yet not as expensive as US or Europe

Since the Caffin tents are on indefinite hold, the Force Ten Nitro Lite 200 would seem to be a reasonable substitute:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C63UdeZb4dY&t=4m0s

Anyone know a distributor in the U.S.?

Its a shame these are not going into production, I think they are better than any other tunnel tents on the market.

Is there no way they can be made economically in Australia? When you look at Hyperlite Mountain Gear, MLD and Tarptent, all made in the USA, surely there must be a way to do these (high end of market) tents in Oz?

I suspect Ron Bell, Henry Shires et al are putting in a lot of hours for a basic financial return when there are easier ways to make money.

> Is there no way they can be made economically in Australia?
Don't know.
Right now I am rebuilding the electronics on my CNC from scratch. That's half done, but it will take another couple of weeks.
Then I will finish off making enough the winter stoves to use up all the burners I have in stock.
THEN I should have some time to consider the next step, whatever it may be. The advent of the Chinese and other Asian factories destroyed the clothing and textiles industry in Australia many years ago, although some claimed that the very militant Union in that field helped a lot too. But it seems there are still people doing small-volume stuff here, so we aren't dead yet. And I have had 2 offers from America as well. That said, how many of them can handle silnylon? Not many (not any?) of the Australian ones I would think.

Cheers

@Roger:

check your PMs.

Hi Roger,

Another PM headed your way.

Hi Bob

> check your PMs.
I don't get PMS … :-)

Thanks