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Storm flap for Golite Hex 3?

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PostedJul 18, 2007 at 10:00 am

Hi All,

I have a Hex 3 – and am very happy with it. Only gripe is that I'd like to add a storm flap to the bottom edges to keep the wind/rain out, as I can't seem to make the bathtub floor stand up properly. Now before you all start yelling at me, I know this will adversely affect the ventilation in the tent, but I figure I can lift the leeward flaps to offset this (I also know that the tent can be pitched with one side further to the ground than others, but somehow this doesn't solve the problem).
I'm thinking that a 6-7 inch wide flap of material (like the MH Kiva) sewn around the bottom of each 'hex' bottom would do the trick. This could then be pegged down or lifted as required.
So has anyone else thought about doing this, and if so what is the recommended course of action?

PostedJul 18, 2007 at 10:31 am

Only if the wind is blowing very hard will you need such an addition(very rare conditions in my experiance). And in such conditions, all you do is stake the windward side to the ground.

The golite bathtub floor is heavy and serves an unneccesary function, and should be replaced with something lighter.

PostedJul 18, 2007 at 6:53 pm

I have a Hex3 and I've never experienced a problem with rain blowing under the edge. I do usually camp in forested areas that provide some buffer to the wind. If it is windy, I do pitch it lower to the ground. I do have the floor although I use it only when camping in swampy wet conditions (Tyvek otherwise).

I did sew a 16" wide piece of bug netting to the perimeter of the tent to keep the bugs out, so, I'm sure you could do the same with a "rainshield". I did it with a cheap sewing machine. The only tricky part was getting by the 6 seams in the material because of the thickness of the multiple layers there. I simply skipped over those seams.

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