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This tent is way too heavy for our needs but I was intrigued by the rapid series quick set up mechanism. A lightweight version of this may have application elsewhere. It’s sort of like a big umbrella.
You can get a good look at the detail by using their zoom magnifier.
This close up is enough for me …
Too complicated, I just use my drones to keep my tent up. The batteries though are back breaking.
I think you are asking the right question: How to design a FS tent to go from on the ground to erected in one quick motion, that being by far the easiest way to pitch any tent in severe wind. There was one YouTube video on Google, but it was all crescendo movie thriller music and the only view of the pitching took a fraction of a second – not enough time to see what was happening. There have been a number of these domes over the years, and were what I first thought Roger Caffin was referring to with the term, 'pop-ups.' Maybe this one actually works. They are on Ebay for around $80, so you could find out, Daryl, if you could spring for that much. Having never seen one actually work, am not holding my breath.
I've decided that if the wind is too strong to spend a few minutes pitching the tent, it is probably a good indication that it would be better to hike on a bit to a lower, more protected elevation. There are days on the Mount Washington auto road when I don't even want to get out of the car.
If the wind is severe enough to impede pitching of any tent, wouldn't that be the same wind that you need to stake down even a freestanding tent? And if you need to steak a tent down, then a non free standing tunnel tent can go up a lot faster than a dome.
What Vlad wrote.
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