Quarterdome rain fly pitching without footprint?

John,

That's very creative. Finding a way to make your family happy, while at the same time trying to keep the weight down for yourself.

It looks like you may get some rainwater pooling halfway down on the top left side of the tent. The two tie outs appear to be creating a dam, but that could just be the angle of the shot?

John,

Thanks! I hadn't noticed that until now but your right (it's not the camera angle). I did a hose test and didn't find any standing water but that was yesterday and the picture was taken today… so it may have sagged a bit overnight. I'll have to retest and possibly add additional tie-ins..

I'm actually surprised that a dome tarp pitches that well; however, I do see some parts on the top that look like they are sagging – that may cause flapping in the wind or pooling of water. It's still not bad though.

Do you have enough sleeping room in this configuration, to account for sleeping pad + sleeping bag? I imagine you may be losing critical length without the dome shape.

I am loosing space but this tent has two large vestibules (for storing your gear) so…. I'm actually increasing the "living" area but decreasing the amount of available "storage" (not sure I'm using the correct terms).

I was surprised too… what surprised me the most was how well the shape maintains itself with the doors unzipped. I was half expecting the thing to collapse when I unzipped it but (as you can see from the inside picture… which has one set of doors unzipped) the tent remains sturdy.

More importantly… it feels just as sturdy as it looks.

Of note: I used my son's 100cm fixed trekking poles (golf driver shafts with Leki tips epoxied on)… but my next attempt will be with my 145cm poles. I don't expect any problems but I will update this thread if anything fails.

Sans trekking poles -just fly and guy lines-how heavy is it?

BTW, Good job on the multi use of that fly..