Interesting guyline setup for Tarptent Double Rainbow Li

[Warren C]

I just wanted to share an intriguing guyline setup for a Tarptent Double Rainbow. I have the Li, but I assume it would work with the silnylon version as well.

I emailed Tarptent for recommendations on how to orient extra support guylines attached to webbing loops midway up either end of the arch pole. Henry Shires responded within hours (Thanks, Henry!) with an arrangement I never would have thought of (see pic below).

Maybe engineering folks won’t be surprised, but I was. I set it up and it seems very sturdy.

Here’s how Henry explained it: “That provides an inward compressive force on the arch pole.”

I’ll be taking it into the field. I’d love to hear people’s thoughts on this arrangement, and hear what your favorites are. My only concern is that the tent sides might rub against the lines in a high wind and get abraded.

 

[JCH]

re: abrasion.  first thought – using 4 dedicated stakes, rather than relying on the door stakes, might allow the extra guys to be positioned such that they do not touch the canopy?

[jscott]

I’ve never seen anything quite like this. I’m not an engineer. To my intuitive eyes, it looks really good. It’s hard to tell how much the cords lay against the canopy. The cords would seem to add a stabilizing dimension to the whole tent.

Let us know! Maybe Henry has come up with a revolutionary new design! Or maybe….not.

[Henry Shires / Tarptent]

The “V-line” cording can be tied to the existing vestibule stake, with no danger of contacting the fly/canopy on the way down, as long as the vestibule stake is positioned at least 8in off the zipper edge.

[sbennett3705]

New Rainbow user here. How does this compare with adding two trekking poles to the internal pockets? And, adding both guy lines and poles – does this make it as strong as a trekking pole tent?

[bradmacmt]

Very interesting. I haven’t found the need for extra guying on my Rainbow Li to this point, but if I absolutely needed it that’s a neat trick!

[Sam Farrington]

Are the yellow lines in the photo representative of cord?  If they are, they greatly inhibit exit and entry.  If not, what do the yellow lines represent.  If I’m just thick, it wouldn’t be the first time.  Please advise.  Sam

 

 

[bradmacmt]

Are the yellow lines in the photo representative of cord?  If they are, they greatly inhibit exit and entry.  If not, what do the yellow lines represent.  If I’m just thick, it wouldn’t be the first time.  Please advise.  Sam

Sam, the lines are green on my computer… but yes, those represent the cord. They would be for an emergency, high wind stakeout. IMO, while they’d be a bit in the way, they shouldn’t hinder getting in and out all that much. The Rainbow is pretty user friendly that way – step over, or crawl under the one line and in you go.

[William Chilton]

As Brad says. Obviously, they do hinder exit and entry a little, but they’re far enough from the inner that it’s easy to step over them, though it might be less easy for someone larger than I am.

If there were a centre pole, things would be different.

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