OK, so I did a no-no and left my original fly “tied” to a heavy wooden picnic table chair, int shopping during a windstorm and came back to no fly. And neighbors had not seen it either.
Solution: Order a new fly from Tarptent.
It came with improvements (except for the CF rod retention at each end) and is lower at the fly hem, giving more foul weather protection. Also Tarptent added an extra guy point loop on each side of the main pole sleeve and added stronger zippers with 2-way pulls. Thanks for that extra insurance TT.
So I seam sealed it with tube sealant inside and 50/50 GE clear silicone/odorless mineral spirits mix on the outside. “Belt and suspenders”.
Then I added reflective Spectra core tent cord loops all around to the fly edge stake loops, bottom of the CF rod ends and even at the main hoop pole end areas. With 4 guy lines from the old fly already made I just made 2 more for the extra pole sleeve guy points.
I must say that Henry Shires has improved the Moment DW gen. 2 to be more storm worthy and stronger. Now if they would just make the fly end flaps so they can be totally closed for high wind conditions in snow as well as rain. After all, with the Moment design it’s the tent ends you put into the wind when possible.
