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Tent hack : convert a double wall tent into a single wall one


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    Pierre-Yves C
    Spectator

    @py-2

    Hello,

    I’m wondering if anyone ever tried to convert a double wall tent into a single wall design.

    It may seem like a weird project, but as I keep looking for the existing ultralight 4-man tent options (I think I’ve listed most of them, see below), and as I’m considering making my own Caffin’s style tunnel 4p tent, this idea occured to me when I found a somewhat lightweight, somewhat cheap Aliexpress option : could I hack this tent to make it single-wall, and therefore lighter ?

    Of course, I’d need to think a lot about that, and that’d imply to change the fly design to add pole sleeves and find a smart way to connect the inner tent to it, etc…

    The pros :

    • Easier than making a tent from scratch
    • Relatively cheap option

    The cons :

    • Would still be a lot of trouble thinking and modifying the tent
    • Risk of definitely ruining a new tent
    • Unsure about the potential weight gain
    • Very uncertain about how it’d handle condensation

    Has any of you done this before ?

    Is it complete non-sense ?

    Any suggestion on what (not) to do ?

    Thanks !

     

    #3583241
    Pierre-Yves C
    Spectator

    @py-2

    My list so far of sub 3kg 4P tents :

    PS : no, I’m not considering tipis and tarps.

    #3583251
    Franco Darioli
    Spectator

    @franco

    Locale: Gauche, CU.

    You can just add or remove the inner from most integral pitch tents.

    Some are easier than others, takes about 2 minutes with the Hogback.

    This is the Hogback with a mesh inner , about 66 oz (1.87 kg)  :

    without the inner looks exactly the same but you are down to about 40 oz ( 1.134 kg)

    No modification whatsoever is needed to have the fly up by itself, in fact I can’t tell in that photo if the inner is there or not.

    The inner is attached to the fly via rings and mitten hooks.

     

     

    #3583263
    Scott Nelson
    BPL Member

    @nlsscott

    Locale: Southern California and Sierras

    I wonder if you could buy large dome on eBay of decent quality from REI, or Eureka.  Maybe you could make the rain fly work with a footprint pitch.  I have found some tents on eBay to work on and make usable again.  The most suspect area is a moldy floor of course.  But floors are a two dimensional thing that are easier to reverse engineer than a complicated shape like a rainfly. -Scott

    #3583466
    Pierre-Yves C
    Spectator

    @py-2

    @Franco

    I want to keep the bug protection provided by some kind of inner tent. When removing the inner of a tent such as the Hogback, you loose that. I’ve looked at the Hogback, but I dislike the tiny vestibules… however, this remains a very attractive product in the lightweight category !

    For my potential project, my main concern is how much weight I could save… would it be worth the trouble ?

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