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The Tarptent Notch Li is Back
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May 15, 2020 at 3:05 pm #3647439
Hmmm…
->Well. I’m folding my Notch Li, as advised by Tarptent. That should delay any deterioration of the Dyneema.
->After leaving my Notch Li set up for 3 days and 2 of those days in high winds with absolutely no sagging. I’m sold on Dyneema. I used only 4 stakes and teh tent was tight as a dry for the entire time.
The quality of sewing, reinforcement and design is above any of the other brands of Dyneema tents I’ve seen so far. I’d say the quality is on par with Hilleberg tents.
May 15, 2020 at 3:42 pm #3647445> What is the purpose of having two doors and two vestibules on a one person tent?
Views, ventilation, better pitch options and entry/exit in storms with changing wind directions.
May 15, 2020 at 4:29 pm #3647462What is the purpose of having two doors and two vestibules on a one person tent?
I would rather have more room inside the tent, where the floor takes up the room of the other vestibule.
I’ve never designed a tent but have slept in a few, so here’s my take: You could let one of the vestibules be interior space, but you’d need more material for floor and inner (weight) and the most of the new space wouldn’t be usable human space (low ceiling). You could tweak the tent design to have more headroom in that space, but to get good wind behavior, you’d end up with another vestibule beyond that space. You could extend the floor and inner into that new vestibule, but to make it human usable and get good wind behavior…
ETA: I personally think the dual-vestibule-on-1man-tent is one of the greatest inventions after the wheel.
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