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Henry Shires (07100) - BPL Professional Member
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Re: Poles > As far as "following the money", well, it doesn't make much sense considering Hilleberg charges $600 or $800 for their tents and still uses DAC poles. Are we being duped? The... |
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Re: Re: Cracked alloy tent pole - what to do? "The DAC poles are clearly lighter than Easton, but at a cost of durability (IMHO)." They're cheaper and sourced in Asia closer to where most tents are made. Follow the money... ... |
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Re: shelters > Two Hexamid twins, would weigh 34.6 oz with the cuben groundsheets. Not including stakes. Add some stakes and then empty the wallet... 2 x ( $350 [Hexamid twin] + $120 [cuben groundshee... |
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Re: re: > When will the poles be available to buy separately from the shelters? Troy, I'm sending you order links for the Moment carbon poles. -H |
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Re: Tarptent Double Rainbow Carbon or Al pole? The carbon pole option is a recent addition. We're now offering Easton 6.3 carbon poles for the Rainbow/Double Rainbow and Moment DW. The carbon pole saves 2 ounces and no one can feel the dif... |
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Re: Cinching up the fly at the foot ".. you'll need to guy it out... aside from the door, four corners, the sides, and the rear. 8 total stakes" According to the manufacturer and to Backpacker, the Imogene 2 is "... |
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Re: Arrrrghh... > Any chance of a "long" version of this for us taller folk? How tall are you? Unless you are a 7-footer, long really shouldn't be an issue for sleeping length. The floor length... |
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Re: Weight for extra pole ? Same as the other two: about 5 /12 ounces. -H' |
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Re: Re: tarptent notch? > Are there any plans to offer the Notch fly as a separate item, as Henry has recently done with the Stratospires? You are welcome to email us a request and I can send you a order link. -H |
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Re: SS2 > Will 2 Exped Long/Wide pads fit into the SS2 without too much trouble? Yes, easily |
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TarpTent I have never done this before but in this case I feel that we need to respond publicly to Demetri's complaint. Here is a copy of the letter we sent him today and a link to photos of the destroyed... |

