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Henry Shires (07100) - BPL Professional Member
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Re: Re: TT Rainbow in action The vestibule "gap", when the Rainbow is used with trekking poles, is 10" above ground (at the pullout connection to the guyline) and 20" out from the netting wall/door / 24" from the floor edge. ... |
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Re: Re: Kevin and Paul! No, I think Franco took me up on my offer for a free Rainbow and is on his way here to deliver my 2-foot Roo. Can't wait!!! I'm working on my "Beware of Roo" sign right now. |
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Re: Rainbow passes Aussie inspection I want one!!!! First person to deliver a 2-ft 'Roo to my front door gets a free Rainbow. -H |
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Re: Re: Deduction Points for Franco Yes, humans are bipods and after a few beers they fall over. That's called unstable equilibrium. |
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Re: Re: Re: TT Rainbow and carbon fiber The struts are 18" long and the weight difference is 6 grams (1 ounce = 28.375 grams). We stopped shipping the CF struts in the Squall 2/Virga 2 early on after a few reports of snaps but the stres... |
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Re: TT Rainbow and carbon fiber CF strut, yes, just ask. Arch pole, no, but I do think it would work. I'll leave it someone else to take the plunge and let us all know how it works out. The Easton aluminum arch pole we use now... |
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Re: Re: Two-hiking Pole Freestanding Tent Idea I LOVE #3. Hilarious! Nice work, Miguel. Reminds me of my usual nights sleep pressed up against my very large dog after he creeps up between my wife and I about 2am and settles in for the night. ... |
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Two-hiking Pole Freestanding Tent Idea Paul, If you want an integrated floor of a lightweight material(like silnylon), you need some way to tension it. Technically floor tensioning isn't required but if you don't do it you end up st... |
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Re: Re: Two-hiking Pole Freestanding Tent Idea Interesting thread and design challenge but remember that there's a reason why we have tripods and not duopods. The only way to make a tipi-style shelter stand up on its own is with at least 3 poi... |
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Re: Freestanding??? Let me try and clarify "free-standing" with regards to the Rainbow. I designed the Rainbow to be a shelter that will stand up on its own with our supplied arch pole and user supplied trekking/ski ... |
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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... |
