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Chris W
(simplespirit) - MLife

Locale: WNC
Custom Hyperlight Mountain Gear Echo II Shelter System First Look on 10/22/2010 05:45:55 MDT Print View

I just put up a quick blog post on my custom HMG Echo II in leaf green for anyone interested.
Rog Tallbloke
(tallbloke) - F

Locale: DON'T LOOK DOWN!!
Re: Custom Hyperlight Mountain Gear Echo II Shelter System First Look on 10/22/2010 06:42:01 MDT Print View

Nice.
Looks quite similar in dimensions to my hut1 setup, which comes in at around the same weight with my bugnet and floor mods.

.hut1-2

Edited by tallbloke on 10/22/2010 06:42:52 MDT.
Chris W
(simplespirit) - MLife

Locale: WNC
Re: Re: Custom Hyperlight Mountain Gear Echo II Shelter System First Look on 10/22/2010 07:00:58 MDT Print View

Yeah, it does. Just modular and double-wall.
Rog Tallbloke
(tallbloke) - F

Locale: DON'T LOOK DOWN!!
Re: Re: Re: Custom Hyperlight Mountain Gear Echo II Shelter System First Look on 10/22/2010 07:34:27 MDT Print View

I got another hut1 for spare change.

Wish I had enough spare change for your setup though. ;-)
Dan Durston
(dandydan) - M

Locale: Cascadia
Green on 10/22/2010 16:36:21 MDT Print View

Wow it looks great in leaf green. Anyone wanna buy a white Echo I so I can get a green one :)

FWIW, 3/32" shockcord (instead of 1/8") will work great with the existing LineLoc3's on the inner and it'll save you 0.5-1oz. I'm also using 1.4mm guyline from HMG with MicroLineLoc's on the tarp and beak, except for the side guy outs on the beak where I'm using a fixed length of 1/16" shockcord. All told I've saved 3-4oz.

Edited by dandydan on 10/22/2010 16:38:47 MDT.
Chris W
(simplespirit) - MLife

Locale: WNC
Re: Green on 10/23/2010 07:56:53 MDT Print View

Yeah, I knew I could save some weight but at < 2 lbs for 2 people I'm in no hurry to modify it. At the weights we currently carry year round it would take a loss of several pounds for us to notice any difference.