post up your ultra packable shelters

[gsx-rboy750]

I wanted something that was light and packed down small enough that I could carry it in a daypack for an unexpected overnighter, but was good enough to use on a multi-day outing

Current setup is a Grand Trunks Nano 7 hammock w/ straps and buckles, MacCat Standard tarp, warbonnet bugnet, and I'm in the process of modifying an Ozark Trail cocoon 250 down sleeping bag into a peapod (adding pass-through holes, adding down, and treating with downproof for water resistance)

All in all it compresses really stinking small.

I found a peapod restricted movement and forced me into taco mode. Best thing I did was buy a cheap used underquilt which worked great and I bought a winter down UQ and made a summer syntethic one.

 

[Burncycle]

I found a peapod restricted movement and forced me into taco mode. Best thing I did was buy a cheap used underquilt which worked great and I bought a winter down UQ and made a summer syntethic one.

Hmm, good point. May reconsider

 

[verysimple]

Nice stuff - for the tarp only guys, how do you deal with mosquitoes or is that not a concern in your environment?

Bivvy

 

[LostViking]

10x10 from BCUSA,



First Pitch,

 

[Jamesh Bond]

This is a good thread.

Hey OP, what does that Austrian pup tent weigh? The US Army pup tents are a sick, sad joke, but this looks a lot better and much lighter weight.

For the rest of you guys, I have to say that after moving to a hammock, tents are a thing of the past for me. They are lightweight, compact, I never have to worry about things crawling on me or a rattler coming to say hey, and I stay off the cold ground. There is not a single aspect of it that makes me want to go back to a tent.

I use a Kammok Roo: http://kammok.com/products/roo

To you hammock guys:

How do you avoid the problem of numb knees ?

I went to south america for two weeks. We were told to bring hammocks. So we did. The skinny, americanized kind. My legs went numb and my knees hurt so bad from locking, i opted for sleeping on the floor with three inch spiders crawling around.

It wasnt until the second week that a native gave me a TRUE hammock, like they actually use there. The wide kind where you sleep diagonal, almost flat across it, instead of parallel to the hammock, with your back bowed down and knees locked.

I have never slept so well in my life.

So, yeah, how do you guys do it ???

I would LOVE to make hammock camping work !

Thx.

 

[uluapark]

To you hammock guys:

How do you avoid the problem of numb knees ?

I went to south america for two weeks. We were told to bring hammocks. So we did. The skinny, americanized kind. My legs went numb and my knees hurt so bad from locking, i opted for sleeping on the floor with three inch spiders crawling around.

It wasnt until the second week that a native gave me a TRUE hammock, like they actually use there. The wide kind where you sleep diagonal, almost flat across it, instead of parallel to the hammock, with your back bowed down and knees locked.

I have never slept so well in my life.

So, yeah, how do you guys do it ???

I would LOVE to make hammock camping work !

Thx.

Confucius say" man who sleep in hammock in jungle, suffer lots" get a light tent, snakes cant snuggle up. and in SA they are everywhere.

 

[Wapiti]

I also use a Warbonnet Blackbird hammock, or a MSR Hubba.
Have been switching between these for about 6 yrs now, maybe a bit longer on the Hubba.
Very happy with both. Very light, versatile (pitched the Hubba without poles, and just the fly and ground cloth in diff situations), with some room. And bug proof; important where I work and play.

Prior to that I used a long discontinued tent called a Walrus 1.0. Loved it.

Brome

 

[cschol]

Lightheart Gear Solo (In a campground because it's the only pic I have of it.)

That camp looks familiar.
Possibility in the bighorns? Can't tell if there is a creek in the background.

 

[basb]

Great thread.
My go to shelter for the forest since this spring is a cuben fibre tarp. Stil working on the inner. Used a 82 gram sea to summit net this may in south of Sweden but it is kind of a nuisance if you can't tie it up high.
Thinking if getting a MLD Superlight bivy or a slightly heavier semi bug net inner tent.
For camping in sheltered areas like the woods nothing beats a tarp imo.
It's wonderful to actually have some sense of connection to nature, that's reason we go out there isn't it?

A guy from Belgium took a solo tarp and bivy up the mountains of Greenland.
http://dzjow.com/2011/06/08/tarping-with-the-grace-solo-spinntex-97/

As for hammocks: most camping hammocks like DD, Hennessey, ENO, etc are wide enough to sleep over the diagonal. If you sleep banana-style you will indeed have a bad night. Another thing to increase comfort is to use some insulation in the bottom to prevent cold-butt-syndrome from convection if temperatures drop.


MLD Grace duo in cuben with sea to summit bug net:

Tarptent Notch in the Swedish mountains:

 

[mtwarden]

my recently acquired Zpack 7x9' cuben tarp, a svelte 7.9 oz w/ guys and stakes

 

[tjunderwood1994]

Also I use a tent cover off of my old eureka tent, for wet weather.
Pendleton wool blanket.

 

[bradleybuckman]

Lately, my shelter of choice has been an Etowah Silnylon 8' x 10' tarp. This has been my main set up, and I've found it super easy and fast, as well as good for most weather conditions. I've been considering going with a smaller and lighter weight tarp on some trips, but I've been unable to figure out how to make it work with my Ti Goat Ptarmigan bivy. I've tried it several times in different seasons, and I always wake up with the outside of my sleeping bag covered with condensation from the bivy.

SAM_0111 by Bradley Buckman, on Flickr


The GoLite Shangri-La 3 tent can be made quite a bit lighter and more compact by leaving the nest at home and just using the fly and pole. I haven't used mine in quite some time, but I'm considering getting it out a few times this year if I can figure out a way to replace the pole with my trekking poles to further reduce the weight and size.

1966885_10201309174283598_308010033_n by Bradley Buckman, on Flickr

 

[LostViking]

From Thanksgiving Weekend,

Taken this morning around 07:30, temp +9F. Again, this was an impromptu set-up. And to be honest, I wasn't in the best of moods when I did it. Set it up with around 15-20 MPH winds and light rain. So I just threw something together to spend some time with a departed friend.

The tripod and chair were already built.

Again a very tough versatile piece of kit. I see a Multicam version in my future.


Chair used as anchor point,



Solar Lighting,



Climate control system working,

 

[leghog]

I use an Australian S-59 Shelter (aka Aussie Hootchie) I picked up in the early 90s and a piece of tyvek for the ground. 17 ounces for the shelter and about 3.5 ounces for the tyvek.

 

[h minus]

U.S.G.I. poncho is what I use to make my hooch. I like it because it serves double duty. It can be used as a mobile shelter in the poncho mode, or stationary shelter in the hooch mode. Lots of gromets allow multiple hooch configurations to match the weather, and rolls up light and small.

 

[thanakrit]

Sea To Summit The Specialist Duo
Product Specifications
Weight
29 oz (total) / 22.3 (oz shelter) 5.1 oz (poles) / 2.3 oz (pegs)/846g (total) / 633g shelter) 146g (poles) / 67g (pegs)
Volume
23 sq ft / 2.14m2 (floor area) - 8.2 sq ft / .76m2 (vestibule area)