Afternoon all,
Following my lakeland trip having to cancelled due to my back going a few days before (injury is improving but will not ever "fix" totally) I'm now thinking of how to reduce the weight I carry for future trips.
I've already cut a lot of weight over various trips but I still lug about a 1.4kg Gelert Solo tent as although I do sometimes use my bivvy bag &/or tarp for longer trips I like a little more comfort.
So I've been looking around on the net and came across an American site Tarptent and I really like the look of their Protrail. I use hiking poles anyway so this @ 740g looks a great way to halve my tent weight without sacrificing anything comfort wise against my gelert.
Anybody got any experience of these before I shell out?
Cheers!
Jim
Following my lakeland trip having to cancelled due to my back going a few days before (injury is improving but will not ever "fix" totally) I'm now thinking of how to reduce the weight I carry for future trips.
I've already cut a lot of weight over various trips but I still lug about a 1.4kg Gelert Solo tent as although I do sometimes use my bivvy bag &/or tarp for longer trips I like a little more comfort.
So I've been looking around on the net and came across an American site Tarptent and I really like the look of their Protrail. I use hiking poles anyway so this @ 740g looks a great way to halve my tent weight without sacrificing anything comfort wise against my gelert.
Anybody got any experience of these before I shell out?
Cheers!
Jim