cathyjc
Thru Hiker
Nope. I want a full solid inner (mesh panel on the doors, just to be clear )
Ditto. Not interested in taller bathtub walls.
Nope. I want a full solid inner (mesh panel on the doors, just to be clear )
I don't have one, but looking at Robins images of the inner on the other thread, my idea would be...Ditto. Not interested in taller bathtub walls.
Here's something that I was wondering and found the answer at Drop discussions by @dandurston
This is a new batch. There have been some tweaks. The main one is that the peak/grommet area has been revised to better accommodate the diversity of pole tips out there. The grommet is a bit lower and has an extra strip of webbing above it, so it should hopefully eliminate incompatible pole tip issues. The inner lines are the same. A handful of people have reported finding them short, but many more people have said they are the right length. It's possible that some individual tents were not to spec and were too short, but mostly this appears to be people that have too loose of a pitch on the fly, such that a properly tensioned floor does pull it in and make the sides loose, but the ideal solution is more tension on the fly rather than less on the floor. If someone disagrees they can always adjust/re-tie the existing lines, but in most cases pulling the rectangle tighter gives a tight fly and tight floor, while loosening the cords gives a still loose fly plus now semi-loose floor.
I did something similar with the longer corners. Not strictly necessary, but a bit of extra 'give' seems to help a bit, probably helps make it easier to pitch outer perimeter nice and taut.I replaced the shorter corner line with shock cord https://blogpackinglight.wordpress.com/2019/04/26/dan-durston-x-mid-mods/
I replaced the shorter corner line with shock cord https://blogpackinglight.wordpress.com/2019/04/26/dan-durston-x-mid-mods/
I would use guyline and line locks on the corners so no matter how the fly is pitched you’ll always get a near/perfect
tensioned inner, and probably lessen setup time.
Thanks for the support! The pre-sale price for the 2P was $250 for folks willing to sign up with the long 9 month wait. Then it's going to be available for the regular price of $280 once it is in stock.
I don't know what Drop's plans are for future sales, but it sounded like they weren't going to do multiple pre-sales. Rather, they did one 2 months ago and then indicated they would be available in stock in the spring. So I expect they'll open up orders a few weeks before the batch arrives in the spring. The estimated ship date for the 2P is April 2020, so my guess is that we'll see them open orders around March for tents shipping in a few weeks.
Just got an alert that my 1p Xmid is in the country, from the most recent drop, so a bit ahead of schedule I think.
For the curious, this is what I had to pay:
Customs Entry £ 8.50
Import Duty £ 4.24
Import VAT £ 32.35
Total £ 45.09
So excited to get out and try this out. Relatively new to hiking, so this is by far the most expensive thing I've purchased, but seems like good value based in everything that's been said about it so far.
I finally finished my long-awaited pitching video for the X-Mid. My internet is terribly slow to upload but I should have it live in the next couple days:
G'day ( @dandurston ) Dan will there be some rolling up directions for gormless souls like myself on there? Put the wee struts out the vents then what's next.... I always seem to get a tangle. Ta.I finally finished my long-awaited pitching video for the X-Mid. My internet is terribly slow to upload but I should have it live in the next couple days:
Mine also arrived today, will watch the video in prep for the weekend, first chance I'll get to pitch it@dandurston 's set up video is up. Just in time, as I got my tent today. Shame it's raining outside right now, have to try it out tomorrow.
@Lamont-Cranston There's also packing instructions included.