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WKR
Hey Guys,
I spent 13 days in the Eastern Brooks Range on a buddies float sheep hunt last year and may have a chance to get back up there in ‘19.
I used the provided BA Fly creek 2 last year. Nice really light tent but I didn’t care for the end entrance or how it performed in the two nights where the wind whipped up pretty good. It held up but the ridge pole would occasionally collapse even with the all the guy lines out.
I am considering something like the Hilleberg Niak as it is pretty light, 3# 12 oz and is said to have good length which is important as I am 6’4”.
I have a few tents already
Go lite sl5-too big a footprint to find a level spot where we’d be
Rei Arete asl 2- end entrance and over 6 pounds, probably would get sold to help fund new tent.
Mountainsmith mountain shelter lt- lack of inner tent would have been awful with all the bugs we saw last year and not sure on how wind capable, might be fine.
Obviously that is an 800$ tent, (there is a used one in the classifieds right now at 650 which is really tempting!)
Is there something else in that kind of class I should look at in comparison? I know that is asking a lot out of a tent
Looks to be a great balance of strength, weight, size and even looks like a fast set up.
I would be able to use the fly creek again for nothing so that makes it harder to pull the trigger on something so pricey.
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I spent 13 days in the Eastern Brooks Range on a buddies float sheep hunt last year and may have a chance to get back up there in ‘19.
I used the provided BA Fly creek 2 last year. Nice really light tent but I didn’t care for the end entrance or how it performed in the two nights where the wind whipped up pretty good. It held up but the ridge pole would occasionally collapse even with the all the guy lines out.
I am considering something like the Hilleberg Niak as it is pretty light, 3# 12 oz and is said to have good length which is important as I am 6’4”.
I have a few tents already
Go lite sl5-too big a footprint to find a level spot where we’d be
Rei Arete asl 2- end entrance and over 6 pounds, probably would get sold to help fund new tent.
Mountainsmith mountain shelter lt- lack of inner tent would have been awful with all the bugs we saw last year and not sure on how wind capable, might be fine.
Obviously that is an 800$ tent, (there is a used one in the classifieds right now at 650 which is really tempting!)
Is there something else in that kind of class I should look at in comparison? I know that is asking a lot out of a tent
Looks to be a great balance of strength, weight, size and even looks like a fast set up.
I would be able to use the fly creek again for nothing so that makes it harder to pull the trigger on something so pricey.
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