Ultralight solo tent recommendations

[maverick]

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[Cloudy]

The easy solution would have been to have had Henry seal it for you at extra cost if that option is still offered. What I usually do is buy a couple of tubes of SeamGrip, rub the seams down with denatured alcohol and paint the stuff on with a very small paintbrush being careful to coat the threads and fill the holes. I tend to believe that care here will pay off later. I do this in sections and let it dry. Sprinkle talcum powder on the dried SeamGrip and rub it in - otherwise it will bond with itself when you fold the tent. I would do the major seams at the very least. I haven't had much luck with the thinned silicone caulk method of sealing so I settled on the labor-intensive method I've described. You can do it while watching TV...

Alan

[MountainMinstrel]

Just follow the directions Henry gives you. It was not very hard to do.

[markorr]

Anyone interested in selling me your Tarptent Contrail at a good price or trading it for a BD Firstlight?

Mark

[oldranger]

Mark,

Having a Contrail myself I'd have to say "Fat Chance" or "Slim Chance." Take your choice, oh yeah somehow they mean the same!

Mike

[markorr]

thanks I called Tarptent, but the Contrail is backordered for at least a month. bummer

[snusmumriken]

Looks like somebody at Backpacking Light is selling a used Contrail.
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PS. I don't know this person, so can't vouch for them.

[markorr]

thanks, they're selling a floorless version. I kind of like the idea of keeping the mosquitoes out.

Random question - I'm off to Mineral King in a few days, does anyone know where to buy chicken wire in San Francisco? or what else works to keep marmots out of the undercarriage of your car? Does plastic work?

[ERIC]

thanks, they're selling a floorless version. I kind of like the idea of keeping the mosquitoes out.

Random question - I'm off to Mineral King in a few days, does anyone know where to buy chicken wire in San Francisco? or what else works to keep marmots out of the undercarriage of your car? Does plastic work?

Here's a photo of what one HST member did to keep them out, and here's a thread from a while back where this subject was discussed.

Hope that helps.

[MountainMinstrel]

Someone on the Backcountry Forum has one for sale at $125. I do not know them and they are new to the forum but...

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