[pct-l] Big Agnes Carbon Fiber Tent Poles

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_montypct at gmail.com_ (mailto:montypct at gmail.com)  writes:

Hey  Switchback, That looks like a pretty neat tent, full view, free 
standing,  separate rain fly, bathtub floor and all to hit the 2 lb. barrier.  Have  
you used it yet?  Looks very low condensation too. ??  Are the  stakes and 
everything else included in that 2 lbs.?  Switchback keeps  digging and he keeps 
finding gold.
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You know I just finally  opened my copy of the Backpacker Gear Guide today.  
I carefully looked at  tents/tarps for new 360 degree view shelters that were 
not nylon prisons out in  the great outdoors.  Nothing.
 
May be it is just me that is out of step with the rest of  backpackerdom.  I 
looked at the packs too.  Nothing exciting or  cleaver.  I look at packs and 
shelters and start crossing them off by the  dozen as not smart.  It has to be 
me that is out in left field.   Actually, there are some shelters and packs 
that are okay and not too bad, but  98% you can forget it.  This is ridiculous.  
It is mostly needless  marketing ploys and scams on the hiking public.
 
The place I found some interesting news was in sleeping  bags.  Some nice 
stuff, but I still like my NanutakUsa Ghost at 18 ounces  (I had them add one 
ounce of down overfill and it is in long size).
 
Currently, my Big Agnes Seedhouse freestanding 360 view netting tent  without 
a fly weighs in at:
 
Tent = 16.5 ounces (with 4 large Velcro patches on the bottom to attach my  
foam pad)
Poles =  8.1 ounces
2 stakes = .5 ounces
or 24.1 ounces total
 
The fly is the issue.  My  current old style fly weighs in at around 17 
ounces.  The new type fly  is supposed to weigh 4 ounces less.  But with some 
lighter type of  material it could weight very close to 2 pounds.  I have to think 
about  this some more.  May be some Epic material would do it.
 
Cheers,  Switchback