[pct-l] Big Agnes Carbon Fiber Tent Poles

[montypct]

Just saw the Big Agnes being displayed tonight.  The owner said it was 2 lbs. 2 ozs.  Great tent.  Best thing I've seen in the regular commercial flow by far.  That 360 degree view is awsome.  


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Hiker97 at aol.com 
  To: montypct at gmail.com ; pct-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 11:57 AM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] Big Agnes Carbon Fiber Tent Poles


  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