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Drop + Dan Durston X-Mid 1P Tent
Pitonpat
3
Dec 19, 2019
I have just received my x mid 1p, and I can't believe how fast the shipping was; thank you! My first setup was in a windy snow squall here in Pennsylvania and I was impressed by easy this is to set up, and how calm it was inside in spite of the mesh inner body.
My intended use will include solo canoe tripping in Canada where I will be single portaging both my gear and canoe at once, so light weight is important, especially for this 67 year old. Now I just have to decide on whether to buy poles or depend on stringing guy lines from the peaks to trees overhead. Most campsites will be in wooded areas so this should be no problem.
I must say that the materials are necessarily light, much more than the mountaineering tents with which I am more familiar, so I imagine care must be always taken to protect the fabric, so i will most likely use a tyvek or polycro groundsheet.
Many thanks too to Dan Durston for his willingness to discuss in great detail all the design decisions and real world use of this shelter!
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dandurston
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Dan Durston
Dec 19, 2019
PitonpatGlad to hear it arrived quickly and seems to be working well. I've tried hanging the peaks from trees but found it a hard to reliably have trees (or branches) in the right spot for a good pitch but it depends how good you want it to pitch. Another option if you don't want to buy/carry poles is cutting branches to use instead of poles. I've done this and it works well as long, but obviously it would be good not to have them too sharp.
Pitonpat
3
Dec 20, 2019
dandurstonMy kids call me a COB - cheap old bastard, so I was trying to avoid spending more on poles! I am pretty sure that there will be plenty of trees for tying the peaks in the boreal forest of Canada. Hiking I typically have adjustable trekking poles which are what I used for the first set up. Which reminds me, I thought it was cool that I didn’t even have to pre-set the pole length. I just set ‘em close at first, then once inside I snugged them up until the pitch was taut. I think the tent is genius! I’ll be proselytizing to the canoe community which is not known for gram counting. I’ll have to think about experimenting with external peak guy lines going to upright canoe paddles; I always have a spare so that could work way up north in the Barrenlands where the trees diminish.
dandurston
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Dan Durston
Dec 20, 2019
PitonpatYeah it is really nice that you don't have to pre-measure the pole lengths. Keeping things simple like that is important to me.
You should be able to make it work when canoeing with the combo of tying to trees or cutting some sticks. I've used both and found it a bit tricky to get a good pitch with the former, so I prefer cutting sticks but you could probably make it work normally.
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