Whoa, new Tarptents from Henry

“I'm looking to trade my homemade tarp for a tarptent. Opinions? I'll be using it in Honduras and bug proof/waterproof is important, next year weight will be important as I plan a long hike. what do you guys like?”

“lot of rain there, eh? and wind?”

“lots of rain, wind not too much of a problem. I will be in the cloud forest area and it gets pretty wet at night. Plus BUGS! 3 years ago on 2 different nights we had 6 in. scorpions just kind of drop from the roof very close to us”

“Single wall tents do not do very well in high humidity.”

“big agnes UL seedhouse or Bigagnes copper caynon, Have them both, great tents, used mine in Purto rico, St jons and isla mejers MX yo bear!”

“I'm looking at getting a rainbow tarptent from Harry Shires--the kind you can use trekking poles with so you don't need stakes--laying down horizontal not vertical- Anyone have experience with them?”

“I like the looks of these. Guess I'll have to check the other site for a testimony.”

“I have the double rainbow. While using my trekking poles does make it self standing, I find it easier to set the tent up when I stake out the corners and don't us the trekking poles.”

“Trekking poles weigh a bit more than stakes.”

“For midgets, stakes can also be used as hiking poles...not that I'd ever hike with a pole and Italiams are almost as bad.”

“I think I want one, even though I often hike without poles. I've never understood people's aversion to staking tents. A free-standing tent is one that blows away in the wind, right.”

“I was interested in the free standing aspect because I will be in Honduras and sleeping out on a porch like place that the wind and rain can blow into to--didn't know how to stake it, or stake my silnylon tarp there, also, this summer in Yosemite will be sleeping on a granite dome type place for a couple weeks and thought it would convenient not to have to stake it if a storm came up. (I most likely won't even be using it as we sleep under the stars--but just in case)”

“A free standing tent comes in handy on paces like a flat rock or the beach.”

“I'm hoping to get up in the Sierras this summer and find out about sleeping on granite.”