Lightweight tent recommendations?

This is why I only tour with a good number of fetish bars available.
No one bats an eyelid wandering around in a skinsuit...

great photo! why do you need to buy an inner?

how many times have you been wild camping recently?

you are not going to have your bike stolen, or want to camp inside a city on bare concrete.

A good compromise. You could get away with just one shirt. But you don't have rear pockets and you might get chafing on a long day.

Mosquitos mostly. Also can be good to stop bag touching walls for condensation. Also I did wake up with a slug near my head a few weeks ago too. Honestly 97% of the time its no need. But when you need it, you really need it. That said, I did have a night with mosquitos recently with no inner thankfully pitching the outer super low was enough to keep them out, only got bitten a few times, so wasn't so bad...

I've camped on hard surfaces loads of times. Bricks, concrete, wood. And every town/city has bike thieves.

Part of wild camping is hiding. If your tent isn't self-supporting there are some spots where you can't go. So why limit your options? I suppose you could put guy lines on a hard surface if you can find things to tie them to. Rocks? Bricks? But that's a faff. A self-supporting tent is so fast and easy to pitch I don't know why you'd bother getting a tent with stakes and strings. My first tent was like that and it was a pain in the arse.

Just found some old notes I made when specing Ultimate Kit.

Street shirts and trousers could be made of Membrane 15 Poly Taffeta https://ripstopbytheroll.com/collections/membrane/products/0-9-oz-membrane-15-poly-taffeta It weighs 26g per sq. yd. Trousers need 1.35 sq. yd for an average size person. That's 53g. A shirt needs 1.24 sq yd, which is 32g. Total 85g excluding thread and fasteners, and they'd use hardly any packing space. The lightest shirt + trousers from a shop are 550g+.

This fabric is breathable and used for quilts, jackets and other things. It's available in plain colours when in stock, or you can send a graphics file and get it custom printed https://ripstopbytheroll.com/collections/outdoorink-print-on-demand-fabric/products/outdoorink-print-on-demand-fabric

My tent, which is about 900g, could weigh 132g if the lightest materials were used. It would need careful handling. Nobody uses the lightest grade of DCF for the floor, because it could be abraded wherever you place a heavy object. I think it might survive if I added small strips of heavier DCF to go under the bed supports.

My shoes are Nike Mayfly. 135g each. https://thedropdate.com/news/nike-mayfly-a-brief-history They used to come in a dozen colours.

That fabric is 15 denier ...

Tights in 15 and 20 denier are the most common options if you prefer a barely visible and thin material.

Tights are made of mesh.

Not sure I'd want to be wearing a membrane 15 shirt in a casual setting. Unless it was a 1970s night.

It's usually used to make windproof outer layers.

Is it good practice to renew seam sealant every now and again? Getting a real mix of opinions.

If so, do you just go over the old stuff?

(Tarp tent, seam sealed it myself)

Is it peeling or leaking? I wouldn't bother tbh unless it was.

Neither, just wondering if it's something I should be doing whilst it's summer and I can leave it to dry nicely.

Anything you do to chemically remove the silicone on seams will damage the silicone impregnated nylon as well.

Don't think silicone even reacts to UV, at least not to a degree worth worrying about.
I'd spend that time doing anything else.

Possibly. I think I will get one of these poles and do a test runs. It’ll be fun and I’ll learn things even if I don’t get sleep :)

Thank you.

Good info. Cheers.

Is there anything you can do to keep zips waterproof? Had a fair bit of water coming through the one on my ultamid this weekend. Going to be a right pain confirming if it's the zip or the seams in the bath tomorrow.

Return it to hyperlite?

I figured that will probably be the case. Was just hoping there was some magic goo you could apply to save shipping it there and back.

Ti-Zip do send some silicone (I guess) with their zips. But depends. I guess the HMG has a YKK aquaguard? Not sure but could Google. Definitely not seams or pin holes (if the dyneema is a bit old)

I'm emailing HMG. Water was pouring through the zip during a bath test, hard to tell if it was coming through the seams too. Will see what they say.

Yet another shelter review: SlingFin SplitWing. really great so far. Roomier than a bug bivy as its a proper net tent, not a coffin. Easy to put up after a couple of times, gets super small to stuff in your pack, construction is outstanding, really light, good wind resistance.

@moog I forget if you still need a new tent at some point seeing as you've now had your fly replaced, but I'd have no hesitation in buying something from SlingFin. Really impressed.

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Is that not annoying with the guy lines right in front of the entrance?

Nice spot