Lightweight tent recommendations?

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I used one of these on a summer tour down the west coast of France a few years ago. I only had that and a tarp, no thermals no sleeping Matt - I spent my nights cold and uncomfortable.

With a sleeping Matt and some thermals I think it would be perfect, the bug net over your face is really useful too.

I will continue to use it in the future just with a 3/4 inflatable Matt and a backup lightweight down jacket.

Pad is essential, in France I was waking up in the middle of the night and I could feel the heat being sucked out of me by the ground through the tarp. Never again.

Bit late to this topic.

Leaves and stones are okay for wiping your bum

Rep

There's also a technique for wiping your bum with a Rizla, you need to see it in person though.

Useful, thanks.

Love to but I'm err, I'm, I'm doing my hair then...

Thinking I'll sell the Jack Wolfskin Gossamer. It was bought used/excellent condition (previous owner said they used it a handful of times). I have pitched it maybe 3 times, and slept in the garden in it once.

Comes all complete and without tears or damage. Includes the patch kit etc. Discontinued but available for £100 on Amazon.

£50?

Do I buy a regular army bivvy bag again, or do I spend the little extra and buy the Mil-Tec modular 3 layer thing ( http://www.military1st.co.uk/14115020-mil-tec-modular-3-layer-sleeping-bag-cover-woodland.html ) ?

Weight: 1750g (strip down 1530g)

I'd keep an eye out on ebay for something lightweight and properly waterproof. Terra nova discovery, rab ascent.

@skinny oh sorry that was the wrong link... that's the link to the tent I'm selling.

I mean this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mil-Tec-Modular-Layer-Sleeping-Woodland/dp/B005MYCLPG/ref=sr_1_1?s=sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1459761584&sr=1-1&keywords=mil+tec+modular

http://www.military1st.co.uk/14115020-mil-tec-modular-3-layer-sleeping-bag-cover-woodland.html

@skinny oh sorry that was the wrong link... that's the link to the tent I'm selling.

Outstanding waterproofing (5000mm/waterhead).

Not that waterproof. Goretex army will be better and probs same wight, that one is 900g.
If you're getting a heavy bivi bag, it better be waterproof. Or might as well get a lightweight water resistant one and camp somewhere semi sheltered.

Went camping with my £65 NatureHike. Throughly impressed.

jelly :)

ignore the head rating.

Why do you say that?

Because it doesn't really mean anything when it comes to rain falling from the sky. Its about water pressure on a taught material. Even the strongest rainstorm isn't going to generate much.

And there is nothing stopping a manufacturer claiming a 10,000mm HH on a product that has an effective 3000mm HH. Its suspected that many do. People fret over the HH and the manufacturers know it, so they stick a big number in the checkbox. Its like the megapixel rush at the beginning of the digital camera boom.

Even if the HH were to be considered, anything above 1000 would be plenty for a fly, and 3000 would be fine for the floor, even in our weather. If a higher number has any bearing at all, it usually just means a thicker coating, which adds weight/is more brittle/less breathable etc.

Its best just to assume that a tent is waterproof unless stated otherwise, because thats most likely what it will be.

tldr; http://www.cascadedesigns.com/msr/blog/tent-fabrics-part-2-waterproof-ratings/

Fair point.

I guess the important part is breathability.

I remember getting in and out of my original army bivi was a bit of a ball ache, that's why I hoped that Mil-Tec would be better, it looks a more functional shape and has a greater opening with the side bit. Still, I'll stick to the basics.

Who's experienced misting with sil-nylon tents? I've heard of people (supposedly successfully) getting around it by spraying a fine layer of silicon on the inside of the fly/tarp? Does this affect the materials ability to breathe at all? I assume it does as you're blocking all the pores...

Silnylon is not 'breathable', it's meant to completely block moisture.
Wouldn't these people be just adding to their tent's weight by using more of the same product?

So perhaps the misting that they're experiencing is actually condensation from the inside.

Almost always is, unless your HH rating has fallen drastically.
:)