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I bought one of these the other day. $653 to my door, arrived in less than a week. Total weight 1130g. Only put up in the backyard so far. Will need a footprint as the floor material is pretty light. Has a big vestibule on both sides. I’m 6’4” and plenty of room to lie down inside.
There are heaps of reviews on YouTube.
Looking forward to getting it out in the hills (heaps lighter than my Macpac Olympus)
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Did you buy through kaviso.com ?
Let us know how you find it.
Weight is pretty good but I have an Exped Mira 2 that is not too heavy and the weight for it is all up poles, pegs etc.
When you weigh up two walking poles and maybe a footprint the difference on the lighter tents becomes a toughie to justify spending.
But interested in NZ hunter use versus an American Hiker.
Yep bought it through Kaviso. Used fed-ex for shipping. I use poles anyway so no extra weight there.
I have started using poles too.
The fly up first, looks bloody quick to put up and width for two wide mats makes it tempting.
Bought one of these a couple of years ago. Looks very similar. Great as a roomy light weight option.
https://www.packgeargo.co.nz/product...-80b64f13-b4eb
The new Kiwi Ultralight tent looks a similar sort of a thing will be interesting to see what they price them at
I heard rumors of the KUL being around $900 which if correct is pretty good for materials and NZ made.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst
$975 and $1175 for 1 and 2 person
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The Moa 2 is 1085g. So only 80g lighter but about $500 dearer that the Durston.
I brought one of the first batch of these done through "Mass Drop" . I had quite a long correspondence with Dan Duston before purchasing and I think the design is sound, although we discussed adding skirts to the fly for the very high wind conditions that South Is tops hunting sometimes requires.
I never got round to fitting the skirts and consequently have always reached for my proven One Planet "Goondie" when heading out. I must actually try it out!
I use their packs. Its good stuff.
https://www.gossamergear.com/collect...-sleeping-pads
Is it NZ made?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hunty1
It is, made from new fangled fabric called UltaTNT, better than cuben fibre apparently.
Kiwi ultralight make awesome lightweight sleeping quilts too.
@stugQuote:
Originally Posted by stug
Thing I've been curious about is what you fella's would do during the day if you went for a roam and left your tent up? You not use your poles when you are day hunting from camp?
@Maxx normally I do take my poles with me. Will just have to see how it works out.
If it's a problem just buy some carbon poles from intents outdoors, they sell them for their trekking pole style tents, weigh stuff allQuote:
Originally Posted by stug
https://www.intentsoutdoors.co.nz/pr...emovable-spike
I'm sure you could probably get them cheaper from Ali, Timu etc
These could be the go.Quote:
Originally Posted by dannyb
https://www.kiwiultralight.co.nz/pro...ng-carbon-pole
My tent floor is very thin and not that waterproof . I did the turps + silicone thing and on my recent trip the floor was dry and the water beaded off. I'm sure it's added some resilience to the bottom as well with asn't 100g added. It didn't smell at all either after about a day in the wound.
Identify your target beyond all doubt because you never miss (right?) and I'll be missed.
Durston tent?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eat Meater
No, but if you've gone to the trouble and expense of getting a lightweight tent, if you can avoid getting a footprint while increasing the resilience and waterproofing so much the better. I'd say the single coat I added to my 3 man tent added 70-80g. A coat inside and out would add double that and make it more resilient as well as more waterproof.
Edit: and it would only cost about $8!
Identify your target beyond all doubt because you never miss (right?) and I'll be missed.
I have something similar. I drop my pole out and put a rock or two on it to stop it blowing away.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxx
I have been looking at the durston xmid pro 2 (the cuben fiber one)
Looks like and epic bit of kit
@stug Have you had a bit of use out of the XMid yet? I'm looking at one currently. My main hangup is the overall size of the tent footprint and whether it's a problem finding a spot to put it up?
@LMcNab yep the footprint size can be a bit of a pain. It hasn’t stopped me putting it up, but some pitches have not been 100%. I used it a couple of days ago and needed to remove a few bushes to be able to pitch it.
I definitely like it, it is roomy, not very heavy. Most of the time finding space to pitch it hasn’t been a problem.
i got a x mid 2 (not cuben one) a few weeks back- itching to use it, but ... work gets in the way :) , soon tho. From memory the fly only with the cf poles is 850g. My usual 3 season sleep bag with macpac biv bag is 1.4kg for under a rectangular fly+600g =2kg so ill be saving weight 1.5kg tent+sleep bag. When me mate takes SC stealth fly, that'll make a huge out of tent cookin area and allow door open all night for ventilation whenst raining..
I brought one a few months back used it over the roar it's a palace with 1 person.
Just have a few goes at putting it up on the lawn, I'm about to take mine for 7 days on our Tahr ballot.
Really easy to erect and packs up nice and small and light.
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Soooo, obsessive as I am, I have just scale drawn my current tent ( a leaky Hubba Hubba 2 person) footprint over the website footprint of the XMid 2p. It's actually not hugely different. Here it is in case anyone else is interested.
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