They've had it on sale a few times too so keep an eye out for a reduction.
Interesting vid on free/wild camping
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I was tempted by the apparent cleverness of the pump up tent but decided that it's easier to fix a pole section problem (splint, tape, insert spare carried pole bit) than sort a tent puncture.
Yup....it arrived about 8 months after I had spotted a bargain deal on the Force Ten......not that I am grumbling, of course, but the Aeronaut looks designed for cycle campers!
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For really furtive free camping, though for short trips only, I can recommend the snugpak ionosphere.
Pic taken on a 3 day trip/mission which brought me to the same wood on both nights.
Very good for small spaces. Chucked it down the second night but all was well. Compact but not as small inside as might at first seem.
You can also get a sandy coloured fly for desert type areas.
Pic taken on a 3 day trip/mission which brought me to the same wood on both nights.
Very good for small spaces. Chucked it down the second night but all was well. Compact but not as small inside as might at first seem.
You can also get a sandy coloured fly for desert type areas.
IaninSheffield
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What's that? An experienced cyclist worried about sorting a puncture?
Exactly the reason I felt it was just made for cyclists 🤣What's that? An experienced cyclist worried about sorting a puncture?
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bit more complicated with a tent maybe - and not something you want to find when trying to put it up - especially if raining/dark maybe both.What's that? An experienced cyclist worried about sorting a puncture?
Well....having had pole breakages with tents twice in the past, I would take their claim that "it can easily be repaired by puncture repair kit if necessary" at face value....kludging broken pole fixes with duct tape in the dark was no fun either, & I reckon the tubes would be less like to break in the conditions my poles did - tubes would flex with the wind rather than fight it until they snap!
Could be wrong, of course....& since I have the Force Ten, I'm unlikely to find out in the near future 🤷♂️
eta - just read the reviews on their site, & a bit of a mixed bag.....
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That would be something of an understatement.
Scotchlovingcylist
Formerly known as Speedfreak
Just bought the soloist, if I'd have seen aeronaut I'd have been all over it! Bugger...
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ah, yes, just read -very variable indeed - sounds on balance far from simple to put and possibly not very stable.
will be sticking to the ionosphere - four pegs and its reliably in place, then needs a hell of a lot of pegs to finish (I take 20 to be sure!) but solid as a rock. Easy availability of spares though I don't anticipate too many issues with the poles - they are DAC - good quality.
