Using the Polish Poncho in the atrocious weather it was designed for...

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Gailainne

Life Member
We used those on a survival course I was on in Sweden, I cant remember if it was buttons or toggles, but you can join them together to make various tents? two for a pup, and we made a long thin one on the last night that about 12 of us slept in, nice bit of kit if not a bit weighty :)
 

treadlightly

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Jan 29, 2007
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Love it for both. Something awesome about a nice fire-resistant, non-drippy, non-condensing bombproof shelter when in seriously cold weather. Reinforces the buddy principle also... Love it.

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I just find it too small, I can't stretch out and very dark and poky. Tried to like it a few times but then gave up
 

Kilbith

Tenderfoot
Oct 18, 2013
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South West
Thanks for the video Susan!

I had one but it is definitively too heavy, not enough protection and cumbersome when you are above the line of trees (I live in Pyrénées). But it is nice for the forest.
 

Lizz

Absolute optimist
May 29, 2015
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Cardiff
I've just used two as a the usual laavu set up during two weekends of massive storms in the midlands here. They did a fantastic job of not leaking and of keeping everything really dark in the early morning! And it was affordable too.. I'm a total fan now.
 

kungaryfu

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Jan 3, 2012
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i used it as a tent last november for a weekend on dartmoor, its great until you pack up early in the morning and its still soaking wet from dew (altough it doesnt soak through) and weighs about 4 times its original weight, which makes for a very entertaining trek out. lol
 

ateallthepies

Native
Aug 11, 2011
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If weight isn't an issue I will use my Polish Lavvu, like the darkness inside and the feeling of toughness and simple ness! Some of my buttons have broken so a zipper upgrade is on the cards soon on the entrance side.

I proofed mine with Fabsil and so far not a drop has come through even in an absolutely torrential storm last year at a festival!

I ended up cutting off the dangly material from the inside that would cover the shoulders if worn as a poncho, going to use the material to make rain covers over the arm holes so I can have them open like windows without rain coming in.

Great bit of kit for 20 squid!
 

Polecatsteve

Nomad
Aug 20, 2014
286
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Scotland
And yes, even although I like the romance of a little canvas lavvu, even on a nice dry day it gets soaked on the outside with dew in the morning and weighs an absolute tonne! Actually felt like throwing it in the fire it was so heavy.
 

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