Took some pics of my first Trailstar pitch prior to me sealing. Going to wait until morning and then check see if anything needs patching up before my trip on saturday.
Was really easy to setup as I have been doing a lot of reading and watching videos during my 8 weeks wait (which was a killer as I get bored after 3 days waiting for mail). So it felt like I had done it before. Didnt get a perfect as pitch as I wanted but had limited space and just wanted to get it pitched enough to apply seal.
The seam sealing was a bit messy and not as neat as I would like but main thing is that it should now be proofed. I decided to go with 3:1 ratio of sealant and thinner so it seeped into stitching better instead of applying straight from tube and having a thicker coating that would likely break or just make it look even uglier etc.
I decided to go with 60cm guys on each point with a Anglers loop on end and then a separate 2.5m length of 2mm Dyneema to attach to the loop (Via small crab) of the side that ends up been door at pitch. It seems many people create a dedicated door (usually on the MLD logo) however I went with this way because it makes pitching much easier as you're not faffing about looking for door end or back end, You just peg first point down and then work from that.
All in all I think this looks and sounds and awesome tent and really looking forward to spending first night in it and also looking forward to view in morning when I'm out in hills.
Oh and it's true what they say, pics/vids simply do not do this shelter justice, It's HUGE inside. A beautiful silnylon palace!!
Will post some more pics after I've been out in it
Was really easy to setup as I have been doing a lot of reading and watching videos during my 8 weeks wait (which was a killer as I get bored after 3 days waiting for mail). So it felt like I had done it before. Didnt get a perfect as pitch as I wanted but had limited space and just wanted to get it pitched enough to apply seal.
The seam sealing was a bit messy and not as neat as I would like but main thing is that it should now be proofed. I decided to go with 3:1 ratio of sealant and thinner so it seeped into stitching better instead of applying straight from tube and having a thicker coating that would likely break or just make it look even uglier etc.
I decided to go with 60cm guys on each point with a Anglers loop on end and then a separate 2.5m length of 2mm Dyneema to attach to the loop (Via small crab) of the side that ends up been door at pitch. It seems many people create a dedicated door (usually on the MLD logo) however I went with this way because it makes pitching much easier as you're not faffing about looking for door end or back end, You just peg first point down and then work from that.
All in all I think this looks and sounds and awesome tent and really looking forward to spending first night in it and also looking forward to view in morning when I'm out in hills.
Oh and it's true what they say, pics/vids simply do not do this shelter justice, It's HUGE inside. A beautiful silnylon palace!!
Will post some more pics after I've been out in it
