Canvas apron?
Really, you should treat yourself to a buffalo hide one...
Can you get tanned bufallo hide lically?
Really, you should treat yourself to a buffalo hide one...
Can you get tanned bufallo hide lically?
There are sewing machines and then there are sewing machines.
There seems to be a lot of confusion about, regarding the way these should be set up. The shoulder sections and the way that the arm hole drains are stitched, don't seem to be consistent. It suggests that the intended way of using these is: As a poncho, with the shoulder flaps on the outside. And as a lavvu, with the shoulder flaps on the inside. But both ways are compromised.
So I modded the storm flaps and drains on the arm holes, so that the outside is the same side, whatever the config.
Thanks!
I brought one of these after googling for poncho's. They seemed like a fun way of having yet another tent and a poncho. And at the price, I couldn't find a good reason not to!
I used it for a couple of over nighters, then went to town on the mods.
The issues I wanted to address were: Awkward buttons, centre pole being in the way and the daft inside/outside orientation.
Also, I still wanted it to work as a poncho.
The first thing was to sew in some heavy duty brass zips. The hardest part was to get them aligned so that ether half could be used as a poncho, or the two zipped together for the lavvu. I left all the buttons in place, as a backup, in case a zip failed.
I used double sided zips (ones you can operate from the inside or outside), which worked very well for both the lavvu and poncho. I fitted them so that the zips closed downwards, in normal tent fashion, which also allowed the poncho config to be free at the waist if required.
I chose a zip length that was about a foot short of the full length. Leaving the hood area of the poncho open. The top foot being buttoned up when used as a lavvu. In retrospect, I could have just used full length double ended zippers and used the top zipper to open up the hood end.
An unexpected advantage of having the hood end free to open, as a lavvu I can open the top for a bit of extra ventilation, especially if using the trangia in there.
I also added zips to the arm holes.
There seems to be a lot of confusion about, regarding the way these should be set up. The shoulder sections and the way that the arm hole drains are stitched, don't seem to be consistent. It suggests that the intended way of using these is: As a poncho, with the shoulder flaps on the outside. And as a lavvu, with the shoulder flaps on the inside. But both ways are compromised.
So I modded the storm flaps and drains on the arm holes, so that the outside is the same side, whatever the config.
I also did an A frame mod, using some left over fibreglass tent poles (you find lots of these in the bins after festivals). I made up a top hinged coupling, which was some tubing, hammered flat at the ends and a bolt/wingnut to secure them together and a bit of paracord tied the the ground ends, to hold the legs at the correct angle, without having to spike them into the ground.
With the A frame, you get rid of the central pole and can pitch it in more of an oval, if required.
Also I have mine a good going over with fabsil.
Yep, they are heavy. But certainly fun if you don't have to carry them too far. (Or have someone else who needs a poncho.)
I have yet to try mine as a poncho. Apart from testing it during the modding process, where my daughter said that I looked like a xmas tree. Thanks!
No confusion, the shoulder "flaps" go on the inside whether poncho or tent.............(why would you turn your coat inside out when used as a tent?)
That's probably why I don't do FB !!Laurence Im with you on that one. Im on a facebook group about them and a lot of people in that group insist it's the other way around...lol