Snugpak Ionosphere

[cipherdias]

Does anyone have any experience of the Snugpak Ionosphere. It looks like what I am after but I'm concerned that if the weather turns has there isn't enough room to sit and wait out the storm so to speak. I'm thinking maybe an ionosphere with a tarp erected over it to give admin/living/cooking space?


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[Erbswurst]

I don't need to buy it to see that it will rain into the entrance.

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In the first view the Vango Nevis 100 looks like a copy of the Hilleberg Akto, one of the best 1 man tents in the world. If the Vango quality is generally good, what I don't know because they are rare in Germany, that would be a very interesting option in my opinion. Did anybody already try...

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[Barney Rubble]

Does anyone have any experience of the Snugpak Ionosphere. It looks like what I am after but I'm concerned that if the weather turns has there isn't enough room to sit and wait out the storm so to speak. I'm thinking maybe an ionosphere with a tarp erected over it to give admin/living/cooking space?


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I have one and have been quite happy with it. The thing that I kept in mind when I bought it though was that it's something of a hybrid between a tent and a bivvy bag. Think of it as a really posh hooped bivvy and you're onto a winner.

It's got plenty of space inside for you and your kit and as you'll see in the photo's below, I used it (last month) in conjunction with a small tarp so that I could create a covered admin space (a poncho would also work well).

It feels like it's well made, using good quality fabrics and DAC alloy poles. Some folk will criticise it for having so many pegging points (about 14), but on the other hand it is always well anchored and felt really solid when it's pitched. Add in the low profile and it'll take some serious weather to shift this thing!

Downsides - if you want a tent with admin space then this isn't for you, this is where I think it helps to consider it more of a bivvy bag (it even weighs less than my Dutch hooped bivvy!).

 

[MrEd]

Sort of similar to the terra nova Jupiter etc,

I almost always use my hooped bivi with a tarp as an admin space. Unless it’s very warm and dry, but even then I still take the tarp but don’t necessarily put it up

 

[Laurence Milton]

An excellent bit of kit for its purpose....and that is NOT sitting upright therein in storms. It is a "bivvy tent"......... compact, very waterproof, very wind resistant, well ventilated.
Very discrete when required. Good for tall people too!