They're here !!!!!

[blacktimberwolf]

The ultimate zombie proof shelters for the gregarious wishing to bring the urban back into the woods...................ideal for desert enviroments too.

[video=youtube_share;SqImIChxJ-E]http://youtu.be/SqImIChxJ-E[/video]


Tarpville will never be the same again.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Madness!

 

[John Fenna]

The ultimate hammock!
Are they waterproof?
Are they breathable?
If not - well about as much use as a chocolate tea-pot!

 

[woof]

Mmmmm...chocolate tea pot...

Rob

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Funky but expensive at almost £900. Aparently waterproof too but i doubt its breathable

http://www.tentsile.com/pages/specs

 

[blacktimberwolf]

They do have indoor loos................just open the floor panel.

 

[John Fenna]

Funky but expensive at almost £900. Aparently waterproof too but i doubt its breathable

http://www.tentsile.com/pages/specs

Wow - a hammock Sauna!

 

[Tony]

I quite like them, I'd be interested to know what condensation is like...

 

[Biker]

Hmmmm. 5 ton ratchet straps mixed with someone who is a bit overzealous cranking it up and a tree that's not to well rooted. Maybe I'm just nit-picking here but that doesn't float my boat, even if it were breathable and waterproof. Clever idea, just got to ask yourself why it's really needed?

LOL! Just imagine the size of the underquilt!

 

[cave_dweller]

Hmmmm. 5 ton ratchet straps mixed with someone who is a bit overzealous cranking it up and a tree that's not to well rooted. Maybe I'm just nit-picking here but that doesn't float my boat, even if it were breathable and waterproof. Clever idea, just got to ask yourself why it's really needed?

I'm with you on that one Biker - I thought the same thing. It could end badly, especially if you pitched it high up. A longer fulcrum = more leverage = more chance of hitting the ground rather hard!

I don't really understand how it avoids pitching all the occupants towards the middle either, though he claimed in the video that it doesn't.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

I can see your point Biker but although the straps may be able to take 5 tons could the tent ?.....since the straps are attached to each corner & don't run through the tent, wouldn't the thing just split a pull apart long before there was enough force to uproot a tree ?

 

[Biker]

I can see your point Biker but although the straps may be able to take 5 tons could the tent ?.....since the straps are attached to each corner & don't run through the tent, wouldn't the thing just split a pull apart long before there was enough force to uproot a tree ?

And that'd be £900 in three pieces. Point taken though, the tent/hammock would fail sooner than the straps, but my point still stands about amateurs over cranking those straps and wrecking their tent or doing a tree in. He mentioned using bollards and lamp posts as secure points, I wonder if he'd even considered that these things aren't designed for sideways stresses? Like cave_dweller said above, the higher up you go the fulcrum increases the leverage and stesses the securing point towards dramatic failure. Just imagine what Joe Bloggs would secure it to. Then add three people in that hammock up high on a those guitar string tensioned straps and something's gonna fail.

Sorry for the criticism, it's not personal, I just see too many things that are gimmicky to it. If taken light heartedly I can see the fun aspect. Maybe I'm tired and grumpy after a long day scribing and fitting skirting boards on a carpentry job I was on.

 

[Bluezephyr]

I like it, pointless and expensive but I like it. A whole load of possibilities for numpties to hurt themselves.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Sorry for the criticism, it's not personal, I just see too many things that are gimmicky to it. If taken light heartedly I can see the fun aspect. Maybe I'm tired and grumpy after a long day scribing and fitting skirting boards on a carpentry job I was on.

Haha criticize all you want Biker................that's why I posted it in the first place.

 

[Biker]

Haha criticize all you want Biker................that's why I posted it in the first place.

Then it's utter $#yT£! There, I said it :aargh4:.

 

[petrochemicals]

I do like them, but I like campervans too !ideal for pgl activities sites, outwood bound centres, and corporate team building exercises.

Calous calous calous .

 

[Arya]

I`m planning to buy one of those next month.
I can see that it is not perfect, but the monkey in me tells me that I need it anyway

 

[Gray]

I`m planning to buy one of those next month.
I can see that it is not perfect, but the monkey in me tells me that I need it anyway

I wouldnt, whats the point in em. Just put a hammock up, imagine the rolling around with three people in that. I reckon it would fail before long.

 

[Goatboy]

The fact that the straps go through the body of the tent and the edge curvature will stop too much sag, but the single skin will cause condensation problems and I imagine it could get a bit sea sick inducing in high winds.

 

[Arya]

I reckon it would fail before long.

Do you think so? I'm usually camping alone, or with one other person so the tent would never even be close to max load.