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Tue 01 Dec, 2020 2:04 pm
Drop is currently advertising a Vargo No-Fly 2P tent for USD 350 which is something like AUD 475, plus postage. It is constructed of 20d 410t siliconised nylon (both walls and floor) and weighs-in at 1.196 kg. Just wondering if anybody knows anything about these tents?
Re: Vargo No-fly 2P Tent
Tue 01 Dec, 2020 7:39 pm
Re: Vargo No-fly 2P Tent
Tue 01 Dec, 2020 9:03 pm
Thanks cha, I read the article and it seemed to be a pretty convincing thumbs-down.
Re: Vargo No-fly 2P Tent
Wed 02 Dec, 2020 10:22 am
Positive review here:
https://youtu.be/FasJl2CxJ-8
I don't need another tent but it is light and roomy.
https://youtu.be/FasJl2CxJ-8
I don't need another tent but it is light and roomy.
Re: Vargo No-fly 2P Tent
Wed 02 Dec, 2020 10:42 am
The "no fly" bit is what Tarptent has been doing for 20 years now.
Take a look at the Tarptent Double Rainbow. About the same price.
https://www.tarptent.com/product/double-rainbow/
The DR needs 6 pegs, the Vargo 4 but most will end up using 8 anyway.
( I used to, sort of, work for Tarptent)
Take a look at the Tarptent Double Rainbow. About the same price.
https://www.tarptent.com/product/double-rainbow/
The DR needs 6 pegs, the Vargo 4 but most will end up using 8 anyway.
( I used to, sort of, work for Tarptent)
Re: Vargo No-fly 2P Tent
Thu 03 Dec, 2020 9:16 am
My first bushwalking tent was a no-fly A-frame from Target. They were pushing the concept well before Tarptent and Vargo. Was useless in the rain though.
Re: Vargo No-fly 2P Tent
Thu 03 Dec, 2020 10:30 am
Was that target tent bug proof with the door of the tent open ?
BTW, I do find the "no fly" bit rather odd because they are in fact mostly a fly as opposed to an inner.
If indeed there was no fly you would be in troble in the rain.
To explain I'll use the Tarptent Moment as an example.
The first version was indeed a tarp-tent, that is a fly with a partial inner attach directly to the fly so that you have a floor and a bug proof interior :
the later versions became the Moment DW , double wall , so now the two (inner and fly) separate
however the 'fly or no fly" is the same (apart from some minor cosmetic differences)
BTW, I do find the "no fly" bit rather odd because they are in fact mostly a fly as opposed to an inner.
If indeed there was no fly you would be in troble in the rain.
To explain I'll use the Tarptent Moment as an example.
The first version was indeed a tarp-tent, that is a fly with a partial inner attach directly to the fly so that you have a floor and a bug proof interior :
- Franco's Moment.jpg (38.58 KiB) Viewed 6768 times
the later versions became the Moment DW , double wall , so now the two (inner and fly) separate
however the 'fly or no fly" is the same (apart from some minor cosmetic differences)
Re: Vargo No-fly 2P Tent
Thu 03 Dec, 2020 7:35 pm
Thanks Franco and J McJ. I don't think I'll be buying one any time soon. TT looks like a much better iteration of the single wall concept.
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