weelawser wrote:Folks,
Many thanks for all the advice, Vaude power lizard or Scarp 1 are now top of my list.
Scottk, thanks for the offer, I have already been lucky enough to see a Scarp in the flesh, any one know how rugged they are ? The Scarp is interesting and my finger is hovering just unsure as to how they would hold up over time ?
Cheers,
Paul
I have both of these tents and like them both.
The Scarp 1 is hands down the best tent I have ever used. It is incredibly sturdy and spacious for its weight. I've even used it with two plus kit, despite it being classed as a 1 man tent it was quite comfortable. The only downside for me is its pack size. Though, I'm happy to live with this given how highly I rate the tent and enjoy using it.
The Power Lizard is also good. Nice and light at around 1.1kg, packs down really small if you stuff the fly and pack the pole separately and has a spacious inner. I've also used this tent with two, but it wasn't as comfortable as the Scarp. The PL isn't as stable as the Scarp, but it's perfectly capable 3 season tent.
Since getting the Scarp in February, none of my other tents have been used and I'm struggling to think of a situation when I would choose one of the others over the Scarp.
SpaceCaptainTheodore wrote:
My only niggles (and they are only niggles) are that if it's at all moist the fly often slacks off over night and will be touching the inner. No amount of fussing with the tension has helped me get past this but when I've reached out on the internet no-one else has had a similar issue. I should also note that as the solid inner is also reasonably waterproof it has never caused any ingress of water. I am also, after a couple of years, in need of replacing some of the guys - that thin dyneema compresses down over time and cannot maintain friction in the lineloks. However, this only manifested after ~60 nights' usage and, again, it hasn't caused any meaningful secondary issues and is easily remediable with some new cord and a quiet afternoon in.
Probably more of an issue with Scarp 2 due to the larger area of unsupported Fly. Have you tried an additional guyline tied to the tab on the centre of the fly? Wrap it around a trekking pole/stick to lift the fly off the inner. You can just about see that I've done it in the photo below.
The supplied guylines are also known to slip through the linelocs in some situations. I changed the supplied guylines for thicker and longer cord which has helped.
Stob Beinn a'Chrulaiste camp by
Iain Macleod, on Flickr