Recommendations for a one person shelter

[mvyrmnd]

Here's a few more options.

http://www.wildearth.com.au/lightweight-hiking-tents-person-hiking-tents-c-145_149_286.html

I've been trying to decide which one I like best... I think I need to see them in person first!

[Heinz Doofenshmirtz]

Here's a few more options.

http://www.wildearth.com.au/lightweight-hiking-tents-person-hiking-tents-c-145_149_286.html

I've been trying to decide which one I like best... I think I need to see them in person first!

Completely understandable...  Just from looking at the page, I find the Mantis and the Companion the most interesting.  Now to see if I can find a dealer here in the states. :p

[16VGTIDave]

I use a hammock with a bug net and a tarp to stay dry. No need for a sleeping pad, and much easier to pick a site - just need 2 trees 15' or so apart.

If you are even barely able to operate a mechanical thread injector (aka sewing machine), you can make your own gear very inexpensively. There is a lot of info available online on how to DIY hammock gear.

Dave


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[Gareth]

This is an Australian product, but I've always wanted one of these, for the same reasons you're looking for one
http://www.blackwolf.com.au/product-details.php?product_id=135&category_id=22

That is an excellent looking option.

Black Wolf Stealth Bivy

Personally I have always carried a simple orange survival bag.  Never had to use it mind you, but it's a heck of a lot better than nothing.


Not my pic, but you get the idea.

[Heinz Doofenshmirtz]

That Blackwolf bivy looks awfully nice.  I still also really like the Six Moons Scout as well. 

Right now I carry a couple of XL contractor's grade garbage bags (about 3 mil thick) and some duct tape rolled up on a pencil for emergency use.  It's fairly easy to make an impromptu sleeping bag with that and some pine-straw, but I'm looking for something that will also work in rain or snow.

thanks for the video Gareth!  Definitely a nice bag.

[Grant Lamontagne]

A number of years ago I saw a hammock/tent combo that I thought was pretty neat.  Basically it's like the bivy products above, but you hang it up like a hammock.  I haven't seen one of them in a while, which is too bad because I thought it was a neat idea.

Def

[turnsouth]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qqg4x443RmM

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[Makaveli]

Etowah tarp.  Very lightweight and compact.

[Heinz Doofenshmirtz]

A number of years ago I saw a hammock/tent combo that I thought was pretty neat.  Basically it's like the bivy products above, but you hang it up like a hammock.  I haven't seen one of them in a while, which is too bad because I thought it was a neat idea.

Def

I'm a stomach/side sleeper... just can't sleep in a hammock because it puts me on my back.   

[Grant Lamontagne]

Usually I am too, but I can sleep on my back if that's all that's available.

Def

[16VGTIDave]

Sleeping in a hammock, the way you like to sleep, is just a matter of hanging the hammock correctly. I sleep mainly on my back, but also on my sides.

What I had to learn was to string my hammock with more sag in it, not less, so I could sleep flatter. Counter-intuitive, but it works. The trick is to lie on an angle in the hammock, with your center of mass (waist for most people) on the center line, head to one side, and feet to the other. This results in a flat sleeping position. Rolling onto my side from there is no problem. Though I tend to roll around less as there are fewer pressure points and less back pain. Oh, and my wife isn't stealing the covers either!

I'm in the process of making a tent like structure for my hammock out of Typar. The hope is that it will be lightweight, water and wind resistant, and possibly breathable. Oh, and it won't cost me anything more than my time as I have a part roll left over from some home renovations.

Dave


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[turnsouth]

Seems to be a plethora of "Jungle Hammocks" out there:

Jungle Hammocks on Amazon

[kinskibrain]

I most often take a tarp. If I exit the forest and vulnerable to wind and snow I like to have a proper tent. It's expensive, but well worth it - The Hilleberg Akto. Do a search on Youtube for some good video reviews.

http://hilleberg.se/product/akto

[Revs]

You could always make a sil-cloth tarp and pack it away.  They are fairly small when packed and you could use them between two trees like a pup tent or staked out to one tree with three sides down to keep more heat in/wind out.

[turnsouth]

Also, if go to Colin's YT channel, he has over half a dozen videos where he went out in the woods and gave some shelters real world testing:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ColinOutdoors/videos