overthinker
01-27-2015, 15:25
I'll be bring my Ohm 2.0 and Moment DW TarpTent along with me on my thru this year. If you've used the Moment, you'll know that it doesn't cram into a weird soft lump - there are small poles that support the ends that are a pain to remove. So, I just end up rolling the tent around those supports and putting it in the factory bag.
This makes packing the tent into my bag a bit of a challenge. I've either always used a tent that is totally soft with the poles removed (and then stored on the outside of the pack) or a tarp set up. It's proving to be difficult to get the tent into my pack and have everything still be evenly weighted.
I've got the idea to put the tent on the outside of my pack, with the end stuck into one of the water bottle pockets - they're giant on the Ohm. This, however, leaves the top of the tent unsecured and flopping around as I walk. I could put everything under the compression straps on the side of the bag, but I'm worried about damaging both the pack and the tent by doing so.
To correct this, I'm thinking of adding some sort of strap to the body of the pack that I can then use to secure the tent. Does anyone see a problem with this? Some of the materials seem a bit fragile to start sewing new things onto the pack, but maybe I'm just a weenie. I could put some shock cord on there, or sew on some nylon webbing and a tension lock, or maybe just some static cord and a line lock.
Any thoughts?
This makes packing the tent into my bag a bit of a challenge. I've either always used a tent that is totally soft with the poles removed (and then stored on the outside of the pack) or a tarp set up. It's proving to be difficult to get the tent into my pack and have everything still be evenly weighted.
I've got the idea to put the tent on the outside of my pack, with the end stuck into one of the water bottle pockets - they're giant on the Ohm. This, however, leaves the top of the tent unsecured and flopping around as I walk. I could put everything under the compression straps on the side of the bag, but I'm worried about damaging both the pack and the tent by doing so.
To correct this, I'm thinking of adding some sort of strap to the body of the pack that I can then use to secure the tent. Does anyone see a problem with this? Some of the materials seem a bit fragile to start sewing new things onto the pack, but maybe I'm just a weenie. I could put some shock cord on there, or sew on some nylon webbing and a tension lock, or maybe just some static cord and a line lock.
Any thoughts?