My thoughts about the TarpTent Notch

[hikerinnc]

My Notch has done fine in heavy rain/lite hail. Even with some puddling around the tent, I stayed dry. Hail has splashed in the puddles and a couple of drops splashed up under the rain fly and through the netting. But no big deal and how often do you even see hail backpacking anyway? Regular and heavy rain, bone dry. Love this tent!! Was considering tarp/bug bevy combo but why when this tent only weighs 26 oz.

[Big Dawg]

It's quite remarkable!!!

[Franco]

A couple of suggestions if you ever get a really windy night.
First attach a guyline to the pole tip and out via the vent.
This will increase lateral resistance and give you another 2 stakes to hold up the shelter.
In emergency and even stronger widnds, you can also do this :
notch-storm-set-up-2.jpg
The apex of the Pitch Lock triangle is pegged down to the ground , the poles are at 36" (90cm) so the door panels are also pegged down to the ground.
This will rob you of usable length and some headroom but I had a 6'1" guy in yesterday (he was collecting his Notch from me...) and it was OK for him too.
On a calm night you will collect a lot of condensation so something you only do in emergency only but maybe worth keeping in mind.
Franco
(I look after TT in Australia)

[foreversuperawesome]

How much room do you have around you? I mean, when you have a sleeping pad in the bath tub floor, do you have any room on each side. I move enough while sleeping and I'd like to make sure that I can sit, lay around without my stuff hanging over the tub. The moment seems to have a bit more room on the side when the pad is in place. What are you thoughts about that?!

[Franco]

The product page at tarptent.com has several photos of each shelter and a diagram showing you the exact size of each.The mat you see in the photo is a standard 20x70 mat .
Same for the white shape in the drawings.(under "show dimensions")
So the Moment does have more free space inside the floor, but the width of the fly is the same.

[topshelf]

woo, mine should be in this week! I'll give an initial review and one after puttin it through its paces, if I still remember to at the end of the summer