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parawings (was: Camping Equipment Recommendations?)
"Fred Klingener" wrote in message m...
AFAICFigure it, no commercial wing gets 2.) right. If you do get it right, the thing won't lie flat on the ground, and it's troublesome to fold, but once it's up, it's a marvel of set-it-and-forget-it comfort even in some pretty terrible conditions. I'm feeling pretty good about having bought a relatively inexpensive ($80) no-name Campmor wing 4 or 5 years ago. Campmor doesn't seem to sell that 'wing anymore (I don't see it in their catelogue anyway); too bad, 'cause I believe they got it right. The one we have is a simple 16x16 and it does everything you say about a correctly designed parawing. It's drum tight when erected properly, ain't no way it'll lay flat on the ground (it is more or less impossible to fold up; we usually fold it about half way and then just kinda crunch and stuff). I'm sold on the functionality of a parawing though, and can't imagine going back to a flat tarp*. The only downside I've found to a parawing is the reduction of covered space due to the shape and necessity to have two corners set low - I find our 16x16 provides just enough space for four people, a kitchen area and a small bit of gear. * Although we still carry a blue poly 8x10 piece of junk for rough uses I wouldn't subject our 'wing to, using the poly job as a cover for the woodpile, or ground tarp for staging gear when packing or unpacking, or set up vertically as a windbreak... |
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