Vur Tor Sunset

Vur Tor Sunset

Friday 7 May 2010






















A couple of photo's of my second attempt at a half hex(shangrila)3 inner, the first attempt the design was 3 full triangles of the hex, while making it easier to make and less stitching made usable space for me( being 6'2" ) a bit limited at head and foot end tho plenty of width, so i moved on to the mark2 inner as pictured above using two full triangles and two half triangles on the ends to give a more usable space.
Since those photos were taken i have added elastic tie out points to the top of the ground sheet which help to give the inner better shape.
The ground sheet is a golite cut in half and the front edge stitched up into a bathtub which should give a tough and durable option tho not the lightest, I'm in the proccess of trying to decide on the Mark2.1 version if i should go for 70gram/meter silnylon or 80gram/meter silicon coated polyester for the groundsheet ( so any one with an input please feel free to coment).
Total weight for the inner comes to just over 500 grams, weight could be lost by making the inner narrower but i'd rather have the extra usable space.
I will in due course be making a bug bivvy mesh style inner which i'd expect to be far lighter but that will be narrower and far more minimlistic and just for sleeping in, I will post photo's when complete( which will be after i have decided on the ground sheet material and ordered some)
Also in the pipe line is a silnylon based bivvy bag with pertex top side and bug net head.

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