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I remember being hit by an unexpected lightening storm in the Sierras. We were sleeping on top of my tube tent, but we - me, GF and her son and the dog, all got inside it and waited out the morning sun to hike out in the rain.

They maybe a suffocation hazard in the winter, but if you use a ridge cord and tie it up like a tarp - Its is an improved tarp. Cheap is in the eye of the beholder, but if you are condemning a tent design because someone made it of cheap plastic, how about new UL tents made of tyvek plastic - not much difference. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

My siltent is a siltarp trimmed on two sides, rolled into a burrito and sewn. The bottom end has a triangle of no seeum netting and the door end has various closures. The entire thing with cord and 4 stakes in a stuff sack weighs 16 oz and its 8 feet long and ITS A TUBE TENT. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />