My New tipi

[Mike Vines]

Originally posted by swp:
Hey Mike,
Could we see a pic of the tipi with the liner in it?

Thanks,
Scott

Your gonna have to wait a little while.  I put it away for right now.  I've got alot of irons in the fire right now, and we are getting ready to head to Texas to do some killing also.  Might be able to get back out with it Thanksgiving.

If you contact Seekoutside.com I'm sure they will gladly get you any pictures or info you could possibly want.

[Aunty]

Mmm interesting might give it serious thought how much heat does the stove pack out has anyone tried one ?

[Mike Vines]

On their website is an awesome review on the titanium stove.  Actually that was the review that made me decide to add the stove to the order.

[paradocs]

A medium stove cranked up all the way in a 6 man Kifaru will drive you out of the tent; 'course, you don't have to run it wide open  

[Aunty]

Dam good buy mike might look at one later on my par Ted is always going on we need a bigger tent lol

[Aunty]

I have one more question with a floorless tipi in really really heavy rain wouldn't the rain get under the tipi and soak gear and you. Im not picking holes in ur tipi or anything but was curios

[Steve O]

I spent over a week in my 4 man in SE Alaska last year and other than two hours when we set up and tore down camp, it rained, rained, and RAINED!  After the first couple days and with a storm carrying 4" of rain and 50 knot winds, as a precaution, we made a little trough around the "uphill" side of the tipi just in case.  I don't know if it was necessary or not, but I have never had the ground in the tipi get wet after setup.  Typically the ground dries out from the heat of the sun and stove.

[Aunty]

Cheers mate

[Autumnarcher]

I love floorless tents. My 12x12 canvas pyramid tent is floorless. I've camped in some pretty good rains, and never had a problem. Winter camping, the floor may get a little muddy after warming the place up for a while with the woodstove, but every tent I've ever had with a floor turned into either bathtub, or a filthy mess.

With the floorless, you can keep your boots or shoes on, spills etc are no big deal, you can split firewood indoors etc.

[LC]

Floorless is the ONLY way to go. Can you imagine telling a native american indian he needed a floor in his tent? Totally a white man thing! lol

[Mike Vines]

Originally posted by LC:
Floorless is the ONLY way to go. Can you imagine telling a native american indian he needed a floor in his tent? Totally a white man thing! lol

must be the 12.5% in me that made me do it.

[arrow flynn]

great to pack in i love tipis the one i had wasa 16 ft sioux tipi w 22 ft poles it was made of canvas it had a liner and it took about 30 mins to set up i used to haul it to a lot of shoots in the northwest when my kids were young .

[Bryan Bondurant]

Originally posted by Mike Vines:
The tipi has stood the test of time.  It is probably the best suited  for taking wind because of is conical shape.

Tipis and camps in general were set up along side creeks in wind protected areas, not on top of hills in open prairie. The biggest problem with wind is getting set up when there is no wind, then ground staking.

A couple things to remember, wind speed increases with height, a twenty ft tipi is going to get more wind than a six ft tent. Mountaineering tents are low profile to be used in open high wind speed areas. The Tipi is just the opposite, designed for being used in protected areas of wind speeds under 25 nauts, beyond that would consider it sketchy. Having been in 30 nauts sustained in a wall tent, and sleeping in the truck in speeds above that, worried the tent would implode breaking the ridgepole.

[FoCoBlackWidow]

I have a Seek Outside Cimarron and love it for backpacking. You won't be disappointed. I didn't get the liner so I won't use it in buggy places, but we don't have to worry about that too often in the Colorado high country. Good luck and enjoy. They do a great job of shedding wind and rain.

[kevsuperg]

Wow another ancient thread.

[Captain*Kirk]

Originally posted by kevsuperg:
Wow another ancient thread.

But a good one.

[Roadkill]

That's the thing about the search function,you can reasearch a topic,develop specific questions to ask and get specific answers and not generalizations.  There are always side bar discussions-some germane others not.
I use the search function often to good effect

[Mike Vines]

This Seekoutside Tipi, was one of the best purchases I made. Sadly, in a moment of weakness, I sold it to fund another toy, and the "other toy" is long gone too.  

Wish I had just kept the Tipi. I would have been MUCH better off and happier.  Oh well, that just opens my opportunities to dive into the world of wall tents now.

[kevsuperg]

Join BHA for life get a seek outside tipi.