Lightheart Solo Awning

The awning gives lots of room to work in adverse weather and the size allows for all your gear to be in the tent.

Lightheart solo awning.

The patented center ridge pole provides full use of measured headroom and allows users to sit up and change clothes comfortably. Lightheart gear tents filter filter appalachian trail awning awning pole awning tent backpacking big and tall cdt duo firefly lightheart gear made in usa one man backpacking tent pct pockets polyester repair kit ridge pole sil poly silnet silnylon silpoly solo solo awning solong 6 tent repair tent repair kit tents ultralight. The first to thru hike with lightheart gear. Still had room inside for all my gear except the wet stuff which i hung over the awning.

This is how i set it up on nights when it may rain. There is so much room in this tent that 2 regular size people can share it. The lightheart is a hybrid double wall design meaning it offers the benefits of a double walled tent better ventilation and thus less condensation build up while the tarp remains attached to the inner tent along the ridgeline. This tent weighs well under two pounds.

Roomy and it can take the weather. I just finished a cdt sobo thru hike using a lightheart solo and unlike on the at i slept every trail night in the tent for exactly 5 months finishing three days ago apart from cowboy camping just the last two nights. The lightheart gear solo awning is lighter and provides nicer platform for managing camp life in the rain. Of all of those solo options the lightheart solo is very clearly my favorite.

I first saw this in franklin and bought one after a few minutes of looking at it. And is rock solid. 8 inch bathtub floors. 5 inch carbon fiber stay in the front tip.

The lightheart gear solo awning is also lighter than doing a solomod with the inner net though the solomid would be lighter if you didn t need to bring the inner bug tent. Lowering the stick can close the vent. I used the awning to cook on a couple of rainy nights and it worked well. Still this is much roomier than most other solo tents.

Hand made in asheville nc. The solo duo mid is much better at handling high winds and snow. Ramble on at 2009 trail journal. Line lock adjustments on all tie outs.

Lightheart gear solong 6 tent designed for the big tall. The ridge vent has a short plastic stick at the bottom. Awning fly on front extends out 30 inches. 10 inch carbon fiber stays in the back corners.

Velcro the stick to the vent covers to open the vent.