I wanted to try out a floorless shelter and thought I could make one. I used it for first rifle season in Colorado and will use it second season for deer. I brought a backup tent just in case but didn’t get any weather that would really test the shelter.
I based it loosely on the seek outside cinnamon for general dimensions but it is a bit wider. It is about 6’ tall and about 11’ wide in a true tipi shape. I used the pyramid calculator someone shared here to get the dimensions. With 8 stakes, timeouts, tent and dry bag it weighs in at 2lb 13.6oz. Carbon pole adds another 12 oz. Tent and stakes pack down to 10”x7” when compressed. It has timeouts at all 8corners (2 at each door), 2 doors with storm flaps, one peak vent and 2 mid height tieouts.
All materials from ripstop by the roll. 1.6oz silpoly for the main fabric, #5 ykk zippers for double doors, tensionlite line locks for all stakeout points, 0.9oz noseeum mesh for vent, and 420d robic ripstop nylon for timeouts and cone. Bought the Argali absaroka carbon pole to use in this one.
I used a cheap brother sewing machine I picked up on Craigslist which did surprisingly well with this project. Fabric stretch was a little tricky and the cone was a pain but overall happy with it. Panels didn’t line up as well at the top so had to make some adjustments. Lots of lessons learned for the next one. Pitch isn’t perfect by any means but it was a fun project.
I based it loosely on the seek outside cinnamon for general dimensions but it is a bit wider. It is about 6’ tall and about 11’ wide in a true tipi shape. I used the pyramid calculator someone shared here to get the dimensions. With 8 stakes, timeouts, tent and dry bag it weighs in at 2lb 13.6oz. Carbon pole adds another 12 oz. Tent and stakes pack down to 10”x7” when compressed. It has timeouts at all 8corners (2 at each door), 2 doors with storm flaps, one peak vent and 2 mid height tieouts.
All materials from ripstop by the roll. 1.6oz silpoly for the main fabric, #5 ykk zippers for double doors, tensionlite line locks for all stakeout points, 0.9oz noseeum mesh for vent, and 420d robic ripstop nylon for timeouts and cone. Bought the Argali absaroka carbon pole to use in this one.
I used a cheap brother sewing machine I picked up on Craigslist which did surprisingly well with this project. Fabric stretch was a little tricky and the cone was a pain but overall happy with it. Panels didn’t line up as well at the top so had to make some adjustments. Lots of lessons learned for the next one. Pitch isn’t perfect by any means but it was a fun project.
