Silex or Eolus

[Elkdreamer]

Thanks for the input everyone.

I have concern, as mentioned, with contact of bag and inner wall. Seems the Eolus would be a better choice at my height. Plus I never stay in one spot/position while sleeping.

 

[Dirtydan]

Been running the Silex since September. Probably have at least 20 nights using it. If I think I’ll have condensation issues I’ll use a stick to pull the foot and head end guy outs up. This creates a lot my ore interior space so brushing the sides is a non issue.

 

[Kevin_t]

I ordered a silex this winter and so far have just pitched it briefly in the backyard, my initial impression at 6' is I sure wouldn't mind a little more margin on foot/head clearance to the walls but I'm reserving true judgement till I take it out on a trip. The design is cool, I'm just a tad leery about my bag brushing the sides in the night with a little bit of movement/slipping and bag loft factored in. I wouldn't mind checking out the elous in person at some point, I may gravitate more towards that in the end. I was looking for a lighter/simpler alternative to my LBO/vestibule (which is huge solo and fits 2 guys/gear nicely) for solo trips.

I am not sure what I hear from these. I am 6'1" and using a 20 degree WM bag .. I have more than enough room to not touch anything. The stake to stake distance is over 10 - 10.5 ft sleeping on the diagonal meaning it should be plenty roomy for most. I would not hesitate using it on a 3 inch air pad (if I used those ) but I am more of a CCF or Self inflating or combo type .. I;ve never had good luck with air pads.

 

[KyleR1985]

This bivy is 84” long, 30” wide at the head, not sure on foot but think it’s close to square. The bathtub sides are 5”. Should give you an idea. I’m 6’3, and although I do have to take an extra 30 seconds to line the bivy up just right, I’m doing that dance in pretty much any ultralight shelter. I toss and turn like a wrestling match, but the bivvy gives me the solid protection behind my head and at feet should I touch sides. Having said that, I don’t think I have yet. I’d have to move up or down at least 4-5” to touch a side. I’d like to think the bivy stakes would pull or I’d tear it If I had done that.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

I am not sure what I hear from these. I am 6'1" and using a 20 degree WM bag .. I have more than enough room to not touch anything. The stake to stake distance is over 10 - 10.5 ft sleeping on the diagonal meaning it should be plenty roomy for most. I would not hesitate using it on a 3 inch air pad (if I used those ) but I am more of a CCF or Self inflating or combo type .. I;ve never had good luck with air pads.

To be clear not bagging on the design, I dig it I just may drift over to the elous for more buffer space based on my preferences after I give it a fair test (I run your guys LBO/vestibule and 8man, used to have a cimarron).

Also to clarify, the sleeping orientation I'm talking about is keeping the user under the center of the tent, not lying with head/feet in the door openings. That isn't a configuration I'd personally consider usable for my preferences as my bag would be exposed to rain if opening the tent during rain (which is reality at times) in that configuration unless I move my bag/pad before opening the door (only to likely push it into the wall at the other end and get it wet if there is condensation on the fabric), that isn't an acceptable situation for my usage so I'm only reviewing the orientation of sleeping under the covered section.

The distance between stakes is certainly plenty, what concerns me a bit, w/o having camped in it yet as caveated before, is the distance between the sidewalls and my head/feet just laying down in it when I checked it out. Perhaps in my quick setup my head isn't as far up as designed but I also don't want my face right below fabric (esp. in wind) and a couple inches of pad and bag loft is going to take up some of the space. This is pitched with it down against the ground (which in hard rain/wind is where I'd have it pitched and is the times I definitely don't want to be touching the sides). Alot of my evaluation criteria revolves around memories of being at 12k' during a thunderstorm in the LBO/vestibule with waves of pounding rain and, wind blasts off the peak walls. In that situation I absolutely don't want an elevated pitch, I would never consider sleeping with my bag in the doorways, and during which tent panels do flex in, some of the ground along the edges does wet out, etc. So with all that in mind having a little buffer space can be nice.

When its pitched up higher in nicer weather then there is far less concern about fitting under but that's also not when I have as much concern about coverage, also if you don't mind sleeping the other direction this may not be an issue but I've had to get in/out of the tent in crap weather and I prefer my sleeping bag remain sheltered.

Feel free to give any tips/pointers you can spot in these photos.

 

[Kevin_t]

Ya the guy out and a small titanium stake should give a fair amount more room thanks


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[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Ya the guy out and a small titanium stake should give a fair amount more room thanks

Will do. I do want this one to work out if it does workout for me as its a cool design and the sitting height and storage on the sides is plenty for solo. I just had some concern on the space at the ends so I've shared that (with details so others can make their minds up in the same boat) and may see myself drift to the elous in the future potentially if I retain that concern.

 

[Elkdreamer]

I just ordered an Eolus from Gohunt. I will post my impression when I receive it and set up in the yard.

Thanks all for your input.

 

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