Finally, Almost Got My Geodesic Survival Shelter!

I have and used a US GPS tent as our living area while building our home. Strong, wind resistant and with a liner plenty warm. Two doors and a roll up side make for a well engineered tent.
In the winter we slept warm and the three large dogs were our heaters.



NO SPAM just a site of tents.
GP Small, 17'6" six sided

 

Definitely for glamping, and for use on safari only if you have a very long line of porters.

But at least they're pretty at night when they're all lit up.

 

You might like this, if you like domes....
Mollusc dome tent flips open to function as a scenic sunshade

 

Reminds me of sleeping on the floor of my Flat Bed Truck, 2x6s across the top of the stakes, Treated Cotton Canvas for a roof and sides. Roll back the top as needed or tie it down for a storm.

Not as classy but a whole lot cheaper.

Freaks out the high dollar campers with the $100,000 rigs.

 

A 10 man hex tent. We would hook a 5 and ten man together to make a suite while at the lovely Ft Greely (AK) in the winter. A Yukon stove would keep the 5 man toasty at -50F - used for a sleeping area. The ten man was acceptable for working during the day. A liner is required for winter camping.
I'd love to have a 5 man hex, but at $700+ used, locally, not going to happen.l site on line that deal in military tenting systems - both new and used.

 

The tentage in your avatar pic looks pretty serviceable DKR. Modest, a rustic simplicity, easily erected and disassembled, eminently portable, easy to repair, has a good concealment scheme when augmented with local flora and camouflage netting, very economical, I'll buy 10 of those too!

 

The "Rustic simplicity" works well enough in the warmest of summer months. In the winter, not so much. If I was still living in Nevada, maybe. It is lightweight...

This on the other hand is both fast to put up and seemly quite the experience

called a Shift Pod.

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something of an oddball site - but considering it was developed for use at Burning Man, maybe not... Take a bit to look it over. They have some very good features.

 

I am a preparedness enthusiast and I am a member of a lot of groups, I want everyones opinions, no reason not to copy and paste my post to each group, takes too long to make a personal different one in each when I am just trying to get the same responses, lol

 

The cover on these domes is fit to the drame and is welded vinyl so there is no chance of leakage. I know there are some companies using canvas as a full cover and that would for sure make some leaking though.

 

Its not canvas, its Vinyl, you won't need any seam sealant, its welded vinyl. The bags are a lot larger then they need to pack them the first time to make sure you can repack it with no problems.

 

I am getting the bay windows on it, they up the temperature up to 70 degrees by themselves, and in the summer you just zip on the cover

 

Handles upwards of 200mph wind so I don't think thats an issue here

 

The picture is of course from their website, I don't have mine yet, but I don't plan on using beds like they have in the picture, I plan on using hammocks, I also plan on picking up the Trillium hammock I read about from someone elsewhere and putting that up in the roof so it acts like an attic for the dome, I can either sleep on it and put my gear on the ground or I can sleep on hammocks on the ground and use the trillium for extra gear in the attic

 

Good policy, but notice I am still responding to the post, I am not a spammer, just got a great deal and thought I would share and get opinions.

 

I'd like to see one in person and after a summer thunder storm.........

 

Shift-Pods: The New Generation of Burnitecture