Pinguin tent Echo 1, Green DAC

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Ultralight single-seater tent with one side entrance and a vestibule. Tropico is made of Nylon with RipStop treatment and triple double-sided siliconization, guaranteeing a water column of 4000mm. The seams of the tropico are sealed with silicone paste. The liner is made of Nylon with Polyurethane coating with a water column of 10,000mm. The rods consist of duralumin segments (DAC Featherlite NSL 7001 T6) with a diameter of 8.5mm and 7mm.

This tent is very popular with bikers, cyclists and minimalists due to its collapsibility.

Ventilation

It is located at the top of the side walls and at the footwell. The ventilation windows are shaped so that they are not tilted by the wind. This prevents leakage even in rain with strong winds.

Concept

The tent is based on the principle of a rod structure, which is strung in tunnels outside the tropic. After threading the rods, the tropico and the inner tent (suspended from the inside of the tropico) are erected simultaneously. The main advantage of this concept is that the inner tent can be detached from the canopy and the canopy can be erected separately as a single-skin tent without a floor.

Other advantages are: quick tent erection in the rain, the inner tent does not get wet

Tent construction

To erect the tent, push the pole through the tunnel. Insert the ends of the rod into the brass eyelets on the loops of the bottom edge and erect the short segments in place of the legs. The tent is not self-supporting, it must be anchored with at least a minimum number of pegs (4 pcs). When the inner tent is erected for the first time, hang the tent in the loops on the inside of the tent. At the end, we switch off the tent with plastic clips at the bottom edge of the tent, or with tensioning cords.