I’ve looked at Durston Gear stuff and it does look good. I seriously considered one of their tents, but they don’t make a three person version and their two person tents are too small for my husband and I so we ruled them out.

As always great information. Just wondering if you’ve had a chance to look into the lightweight equipment Durston Gear is making (durstongear.com)? It seems like they’ve put a lot of thought into their products and it’s a British Columbia company.

Thanks for

Todd

Hi Shannon,
I’ve used my triplex on countless tent platforms over the years. There are various strategies – I really should make a post about it! One is to bring lots of guylines so you can either tie off to the tent platform slats or peg out into the nearby ground. Some tent platforms also have nails in the sides you can tie off guylines to. A second strategy is to use fishbone anchors (you can buy them on amazon) or to create your own fishbones by tying a guyline around the middle of your tent stakes, then pushing them between the slats of the platform, then spinning them so they are perpendicular to the slats. The last option is to use screw-in cup hooks from the hardware store. This is my preference since you can place them anywhere you like and they are easy to remove. However, they do make tiny holes in the platform.

I recently bought the Zpacks Triplex tent and I’m not sure how I will use it with a tent pad. I was wondering if you might have any suggestions, as I see you have the same tent?

Interesting idea Marcel. The challenge where I live (and in a lot of places) is that wood burner stoves aren’t legal during a fire ban and unfortunately we usually have a fire ban for most of the summer.