Once you’re backcountry tenting, you may possible be carrying a tent whereas utilizing a trekking pole. The Trek-Tent combines each of these issues in a single gadget, which may reportedly be transformed right into a tent in only one minute.
At the moment the topic of a Kickstarter marketing campaign, the Trek-Tent was invented by camper/hiker Evan BeVier when he was finding out Mechanical Engineering Know-how at Northern Michigan College.
He developed the product with assist from Innovate Marquette SmartZone, a bunch that reinforces technology-based ventures in Michigan’s Higher Peninsula. It is now being marketed by his startup, TerraHike Outside.
Whereas in its adjustable-length aluminum trekking pole configuration, the Trek-Tent seems form of like an enormous folded-down umbrella. It has an ergonomic deal with on high, the rolled-up tent material within the center, and an interchangeable tip on the backside. Relying on the terrain, customers can swap in both a ski-pole-like basket tip or a grippy rubber tip.
TerraHike Outside
When it is time to make camp for the night time, the material is unrolled (whereas the pole is held in a horizontal orientation) and two units of extendable aluminum legs are folded out from both finish of the rig. The material is already linked to the legs and pole through built-in loops, in such a approach that the legs kind A-frame helps at both finish of the tent, whereas the pole types the tent’s horizontal roof assist.
In a last step, the 4 backside corners of the material are looped onto the ends of the legs, pulling all the pieces taut. The entire setup course of is claimed to take about one minute, with teardown taking a barely longer 90 seconds to 2 minutes.
TerraHike Trek-Tent Setup
As soon as it has been arrange, the one-person tent encompasses a zippered door at one finish, a zippered mesh window within the center for added air flow, and a number of inside pockets for stowing odds and ends comparable to flashlights or smartphones. Gentle to reasonable rain should not be an issue, because the waterproof Oxford material is rated at 3,000 mm.
The entire thing is claimed to tip the scales at about 2 lb (907 g). It is vital to notice that these two kilos will likely be lifted by the person every time they swing the trekking pole ahead, as a substitute of sitting passively of their backpack.
TerraHike Outside
Assuming the Trek-Tent reaches manufacturing, a pledge of US$199 will get you one. The deliberate retail value is $219.
Different multi-functional trekking poles we have seen lately embrace ones that additionally function the frame of a folding chair, a water purifier, a fishing rod, and a six-function survival tool.
Sources: Kickstarter, TerraHike Outdoors
