flippac waterproofing

[mtnbike28]

When summer camping and I want the air flow, the Kelty alone works in light rain!

 

[homemade]

303 fabric guard works, I used it on the tent fabric as well as the fly. It caused some milky discoloration of the vinyl windows in the SLO fly.

http://www.amazon.com/303-30618-Fab...554&sr=8-18-spons&keywords=fabric+spray&psc=1

 

[Overlanerd]

Yes I'm still keeping tabs. SLO needs to make the fly out of a different material.

Forget the rainfly, how about a Nemo replacement tent! The SLO Sail rainfly is great, but you probably know from 1st hand experience how much easier the single tent setup is. If you're camping in multiple locations during wet weather, putting away a wet rainfly, then setting it up again the next night, usually means that the tent is going to get wet. At least that was my experience.

Do you think it could be profitable if sold for $1k - $1.5k installed? Maybe if 10 people commit?

 

[dman93]

Forget the rainfly, how about a Nemo replacement tent! The SLO Sail rainfly is great, but you probably know from 1st hand experience how much easier the single tent setup is. If you're camping in multiple locations during wet weather, putting away a wet rainfly, then setting it up again the next night, usually means that the tent is going to get wet. At least that was my experience.

Do you think it could be profitable if sold for $1k - $1.5k installed? Maybe if 10 people commit?

I wonder if SLO Sails would be interested? Or was that investigated when they did the first flies? If we could get quality aftermarket tents and torsion bars I think there'd be a lot of happy FlipPac campers! For the tent, a waterproof material, flaps hanging over the lower edges to redirect runoff, plus better zippers and vents, and maybe zippers on the screens, would be big improvements.

 

[dman93]

When summer camping and I want the air flow, the Kelty alone works in light rain!

If you have conveniently located trees!

 

[mtnbike28]

If you have conveniently located trees!

I have used two poles and guy lines on the rest to do it at the beach (treeless)

 

[billy bee]

I wonder if SLO Sails would be interested? Or was that investigated when they did the first flies? If we could get quality aftermarket tents and torsion bars I think there'd be a lot of happy FlipPac campers! For the tent, a waterproof material, flaps hanging over the lower edges to redirect runoff, plus better zippers and vents, and maybe zippers on the screens, would be big improvements.

You should look up other threads in replacement tents. Martyn was on this at one point. Tents require much more precise sewing than a rain fly. It is more like assembling a spinnaker. It's too expensive for a few tents. We also discussed mods to the existing tent in another thread. Worth a look.

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[dman93]

We've had about 4" of rain here in the last few days and my truck has just been sitting out on the street. I popped open my rear lift gate to load some stuff today, and it was pretty wet inside. And that's with the FlipPac closed

 

[Arclight]

We've had about 4" of rain here in the last few days and my truck has just been sitting out on the street. I popped open my rear lift gate to load some stuff today, and it was pretty wet inside. And that's with the FlipPac closed

You might want to check the seal between the bed rails and topper. If it's worn out, water will wick in. Also, make sure your Flippac lid clamps are adjusted to just barely compress the seal on both sides.

Arclight

 

[dman93]

You might want to check the seal between the bed rails and topper. If it's worn out, water will wick in. Also, make sure your Flippac lid clamps are adjusted to just barely compress the seal on both sides.

Arclight

Thanks for the tips. I cheaped out and just used foam tape from Home Depot since I can never find bulb seal locally. As for loosening the rear clamps, what's the thinking there ... does it help provide more uniform clamping pressure? My lid seals seem in good shape and not taking a "set". But my lid clamps are pretty tight.