Tepui Low Pro 7"

[Beowulf]

Anyone heard anything new about this tent?

 

[TOUGE]

I will be at Tepui tomorrow picking up my tent, I will ask and see if they will give me any info.

 

[Beowulf]

Touge,

That would be great. If they give you any enough try to find out:

1. Where the ladder is stored
2. If the tent body uses a gimp system and will have different bodies like the Baja Series
3. How much does it weigh
4. If the cover is zipped on, or if it uses straps (I prefer straps due to dust)
5. What colors will be available
6. What size is it? 1.2, 1.3, 1.4.....etc.
7. and of course when we can officially buy it

 

[TOUGE]

Touge,

That would be great. If they give you any enough try to find out:

1. Where the ladder is stored
2. If the tent body uses a gimp system and will have different bodies like the Baja Series
3. How much does it weigh
4. If the cover is zipped on, or if it uses straps (I prefer straps due to dust)
5. What colors will be available
6. What size is it? 1.2, 1.3, 1.4.....etc.
7. and of course when we can officially buy it

Sorry, pick up my tent and been traveling the whole time with minimal phone coverage(T-mobile is the worst) and just got home.

They wouldn't give me much info. The delay is ladder, the design, where it is stored and what it will eventually be.

Saw one in cover sitting inside the warehouse, It looks thin! It was also sitting on a cardboard box that looked a perfect size for it that had "blue" printed on a sticker.

Thats all the info I have.

 

[Beowulf]

That is some great info. Thank you.

 

[Beowulf]

I just heard Thule purchased Tepui. Wondering how that will impact the release?

 

[grogie]

I would be okay with storing the ladder elsewhere. I currently store sleeping bags in my Ayer, but I would be as well okay to leave those out. Currently my Ayer sits on my trailer, and even being the smallest RTT, it's still a big box.

 

[Beowulf]

Grogie

How is your cover attached? Zippers, hooks, straps only?

Does it fully come off?

 

[grogie]

Grogie

How is your cover attached? Zippers, hooks, straps only?

Does it fully come off?

One side of the cover has a channel that the cover slides into, then a large zipper goes around the other three sides. The cover did come with two straps, however they used velcro to tighten the straps down, and the straps didn't do anything more to hold the cover down, so I removed them. The channel and zipper keep the cover on fine as it is. The cover material is fairly thick and tight enough over the tent.

When I open the tent, I just unzip the three sides and fold it up on the channel side and leave it to rest on top of the fender (the right side in the picture below is the channel side of the cover). There is no reason to remove the cover, however you can if you want as it just slides back out of the channel.

Also, here is a picture where you can see the cover folded up under the opening side of the tent. (Above the tire.)

 

[Beowulf]

It is a new year. Hopefully the Tepui/Thule buyout has smoothed out. Now maybe we can get an update on the Low Pro.

 

[Gabex35]

https://www.rei.com/product/153195/tepui-tents-low-pro-ayer-2-tent

just saw this on REI. there is a 3 person one too

 

[Beowulf]

Looks like they have a few low pro versions.

 

[grogie]

Nice find, and I'm looking forward to someone comparing it to the original Ayer. I can see it being thinner with just a ligther weight material.

 

[Gabex35]

I can see it being thinner with just a ligther weight material.

Funny thing is its listed at 10lbs heavier than the regular Ayer

 

[grogie]

Funny thing is its listed at 10lbs heavier than the regular Ayer

REI says packed weight, which I think includes the box and padding. Tepui's webiste says just weight...