What is the difference between the Torre Tent and the Tempest Tent? Why is the second so much cheaper?
The Torre and Tempest are the same style and shape of tent, but are made differently, leading to slightly different characteristics. We felt that the Torre was too expensive, and we moved it to a very good tent factory in China that makes our Megamids, Betamids, and the Pinon and Juniper. We made some simplifications to the design to eliminate the most technically demanding processes. The most important of these is that the main seams of the Tempest are not sealed, and require sealing by hand.
We changed the specifications slightly on the tent, to reflect new methods employed by the industry to measure tent height. The figure we give no longer reflects the height of the highest point of the tent, instead, the new height is the highest usable space inside, that a human head can levitate to.
The Torre was our most sophisticated tent to manufacture, which is one reason it was so expensive to produce in out Salt Lake City factory. It is fully seam taped, and the T–taped door was one of the most difficult technical sewing details executed in the tent universe. Taping seams in the preferred method of manufacture, as the tape acts as the primary bonding between fabric panels, distributing the load over a larger area (than stitching) and permanently being 100% waterproof.
The Tempest has some taped seams, but the primary seams will need to be sealed with SeamGrip seam sealant (provided). This includes the top crest seam, the arch seams between the vestibules and body on both ends, and the bathtub seam all the way around on the floor. The seams are bound on the inside with fabric tape. Sealant should be applied to the stitchlines adjacent to the tape, from the inside. Since there is one stitchline on each side, two applications will be required. A full 24 hours of drying is required between applications, and afterward to let it fully cure before rolling up. More is better. Bibler tents used to be made with stitched and hand-sealed seams before taping became the accepted technology, and our experience was good – stitched and sealed tents are strong and durable, and long lasting in waterproofness when carefully sealed.
The Tempest is our best value in a tent. At the sacrifice of a few hours of tedious work, you get a very strong four-pole mountaineering tent with lots of interior space and permanent vestibules, at a reasonable cost and a reasonably low weight. |
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发表于 2006-8-7 12:04
