Date:         Sat, 23 Oct 2004 11:26:39 EDT
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Subject:      Re: Insulated pop top sleeve / cold weather boot/ heating/
              insulation
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Hi All,
As I do a lot of winter camping I'm really liking this thread!
And I've seen the outside insulation wrap.
But after a night of rain & snow,
you now have a bunch of wet frozen material!
What do you do with that?
Space is already at a premium!
So, the Idea of Craig's, to have it on the inside,
where it stays nice & clean & dry really sounds good!
Perhaps even sew in some of the aluminum material to the center of the lay-up?
thanks,
John C.
SLC, UT...
85 Westy & 90 Carat...

In a message dated 10/22/2004 5:42:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
craigoda@GMAIL.COM writes:
Fabrication of the aluminum wrap panels is the easy part.  The problem
is that I haven't figured out how to attach the wrap to the outside
easily.  When the top is popped, the top of the tent is pretty high.
I'm not sure if I want to climb up on the roof and then jump off it in
the rain/snow.  Seems kind of a pain in the rear to do this if it is
raining at night.   If you can get the instructions on how to install
this, it would be awesome.  219 Euro is not too bad if the system is
easy to set up.  Even better, if you can close the top with that
siding on, it would be great.  However, I think that is unlikely.

I'm thinking of cutting foil bubblewrap into pieces that I can put
inside the tent.  Perhaps there is better heat reflection of the
bubblewrap this way?  Who is Robin?  Are you getting the insulated
layer yourself?

Send me more info!  :-)

-- Craig




On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:21:29 -0700, Doug in Calif <vanagon@astound.net> wrote:
> Well,
> Ask and you shall receive.
>
> I have been looking for any ideas on a "cold boot" for the top and here
Robin is over in Germany buying a factory one as we speak.
>
> Here is the link:
>
>
http://server2.gs-shop.de/200/cgi-bin/shop.dll?sessionid=0791816934710369&AnbieterID=4357
>
> If this does not work go to T3 Westfalia /Zubehor to find it.
>
> Doug
>