Hi Vis tent?

[empirecanvas]

Howdy all,

EDIT For Jan 2021: Got it done.


8'x'8 with 18" sidewalls and a 6' peak height inside and 6'6" on the fly. The roof of the shelter is calendered ripstop. The fly and the sidewalls are silnylon.

This is just in time for Lake Trout Season. The whole shelter, including 8 screws, is just an ounce or two over 8 pounds. I opted for the ever-disturbing white/olive yellow combo circus tent look. Who wouldn't notice a circus?

I can add some strips of Scotchlite to the guy lines for the pipe cap. The tension lines have reflective piping as well.

Happy winter everyone. Stay safe.

[Hamingredient]

The nighttime snowmobile traffic is what I'd be most concerned about. Maybe put some of those driveway reflector stakes around the perimeter of your camp, and also add some sort of light or beacon to the mix. LED lights have gotten so bright, efficient and cheap, you could probably hang a few of them off your tent and run them all night.

[Ray1984]

Can you build some Reflective materials into the tent? Some built in rope lights would be pretty cool as well. I'm sure you biggest issue would be a night in a snow storm.

[Heavy Duty]

I second the sew in reflective fabric, similar to a pop up ice shanty. I'm excited to see what you come up with!😀

[empirecanvas]

Dis one came out loud. Olive yellow under white.

[Lonelake]

...Perhaps a white tent, and two different colored tent flies. One white, and one orange/w. reflective piping....

Subtle, yet safe. Suits you. Looking forward to seeing it!

LL

[snapper]

Reflective fabric where you can and the high visibility guide lines would be helpful I think. I have the high visibility lines on my backpacking tarp and all you need is a brief glimmer of light on the line to find it in the middle of the night.

That's all for now. Best of luck in making your new shelter. Take care and until next time...be well.

snapper

[Snowbound]

I few years back I did some trips on lakes with snowmobile traffic and had the same concern. I took small strips of reflective material and sewed on some velcro tabs making reflective “tags” that can be hung all over an existing tent. I’ve also used them to mark non-reflective guy ropes and try to prevent trips at busy camp sites like the WCS.

[Bothwell Voyageur]

Reflective flagging tape is cheap and easy, I have switched out my lines on the Snowtrekker to Lawson Glowire great for stopping me tripping over the tie outs at night. You could make up some "prayer flag washing lines that fix to the top of the tent and tie out in all four directions, just sew some triangles of hi viz nylon around the lines to improve daytime visibilty

[Moondog55]

If those "hooligans" are on motorised transport and travelling fast then I'm going to suggest a tallish flag pole with a brightly coloured flag on it, Bi-coloured because we see the difference more quickly, orange and hot pink and surrounded by retro reflective tape, even using safety tape on the flag pole. You can see the flag on a pole from further away. Like BVs idea but taller.
I have a small pole and flag on my pulk set-up for similar reasons

[into the wind]

I'd suggest camping tucked back in the woods if possible. All the vis available will go unnoticed by an inebriated "hooligan" on a snow machine. A nice line of trees is a good defense.

[empirecanvas]

This should stick out. It's an eyesore of a color combo. White and Olive yellow.

Now to find some elephants, clowns, and acrobats. Perhaps I'll trim 4" off the fly. That much overlap probably isn't necessary.

[4estTrekker]

This should stick out. It's an eyesore of a color combo. White and Olive yellow.

Now to find some elephants, clowns, and acrobats. Perhaps I'll trim 4" off the fly. That much overlap probably isn't necessary.

That design looks really sharp, and I kinda like the color combo myself! I also like the short walls. Amazing how much more usable room those add, eh? I’ve found I like digging the inside of my tipi tent out 8-12” to get a similar effect (snow dependent).

[Scoutergriz]

a word of caution- I used to use a linesman's tent for ice fishing until a CO came up to me and pointed out that the reflective stripes actually made it look farther away than it was because they seemed to float above the ice, creating a false horizon. A quick fix was some red "zebra stripes" to connect it to the ground.
What ever you do, make sure it touches the ice.