Starshade Tents - playa proof?

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Starshade Tents - playa proof?

Post by roamer » Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:59 pm

Does anybody have any experience with 'StarShade tents'?
Silly question really, considering the pics I've seen of the eplaya bar!

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But, how robust are they to the playa winds? Is the roof high enough to provide cool temperature inside? I'm considering modifying the arches with some homemade camo-net type material.

I've been ogling at them online since I saw a few on playa last year but want to know how they stand up before I fork out the considerable amount of money.

Anybody have one they want to sell?
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Post by theCryptofishist » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:41 pm

Mozy Bonez is the expert. He's taken his to the playa two years running.
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Post by Bob » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:49 pm

Read the thread under Q&A titled "Great Shade Structure Source!".
Amazing desert structures & stuff: http://sites.google.com/site/potatotrap/

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Post by mdmf007 » Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:31 am

It would be cool to have an underground fort at BM - too much work for a week though.
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Post by phil » Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:22 am

> too much work for a week though.

I think you just have to know the right explosive charge and the depth to plant it. Right?
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Post by CapSmashy » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:50 am

phil wrote:> too much work for a week though.

I think you just have to know the right explosive charge and the depth to plant it. Right?
Correct.

Carving out a bunker in the Playa by using high explosives would not be too difficult. A double row of charges set to fire on a parallel series should do quite nicely to make a rectangularish hole
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Post by roamer » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:58 am

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I did a topic search before posting - honest. And I've always associated the term 'shade structure' to mean something made from scratch or modified, like a dome or vehicle lean-to, rather than something purchased.

Wish I had more time available in the US to build a shade structure but instead, it looks like I'm gonna buy one of these StarShade beauties.
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Post by ibdave » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:11 am

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Post by ibdave » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:12 am

CapSmashy wrote:
Correct.

Carving out a bunker in the Playa by using high explosives would not be too difficult. A double row of charges set to fire on a parallel series should do quite nicely to make a rectangularish hole
Your Scaring me Smashy...... 8) 8) 8)


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Post by roamer » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:16 am

OK, so now I know where I've been going wrong with my searches - displaying results as topics rather than posts. Doh! Lesson learnt.
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