From: rgty_mkt@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: rec.backcountry
Subject: Re: NZ Macpac Tents product line
Date: 12 Nov 92 09:47:05 +1300
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

In article <1992Nov9.134025.4131@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>, afd@bellcore.com (Alex F. Dietz) writes:

> Better yet - could someone post a summary of the product line?
> 
Here is a list of the 1992 Macpac tent product line.  (They also do a good line
of packs)  Some of the designs have changed, as I have seen one new two man
design, but the catalogs are not out yet, so I am not sure of all the changes.  
Also for marketing reasons some of the names might change in the US and Europe.

Prices are in NZ dollars and relate to March of this year when I was looking
for a tent.  I bought the Exodus, which I have found really great.  I have used
it in gusty wind that you have difficulty standing in and it hardly budged when 
pitched end on to the wind.

Anyway here is the list.

FOUR SEASON TENTS

Olympus 2-3 person (very tight for three people) 
- Floor area	2.7 sq.m
- Vestibule	2x0.7sq.m
- Weight	3.8kg
- Rolled Size	55cm x 15cm
- RRP		$NZ650
- Street price
- Design	Three hoop tunnel, Multi pitch (can put up just fly sheet, or
just inner, or both together depending on conditions)

Olympus Expedition 2-3 Person 
- Weight	4.1kg
- RRP
- Street price
- Design	Same tent as Olympus above, but special fly with snow flaps,
yellow color

Minaret 2 Person
- Floor area	2.2 sq.m
- Vestibule	0.9sq.m
- Weight	2.7kg
- Rolled Size	40cm x 15cm
- RRP		Around $NZ550
- Street price
- Design	Two hoop tunnel,Multi pitch

Minaret Expedition 2 person
- Weight	2.9kg
- RRP
- Street price
- Design	The same as the Minaret, but with a different fly sheet that
has snow flaps.  It is also yellow.
               
THREE SEASON TENTS

Spectrum 4 person
- Floor area	4.4sq.m
- Vestibule	2x 1.1sq.m
- Weight	4.7kg
- Rolled Size	55cm x 20cm
- RRP		$NZ820
- Street price	$NZ775
- Design	Dome tent with three poles, vestibules are slightly offset,
inside floor area is 210cm x 210cm, inside height 125cm.

Exodus 3 person (I think the name has been changed to Timberline)
- Floor area	3.3sq.m
- Vestibule	2x 1.0sq.m
- Weight	3.5kg
- Rolled Size	55cm x 15cm
- RRP		$NZ640
- Street price	$NZ550
- Design	Two hoop semi-tunnel The inside is set off at an angle to the
pitch of the tent, it gives one spot for a tall person and two spots for not so
tall people. Multi pitch

Eclipse 2 person
- Floor area	2.4sq.m
- Vestibule	1.0sq.m
- Weight	2.6kg
- Rolled Size	40cm x15cm
- RRP		
- Street price	$NZ426
- Design	Single hoop, 230cm x 120cm inside, hight 120cm

Eclipse Tropical 2 person
- Weight 	2.3kg
- Design	The same as the Eclipse above, except the inner is mostly bug
screen.

Microlight 1-2 person
- Floor area	2.0sq.m
- Vestibule	0.8sq.m
- Weight	1.9kg
- Rolled Size	40cm x12cm
- RRP
- Street price
- Design	This tent is like slightly half the Exodus.  It is one hoop and
there is a slight angle to the sleeping position ot maximise use of space

I hope this is of some use.  If you are coming to NZ the cheapest place I have
found to buy gear in the North Island is in Hamilton, a store called 'Country
Life'. It is a Boy scout shop and has low margins.  You might get things
cheaper in Christchurch where they manufacture the tents.

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Murray Tracey 
e-mail m.tracey@waikato.ac.nz
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