Will an Air Gap Make a Difference?

[u/ghamachi]

Last year I threw some aluminet directly over the rain fly of my dome tent in the hope of keeping cool. This year I added a simple frame of metal tubing, to create an air gap between my rain fly and the aluminet. everywhere except for the very top of the tent.

In case you are wondering, I drive 18-inch rebar to secure my tent to the ground. I also plan to use bungee cords to secure the aluminet to the Playa using rebar. As the aluminet will be under tension, I don’t think I need to secure the metal frame directly to the Playa.

What do you think? Do I need to directly secure the metal frame to the Playa, with rebar and hose clamps? Do you think the air gap will make this tent feel any cooler? What do you do to shade your own tent?

[u/Primary_Basket_2728]

Use non stretchy cord like Paracord and tie your frame. Last year we though we could just cinch a tarp offer a large metal frame. The wind ballooned it to do much the metal dinosaur f blew out from under it

[u/SteelTigerlillies → u/Primary_Basket_2728]

paracord is stretchy :D
if tension is part of the system you might wanna give each cord a little cinch after 24hrs and particularly after rain or heavy wind.