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Title: New Product Idea
Post by: two4hooking on March 08, 2012, 01:58:00 PM
Someone needs to create a lightweight backpacking tent that will collect rainwater runoff into a container for later filtering and drinking.

We used an extra poncho last year in Colorado and collected enough to save a trip to our far away water source!
Title: Re: New Product Idea
Post by: Orion on March 08, 2012, 02:19:00 PM
Can probably do that with most tents now.  Leave one supporting pole out, etc., to create a sag in the tent somewhere.  Or insert a longer pole somewhere to create a peak/angle that will direct the water off the tent at a certain point.  If the tent has an awning/flap, let it collect water and push it out toward one of the corners periodically to collect it.  The possibilities are endless.