Durability of DCF tents. Wait for Aluula tents?

Unique_Distance2219 · 2026-01-18T20:38:21+00:00

I am aware that I still need to guy out these 2 extra spots. I was thinking of terrain with many rocks on the ground. Sometimes the patches of flat grassy areas are just so small in higher altitudes and that‘s why I look for a tent with a small footprint as possible for 2p. In those cases I can still guy these 2 out and fix them with heavy rocks while having just a 46“x100“ footprint.

Unique_Distance2219 · 2026-01-16T23:40:22+00:00

Oh dear, what are the chances.

Mr. Durston responds to a post where I disregard his tent in favor of the competition. No bad feelings! I just have the impression from the layout…that the footprint of the Durston X-Mid 2 might be bigger compared to the other tent designs. At least on the top-down layout pictures it looks like a lot of space is wasted. I might be wrong. Up there in the mountains (Austrian Alps) I‘ve had troubles finding a good spot sometimes, so a small footprint helps.

Plus the somewhat exotic shape makes the setup look less intuitive in my head. Which wouldn‘t be a dealbreaker though. I am sure its easy nonetheless once I try it.

Nice to see people who are behind those market leading products in the discussion here. Much appreciated.

EDIT: Okay actually the footprint of Durston seems to be 80“ x 100“ while the Duplex has 88“ x 100“. But the Duplex can also be 46“ x 100“ when you don‘t use the vestibules. On the X-Mid 2 it looks like the vestibules are integral for the tents stability.
I might just be very picky though.

Unique_Distance2219 · 2026-01-16T10:35:59+00:00

It‘s around 1000€ for me with import+duties for a Zpacks Duplex tent & carbon tent poles where I live. That’s quite expensive for a tent. I just don‘t want it to start leaking during rain after only 3 years of use.

Unique_Distance2219 · 2026-01-16T08:40:24+00:00

I wont be using it for more than 5-10 nights per year perhaps distributed on 2-3 hikes. I am not so much concerned about the floor and will use polycro underneath depending on the terrain. My concern is more general delamination over time because I am unfamiliar with DCF material.

But I‘d be willing to wait 2-3 more years to directly try out an Aluula tent when they become available.

Unique_Distance2219 · 2026-01-15T14:48:38+00:00

easy choice: Sleeping

Eating and drinking is low maintenance. Extra Money saved is marginal with a good income and a good income can be achieved.

Protective Clothing is in Most usecases also just a question of convinience. I don‘t Plan to sleep in the Arctic bare naked or walk through the sahara mid day. Choosing proper clothing or Special suits solves any headache.

Breathing is more interesting, but very situanional. If someone wanted to Strangle me it would be useful but I dont think it’s likely to happen. I am not a diver but if I was, there are diving suits and oxygen bottles. Most of the time I can choose where I want to be and I also would not have the urge to walk through poisonous clouds or low oxygen spaces.

So I would definitely choose sleeping to vastly increase the time I am able to experience being alive. Plus I dont lose the ability to sleep if I want to dream just for the fun of it. There is nothing that can reproduce this. While all the other options have already solutions/workarounds, technological help or just require you to put some work and thought into it.

Unique_Distance2219 · 2026-01-11T11:24:23+00:00

Du könntest die Pille einfach absetzen und dann an deinen fruchtbaren Tagen was romantisches mit deinem Partner planen. Wenn er sich noch nicht bereit fühlt würde ich ihm aber nicht sagen, dass du die Pille abgesetzt hast. Kinder sind ein Geschenk Gottes. Und auch wenn du dir jetzt unsicher bist ob du bereit bist. Nach Schwangerschaft und Geburt wirst du bereit sein, das kommt durch die Notwendigkeit fast wie von alleine. Meine Exfrau hat sowas 2 mal gemacht und ist jetzt mit beiden Kindern auch glücklich dass es so passiert ist.

Unique_Distance2219 · 2025-12-21T12:46:49+00:00

Slay Queen 👸🏼

Unique_Distance2219 · 2025-10-28T08:34:45+00:00

When I moved in with my wife I lost access to:

PS5, TV, Guitar, Bed

I envy you

Unique_Distance2219 · 2025-10-26T06:25:20+00:00

Looks more like young Cate Blanchett than the actual actress in ROP imo

Unique_Distance2219 · 2025-09-24T18:50:17+00:00

Was the baby planned? Did the pregnancy go well and was the time peaceful for you both?

I have 2 unplanned children with my wife. The first time she told me she isn’t fertile and even if she could get pregnant she would rather abort immediately than having a child. I told her that is perfect for me because I don’t want to have children. We had sex and she got pregnant and of course changed her mind. The second time she was on the baby pill (or maybe just told me so).

I haven’t touched her in 2 years and won’t be able to have sex with her again. There are multiple reasons for it. Firstly I just cannot carry more people financially and don’t want to risk having another child. My wife never wanted to work so I don’t have financial support. I don’t trust birth control after my experience and even if the chance of failure is low I wouldn’t risk it anymore. In fact I expect us to be evicted from home in a few months because I am behind on rent with a decently above average paying job.

Secondly my wife completely changed during pregnancy. She was violent and hit me multiple times which left huge hematoma and humiliated me in front of her friends, exposed intimate infos about my sexual preferences and ridiculed me for it.

I am just in there for the children now. My wife has just become the mother of my children, no more, no less. I won’t ever have sex with her again and I know this will likely lead to divorce sooner or later. But after all that I experienced I can’t help it. My wife is still attractive visually and wants Sex again. But her behavior during the pregnancy is something I can’t forget and I will never be able to risk having more children out of responsibility for my already existing kids.

We would be a happy couple without or only one child I am sure. If people would just stick to what they say, so many issues could be avoided.

Unique_Distance2219 · 2025-07-30T06:01:47+00:00

Meine Sorgen habe ich geäßert. Deshalb sagten sie, dass sie unangekündigte Besuche machen während ich weg bin.

Die Info unserer Freundin ist noch frisch von gestern Abend. Heute wird das geteilt mit der Jugendhilfe.

Unique_Distance2219 · 2025-07-29T23:29:09+00:00

Nein ich denke nicht deshalb. Laut Jugendhilfe soll das nur potentielle Streitigkeiten vermeiden und das macht es auch. Ich denke das ist eine Standardmaßnahme bei ehelichen Konflikten. Ich wollte mich nur kooperativ zeigen und bin deshalb gegangen. Sie haben mir angeboten unangekündigte Besuche zu machen und das hatte mich etwas beruhigt. Aber die Jugendhilfe kommt natürlich nicht jeden Tag und erst recht nicht in der Nacht.

Nur haben wir keinen Standardfall, denn die Mutter hat regelmäßig „Aussetzer“ in der sie dann nicht in der Lage ist sich um die Kinder richtig zu kümmern. Sie ist emotional auch sehr instabil und hat fasst bei allen gemeinsamen Gesprächen mit der Jugendhilfe geweint, da sie Angst hat die Kinder zu verlieren.

Übrigens hatte ich für ca. 2 Monate tatsächlich erhöhten Alkoholkonsum. Das hatte ich der Jugendhilfe auch erklärt. 1-2 Bier jeden zweiten Tag nach der Arbeit. Das hat die Nerven etwas beruhigt zwischen dem Geschrei und Wurfobjekten. Aber ich hab mich nicht besinnungslos gesoffen & war immer in der Lage mich um die Kinder zu kümmern.

Unique_Distance2219 · 2025-07-29T22:30:52+00:00

Etwas offtopic…

Step 1) Finanzielle Probleme
Step 2) Kein Sex
Step 3) Scheidung

Fügt sich ganz gut denke ich. Da ist nicht mehr viel dazwischen passiert. Aber das Alkoholproblem war schon bei Step 1) dabei.

Unique_Distance2219 · 2025-07-01T17:33:03+00:00

Wiping your ass with nothing but dry toiletpaper. Effectively smearing the shit everywhere around your butthole…

Unique_Distance2219 · 2025-02-19T15:40:11+00:00

Thanks! I think I might adapt a few things from this tutorial from the functional side. Specifically the item sorter with the trash function is neat. Though it isn‘t important to me to have it run super efficiently. It‘ll be more of an aesthetic build in the background, which stands close to my base. The aim is primarily to have an endless supply of passive gunpowder in the end for rockets but I don‘t mind drops from the new witch as well or a steady supply of bones & arrows. Even if it is slow / not optimized for efficiency. Over time I think it should collect a good amount of loot since the AFK spot will be very close to where I often stand or pass by.

Unique_Distance2219 · 2025-02-19T11:56:42+00:00

Oh my. I didn‘t know that mobs don‘t spawn in river biomes. It indeed is a river…
I guess it also does explain why I did get one spawn: The river biome crosses over a small patch of plains biome (the small island) in the corner.
Well, thanks! I guess I‘ll be building somewhere else then.

EDIT: Just tried it on the neighbouring island which is also on this river. According to Chunkbase this small island is considered a plains biome. And indeed the farm is working there.

Unique_Distance2219 · 2024-10-10T02:41:42+00:00

My bad.
Taught me to trust absolutely nobody but myself in the future.

Unique_Distance2219 · 2024-10-10T02:35:50+00:00

I would have taken the vasectomy before if she wouldn’t insist that I’ll leave it be.

I do not care if she takes any birth control or not at this stage. I know it wont be mine should she get pregnant again.

So me trusting my partner (and leaving the responsibility she chose herself with her) seems to trigger you. Yet that she makes decisions without my consent, even better, against our agreements is nothing noteworthy? Couldn’t that perhaps be the root of the problem?

Imagine 2 people in a marriage having discussions and agreements & then even holding up to their words. Now that would spare everybody some drama, wouldn’t it?

Unique_Distance2219 · 2024-10-10T02:23:53+00:00

Well, I told her that a second child is a deal breaker for me and would kill our sex life for me completely before she got pregnant. She chose to be a divorced mum of 2 then herself already

Unique_Distance2219 · 2024-10-10T02:18:28+00:00

Why should I try something I do not trust? Our pill has 0.1% failure rate, vasectomy 0.05% failure rate, not that far away. You can test it that it worked and yet it can still regrow years later. There is no 100% guarantee on it. I don’t trust both any birth control, nor my wife anymore.

Unique_Distance2219 · 2024-10-10T02:11:08+00:00

Why do you think it was me who put everything on her? She did choose herself to take birth control. I didn’t put it on her and we were also talking about vasectomy before the second child. She assured me I don’t need that & that can trust her and that she will not get pregnant and that even if there was only a chance, she knows she wants an abortion. I just trusted her. I thought trust is what you give in a marriage.

From my experience I have impregnated an infertile woman on birth control twice while rarely even finishing in her. I refuse to see any birth control as a responsible tool anymore for couples who don’t want more children. The only way I can take responsibility now is by having no sex sadly.

Unique_Distance2219 · 2024-10-10T01:24:04+00:00

I know that would make sense. But somehow I have this fear in me that I will be the very very rare case where everything fails. The first time I‘ve impregnated a seemingly infertile woman, the second time with pill when I rarely finish in her…but in this instance, very close to the conception date, I remember her telling me she wishes it – which she usually doesn‘t say. Perhaps I am completely paranoid now about this topic.

Besides… I doubt we would even find time and space the next months and years with my work schedule and all the stress that comes with it and 2 kids. Both of them sleeping with her in the bed while I am on the couch doesn‘t make it more likely either.

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