Zpacks Plex Solo Lite First Setup
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- In this video i set up my new Zpacks Plex Solo Lite for the first time. This tent is billed as the lightest full-featured one person tent on the market. At 11.8 oz, this is a decent weight reduction from my Duplex, which weighs 20 oz.
In continuing with my quest to go lighter, my shelter was one place I had the opportunity to cut some weight. Will I miss having a roomier two person tent? Will there be as much ventilation? More condensation ? Or will I be pleasantly surprised?
Will this be the tent I take with me on my PCT thru-hike attempt next year? Stay tuned as I prepare to take it out for its maiden voyage.
*I am not affiliated with Zpacks in any way. I paid for this tent myself.
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I purchased from Zpacks some extra sticky loops to put on the corners of the floor and ran lightweight Dyneema cord to the stakes to help define the corners much better. Also got two magnetic tie downs to replace the toggle and loop for the entrance. I'm 5'8"/165 and this fits me just fine. What a weight savings on my shoulders.
Thank you for sharing your modifications! That is super helpful! And thanks so much for watching and commenting! 🙏
Good video. Thanks!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching and commenting. 🙏
Best tent I have ever owned. ✌️
What do you like best about it? :-)
Nice tent, looks like a Six Moons Designs Lunar Solo but made out of cuben fibre. For me my SMDLS is only for middle of summer in UK it's just too airy for spring or autumn and you'd have to be a complete nutter to use it in Scottish winter conditions! Good luck with it looking forward to seeing your Scottish trip👍🍺😎
Thanks so much for watching and for your comment. 😊
Ooo, something new and shiny 😊. That looks super lightweight and lots of room inside. I look forward to seeing how you get on with it.
Thanks John! 🙏
It could have been tightened up some more. That light breeze is giving you less space.
Great overview Shan. I look forward to seeing how you get on with it in on your adventures and how you find it compared to the Duplex.
Thanks Mark!
Looks bigger than I thought it would be. I am now telling myself I do not need another tent lol. I think the material being so see through would take a lot to get used to, especially as it is not common at all over here.
It was something that put me off a bit with these tents at first, but it does blur everything quite a bit so it's not that easy to make out what you're seeing through the dyneema.
Okay, but can we talk about your amazing "tv/radio" voice in that intro and outro?!! :) Great video! The Love Dogs say hello to the barking dogs in the video. ;-)
Haha thanks! I enjoy voiceover work. Know anyone hiring? 😂 The pups say hi back!
@@ShanOutdoors I don't right now, but if I see or hear of anything, I'll let you know! 😄 I was seriously thinking throughout your intro, "Wow! She could totally get VoiceOver work!" I wish my voice sounded that nice on my video voiceovers! 😆
Aw thank you so much!
Nice informative video. I haven't seen any Plex Solos in the UK, a few Altaplexs and Duplexs but not these. It will be very interesting seeing how it copes with Scottish weather. I've subscribed to find out. Would you mind sharing how much it cost with shipping and custom duties?
Thanks so much for subscribing and commenting! 🙏 The tent retails for $599 USD. I am not sure of customs duties since I am located in the US. I will definitely be making a follow up video on this tent.
Worry about condensation inside. No vents
I worried about that as well.
Especially if you guy the fly all the way to the ground in windy wet weather.
thank you for a nice review, it helped a lot! just one thing curious about this tent because I just bought an used plex solo lite and at the front door zipper it's saying '3F' not 'YKK'.. I'm just curious if it's the same for yours ! sorry for the weird question !
That's a good question, not weird at all! I'm pretty sure Zpacks uses YKK zippers on all of their tents, but I don't know for sure. Is it possible that yours maybe lost a zipper and needed a repair at some point? You could contact Zpacks customer service and ask them maybe? Thanks for watching!