 Hi,
while there's written a lot about the Laser Comp's overall performance, the comparison with the Akto, size, fabric,... I can't find much about how the Laser Competition handles bad weather.
Foul weather like heavy rain, strong winds, lot's of exposure on ridges, etc. How does the Laser Comp cope with this?
(off course the laser comp isn't designed for this kind of weather, but I want to know if one storm can ruin a whole trip...)
Thanks!
Jasper
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.jpg) see what PTC* says about them here HERE!!
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 Indeed. Unless the birds are flapping their wings and not moving forward I'm happy in it.
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Ptc do you pitch yours side on into the wind or end into it??? Ithink i read you pitch small end into it am i right?
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I do aye. It works okay for me, and it seems that there's less chance of large sections of the two skins touching all the time if the wind is really strong. I'll be proved wrong abnd it'll be torn off me one night like a velcro skirt off on one of BuzzsFizz.
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Cheers for that im out next weekend in mine for the first time so i will deffo give it a try that way  .
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 I used one one in a storm and it flapped around like a jelly vibrator. BUT!! After reading on here about them and their fussy arse way of putting them up I wish i'd kept mine and mastered the cats cradle of errection before I sold it.
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Lol. Earplugs and a few beers might help
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 The following thread discussed the best direction to pitch the Laserlite/Competition Pitching Laserlite (first attempt to insert a link, so here's hoping...) I haven't pitched it in really wild weather, but I'd be perfectly confident in using it in rough weather as long as it is well pegged out. After all, Steve Perry used a Laserlite I believe for his winter Munros round...
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.jpg) Nothing hard about it , inner and outer together ,bang it up , and when its up , have a walk around it adjusting as you go . No problem . If I do have a problem , and its only a small one , (advice please ptc*) is that sometimes I get a largish gap between the outer sheet and the ground and sometimes I dont . Am yet to suss out why . Its probaly very obviuos .
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 I'll be proved wrong abnd it'll be torn off me one night like a velcro skirt off on one of BuzzsFizz.
for those too young to know what the fcuk ptc* is on about... (sadly, I remember well)
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Jonno, I get that sometimes. It seems to be when pegging it, if I don't get them in evenly it pulls it a bit.
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Good link there RobP thanks and it did work ... Oh and does anybody know what the footprint for the TN Competition wieghs??cant find it anywhere. . Also are they ok for pitching on snow as its looking pretty white where im heading this weekend coming but things could change.
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Where are you going Diddy?
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 pictures don't do this one justice!!
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Thanks , Diddy , it was really slow , it was dark and looked like a river , AND jammed up me putor  , ......it,ll have melted by next weekend .
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Hopefully not,but sods law says it will,could get the last useage of my Skyehigh 1000 before it goes into hibernation for the summer ....
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After all, Steve Perry used a Laserlite I believe for his winter Munros round...
he did use one every one every now and again but he stayed in bothies when ever possible and other accomidation when he could. im not saying he didnt like his laser but he certainly only used when he really had too.
having said that he was going to use a super lite voyager for the second part of his trip but didnt so............... and my point was??? steve perrys website seems to have gone. shame, i thought he was abit of a modern day hero to the ramblin folk.
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 St. Perrys website from last year here http://www.3peaksafrica.co.uk/ He is a hero of mine, isn't he new dad as well? That'll be a real challenge for him!
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