X-Mid Stargazer Kit

Name: X-Mid Stargazer Kit
Brand: Durston Gear
SKU: DXM-2011
Price: 19.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$19.00 USD

X-Mid Stargazer Kit

$19.00 USD

Simple Pitching of Your Inner Tent

The Stargazer Kit enables easy pitching of your X-Mid 1 or 2 inner tent (does not work with the Pro series tents). It uses matching buckles which clip to the existing buckles on the peaks of your inner tent while grommets makes it easy to add your poles. Peak guylines are included and easily adjust with cord tensioners that match the rest of your tent.

PITCHING

To use the Stargazer kit, start by staking out the 4 corners of your floor so it lays taut in its parallelogram shape. Then buckle the Stargazer adapters to the two peaks with the matching buckles.

Then one peak at a time, extend your pole so it is 2-4" (5-10 cm) taller than the inner tent peak, insert the pole tip into the grommet, and stake out the guyline. The guyline should be aimed approximately in line with the ridgeline. Orienting the guyline in other direction will twist the inner and decrease space.

Use the provided tensioner to snug up the line and repeat at the other peak.

SPECIFICATIONS

WEIGHT

Connectors:

0.25 oz (7 g) x 2

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Guylines:

0.15 oz (5 g) x 2

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Complete Kit

0.8 oz (24 g)

MATERIALS

Webbing

15 mm Nylon

Product is perfect, I only wish shipping wasn't as high on small light items.

The kit is high quality, light as expected, and made of the same cord that comes with the tent. For these smaller items, though, I feel like the shipping should be differently calculated from the rest. If part of a larger order, this should add nothing to the overall shipping cost and if sent domestically, it’s the cost of a couple of postage stamps.

I don't even mind that it's not included in the tent. Not everyone will use it.

I know it’s a minor thing to complain about, but when shipping adds 25% to the cost of the item… it seems a little refinement would be in order.

The product itself is solidly built, as expected.

Thanks for the feedback and review Gary. How our shipping rates calculate is complicated, but we do have it set so the first accessory doesn't add any shipping cost to a larger order. I see yours was ordered separately, so the shipping cost was $6 CAD. We ship those an oversized letter with a couple of a stamps. We probably could get this down $1-$2 but the price is pretty close to the cost now.

X-Mid Stargazer kit

Quick shipping of a perfectly functional item. I'm sure I could have cobbled this together but I appreciate that it's exactly what you need and increases the functionality of my favorite tent at basically zero grams.

Works very well

the non-pro tents are inexpensive for the functionality, and the xtra $$ is not that much. I guess the kit could be included, but i think that is gripey. The option on (warm) dry nights is great.

Works great! but alas, I wish it was standard

The Stargazer Kit isn’t for everyone but it would be nice to have it built into the inner tent so there's less to pack, manage and (ouch) buy. Those who don’t use them can remove them. With all the various pitch methods X-Mids are famous for, stargazing comes as a marketing gotcha. The wow factor of the X-M system could be more celestial if this pitch option evolved to be endemic to the design instead of an afterthought or aftermarket part.

Glad you're liking the kit. You raise an interesting point about somehow integrating this. We could include the kit with the tents, but actually integrating it into the design is difficult. Have you seen the 'further variation'? It is in our pitching video and shows how to roll back almost the entire fly to get a similar result as Stargazer mode without needing a kit. You still need the fly, but almost all of it is rolled back.
- Dan

This should be part of the tent

This should be part of the tent and not an extra

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X-Mid Stargazer Kit

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