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WTB Inner for a Gatewood Cape

Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 5:34 pm
by Gpl23
Looking for a serenity net inner or an Ali Express mesh inner that fits the Gatewood. Cheers

Re: WTB Inner for a Gatewood Cape

Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 5:55 pm
by Bearbonesnorm
I (and others) use a Sea to Summit pyramid nano net. Weigh very little and keep the midges out. https://www.freshairjunkie.co.uk/produc ... t_campaign

Re: WTB Inner for a Gatewood Cape

Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 6:57 pm
by RIP
Aye the S2S net is perfect. Only 92g. £22 at EpicTVshop (who?). Tuck the edges under your mat and away you go. Pegging the corners is even better if you can be bothered - I use 6g BBB carbon pegs. Easy to crawl under the edge and into your bag/quilt.

I added a krab to the end of the net's hanger cord (getting the length of that cord takes a bit of trial and error - mine's only 2cm long plus the krab at the moment!), and two internal lines to my Gatewood. You can see one of the lines below. Each line is very thin cord doubled, and knotted at four intervals along it. One end attaches to the hood/pole cradle and the other end attaches to the toggle two-thirds of the way down the cape.

This means you can instantly clip the net to either 'side' of the cape at any of four heights.

Because the net is, well, a giant net it's almost impossible to get its orientation correct in the dark and pissing rain. You end up getting trapped like a poor butterfly in a net. So I stuck a bit of luminous tape to the middle of the tail end. I then pack the net in its bag with just this little tape poking out. Upon deployment, peg this down at the bottom of your mat then drag the bag to the top of your mat, unravelling the net behind it, and clip the krab onto the roof line. It's then easy to position the other pegging points.

I've had a lot of fun experimenting with the cape and the net :smile: . Put some thin wire in the hood while you're at it and replace all the external lines with some of Stu's 0.5mm lines to save a couple more grammes :-bd

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