Impressive wind/rain test. I am glad I own one. At BRC... I use 18" re-bar stakes instead, due to the climate soil. Cheers - James, BRC/Texas EMT Medic
Why in the world werent the Hubs staked out? Plus there should be a skirt and if you knew you're going to be at those kind of wind conditions you could have sandbags or snow or rocks on the skirt to keep the bottom down and Otter fishing shelters has a good idea they have a secondary stake it comes down about a foot up and then it sticks out so it holds the whole thing down tight to the ground. There's a lot of things isis and shoulders have engineered that are already worked out like a full size door that's a really good thing and the skirting around about 50-in skirting around so you put ice less snow snow blocks logs sandbags whatever around it I think it probably would have to 150 mph wind if you stick it out correctly you should do that test again!!!
Hey! Great feedback and observations. First we were not actually there. I was on the phone with them but the university engineering student ran the test on the structures they built and then ran the SHELTERPOD also. The biggest mistake they made was putting the pins in vertically. The hubs were staked out. The grass was also soaked with three weeks of rain which didn't help. Overall, we are very happy with the test. The unit was set up by people who had never seen or used a SHELTERPOD, first timers... and really beyond 80MPH the bigger concern is flying debris. Stay low and keep your head down!
I love the fact that it's already been tested in so many great locations and conditions; King of the Hammers and Burning Man and mountain climbing and emergency rescues situations and disaster relief that's exactly what I've been looking for for so many years for 20 years now the perfect Four Season tent shelter for emergency situations and my gosh they've designed and built exactly what I wanted, what I had envisioned / designed in my head!! Carbon graphite struts and hubs, YKK zippers etc top quality materials everything space blanket materials for reflecting Heat and cold; "Space Age Tent Made With Space Age Materials for Space Age Conditions!!!" I just found the shift pod a week ago because I was looking for the absolute BEST Four Season shelter because I want to combine it with my invention, a Rocket Stove (in the-ground) Earthen Thermal Mass Heating System! It will heat a 100 +/- shelter easily, AND It will help keep it cool in summer also because Earth temps are always lower than ambient temperature... Tested in multiple locations king of hammers burning Man a lot of emergency situations they've improving intestine that's what I want to work with. They used YKK zippers and carbon graphite hubs and struts I was so impressed with her system just blown away like I had envisioned, EXACTLY what I envisioned An Ice Fishing Shelter Hub on steroids, that will be good for all ALL seasons Cold and hot weather both and high winds which I think we're going to be having to deal with more and more they're like a perfect emergency shelter and that's what I've been looking for for 20 years actually since I had a picture burned into my mind about 40 years ago of a bunch of tents across a pasture and I KNEW that they were refugees and if I didn't do something to help them they would die and then in the year 2000, 20 years later I had a powerful, -like real-time real-life Technicolor -like-I-was-there, vision of an underground house and a homeless Family. That shook up my world, charged me up and set me on a course that's included a website, a book, and a TH-cam channel ALL with the same name; How To Get Out Of Babylon and ALL trying to figure out how to help homeless people in horrible and emergency situations. I think this is what I've come to other than building houses underground we need to have some shelter that will absolutely stand up to high winds and snow and ice and extreme temperatures; we will see heat and cold and this is like the most PERFECT thing I've ever found; "Space Age Tent Made With Space Age Materials for Space Age Conditions!!!"
Hi Annie! The stakes we used were our 12" stainless steel pins that come with all of our units. The pin did not break but rather pulled out of the super soft and wet ground. To avoid this next time they will pound them in at an angle away from the load.
If you're camping in 105MPH winds, you got bigger problems....haha
Isn't that the truth!
Impressive wind/rain test.
I am glad I own one.
At BRC... I use 18" re-bar stakes instead, due to the climate soil.
Cheers - James, BRC/Texas EMT Medic
Why in the world werent the Hubs staked out?
Plus there should be a skirt and if you knew you're going to be at those kind of wind conditions you could have sandbags or snow or rocks on the skirt to keep the bottom down and Otter fishing shelters has a good idea they have a secondary stake it comes down about a foot up and then it sticks out so it holds the whole thing down tight to the ground.
There's a lot of things isis and shoulders have engineered that are already worked out like a full size door that's a really good thing and the skirting around about 50-in skirting around so you put ice less snow snow blocks logs sandbags whatever around it I think it probably would have to 150 mph wind if you stick it out correctly you should do that test again!!!
Hey! Great feedback and observations. First we were not actually there. I was on the phone with them but the university engineering student ran the test on the structures they built and then ran the SHELTERPOD also. The biggest mistake they made was putting the pins in vertically. The hubs were staked out. The grass was also soaked with three weeks of rain which didn't help. Overall, we are very happy with the test. The unit was set up by people who had never seen or used a SHELTERPOD, first timers... and really beyond 80MPH the bigger concern is flying debris. Stay low and keep your head down!
So um, could I borrow one to "Test" at BRC this year?
Alright I'll stop asking for a free tent. lol
@Milk2Percent I hope so!
Try it with Ground Grabba spikes?
GREAT IDEA! We love GROUNDGRABBAs!
Whats with the color?
That is one of our SHELTERPOD units.
Very impressive. The Beaufort Scale goes up to 12, which is hurricane: 73 mph.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale
Amazing!
I love the fact that it's already been tested in so many great locations and conditions; King of the Hammers and Burning Man and mountain climbing and emergency rescues situations and disaster relief that's exactly what I've been looking for for so many years for 20 years now the perfect Four Season tent shelter for emergency situations and my gosh they've designed and built exactly what I wanted, what I had envisioned / designed in my head!! Carbon graphite struts and hubs, YKK zippers etc top quality materials everything space blanket materials for reflecting Heat and cold;
"Space Age Tent Made With Space Age Materials for Space Age Conditions!!!"
I just found the shift pod a week ago because I was looking for the absolute BEST Four Season shelter because I want to combine it with my invention, a Rocket Stove
(in the-ground) Earthen Thermal Mass Heating System! It will heat a 100 +/- shelter easily, AND
It will help keep it cool in summer also because Earth temps are always lower than ambient temperature...
Tested in multiple locations king of hammers burning Man a lot of emergency situations they've improving intestine that's what I want to work with. They used YKK zippers and carbon graphite hubs and struts I was so impressed with her system just blown away like I had envisioned, EXACTLY what I envisioned An Ice Fishing Shelter Hub on steroids, that will be good for all ALL seasons Cold and hot weather both and high winds which I think we're going to be having to deal with more and more they're like a perfect emergency shelter and that's what I've been looking for for 20 years actually since I had a picture burned into my mind about 40 years ago of a bunch of tents across a pasture and I KNEW that they were refugees and if I didn't do something to help them they would die and then in the year 2000, 20 years later I had a powerful, -like real-time real-life Technicolor
-like-I-was-there, vision of an underground house and a homeless Family. That shook up my world,
charged me up and set me on a course that's included a website, a book, and a TH-cam channel ALL with the same name; How To Get Out Of Babylon and ALL trying to figure out how to help homeless people in horrible and emergency situations.
I think this is what I've come to other than building houses underground we need to have some shelter that will absolutely stand up to high winds and snow and ice and extreme temperatures; we will see heat and cold and this is like the most PERFECT thing I've ever found;
"Space Age Tent Made With Space Age Materials for Space Age Conditions!!!"
Great video! What size were the stakes holding it to the ground in this test?
Hi Annie! The stakes we used were our 12" stainless steel pins that come with all of our units. The pin did not break but rather pulled out of the super soft and wet ground. To avoid this next time they will pound them in at an angle away from the load.
Was anyone in there...🤣
Nope, no humans or animals were harmed in the filming of this video.