A quick note to say that the X-Mid 2P has arrived. Pre-orders shipped out earlier this week and are arriving now. Drop re-opened new orders on their X-Mid 2P page:
https://drop.com/buy/drop-x-mid-2-person-tent-designed-by-dan-durstonI'm not sure how many they have so I can't advise on when they will sell out, but I don't believe they have more on order so when these do sell out it'll be another 8 months or so for more. I doubt they ordered more than about 1000, so with 400 gone already that might sell out in a month or so.
Keithy: Interesting to see the LineLoc failure. I wonder if maybe it cracked during the higher winds of the prior days and then gave out a bit later? Two other possibilities are (1) a rogue wind gust, or (2) someone walked by a tripped on it. I suppose the silver lining is that at least the LineLoc gave out before the tent's guyouts, which would be much worse. For the mesh hole, there are mesh patch kits. Tenacious Tape sells a stick on mesh patch that works well. Sewing mesh is a pain.
https://www.gearaid.com/products/tenaci ... h-bug-meshDrew: Nice job pitching on the platform. That's a great looking pitch. Also neat to see the comparison with the Triplex. I wonder if the Triplex roof always pull that low, or if that's just a lot of tension on the guyouts relative to down the ridgeline. Do happen to have a full resolution version of that image you wouldn't mind me using? Would be handy to show the X-Mid on a platform, and to show relative size versus other tents. If you do wish to share, you could email it to
[email protected]Jazzman56: I have no inside info on Drop's future plans, but looking at history what we see with the 1P is that Drop did include it in their Black Friday sale (10% off) and Decade End Sale (20% off). Those were broader sales on a lot of their stuff and not specific to the X-Mid. IMO it didn't make sense to offer the X-Mid at a discount because they just sold out faster and now are out of stock for several months, whereas they could have sold them out anyways at regular price. Anyways, the point is that there's a chance Drop includes the X-Mid in future sales but I'm not aware of any sales that they have other than near the end of the year. I also don't think the 1P will be in stock then. They have 1000 coming in June/July with about 300 of those pre-sold now and they'll all likely be sold out no later than July. Beyond that I don't think they've ordered more, so likely spring 2021 before the next batch of the 1P. If someone wants a X-Mid 1P for the next summer in Australia, getting in on that July batch is likely the only option.