Comments on: Stylish Emergency Tent: Accordion reCover Shelter

By: Rocky Rook

Rocky Rook — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:45:51 +0000

The simplest, easiest tent shelter I ever set up was a rope and tarp. Of course we had trees to tie the ropes to, so in a post-apocalyptic world there might not be any trees to tie the rope to.

By: sw

sw — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:21:00 +0000

why do they never go into production?

By: syraquse

syraquse — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:22:25 +0000

@sw:
Not exactly… It was a 3-week class project in an Industrial Design class. We got stuff like this all the time.

By: sw

sw — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:36:13 +0000

it’s still a better alternative to what’s currently available. i’m glad someone, somewhere, is putting money into this.

By: syraquse

syraquse — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:50:11 +0000

This is hilarious… I know all these girls/guys and had to help them move those things around. Such a pain in the ass to move an 8X8 foot plastic accordion.

By: Grunt

Grunt — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:17:17 +0000

Sorry, but polypropylene is an oil / gas byproduct which takes a lot of energy to produce. It is perfectly recycleable, true so used wisely it is a great product.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:04:35 +0000

Wow. Well-designed and compactable for travel. This is the post-nuclear home that will replace real estate.