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I'm really impressed with the thoughtfulness and care with which you approach the comments here. If you're only half as meticulous in design and fabrication as you are with comments, then this is going to be one fantastic tent! It's clear that you have put a lot of experience-based thought into this tent, and it looks incredible.
While I have no immediate need for a lightweight 1P tent, I know an opportunity when I see one. I'll be needing one a couple of years from now, but rather than hope that this amazing tent will be available at that time, I'm going to pull the trigger now and have it at the ready.
Any suggestions for long-term storage?
Tent materials have gotten a lot better, so storage practices are less important than it used to be. For example, older PU coatings were water based so they would slowly absorb water and get gummy if the tent was stored damp. But good modern PU coatings (like the X-Mid) are not water based but rather poly-ether, so they don't degrade when stored wet. But still , you want your tent fully dried if stored long term in case mold / mildew takes hold.
Also, I wouldn't have it rolled super tight because it's possible that the vent struts are bent a bit, and perhaps if stored bent for years they'd have a permanent bend. I've tried to break the vent struts and they are extremely tough (I couldn't do it bare handed) but you can get a little bend in them if you really work them. So minor, but no need to crank it down in a compression sack.
Finally, if you roll it up nicely (instead of stuffing) then it won't be nearly as wrinkly after long term storage. So the best approach is to dry it, roll it up and then store it in the provided stuff sack.
It never occurred to me that I could simply stuff it into its stuff sack, rather than fold it up nicely, but that would be a time-saver on the trail. Great! After getting home, though, I'd air it and fold/roll it up.
I live someplace that's fairly humid. For long-term storage, in order to avoid mildew, would you suggest keeping it in, say, a ventilated box, rather than its stuff sack? Perhaps a sealed box with DampRid?
Thanks again!