Shelter design
In any camping, outdoors or survival
situation, everybody knows that shelter is one of the very first
element you need to take care of. With food and water, a shelter
allows you to survive in the forest without risking getting wet, cold
or attacked by nature. In order to fulfill this basic need, a lot of
companies introduced many different solutions and products, but most
of them still rely on a basic model where you create the shelter
above you, then end up sleeping on the ground. A team out of
Massachusetts created a new design called Nubé.
Unlike other
shelters, Nubé
is a hammock linked to a shelter system. The main feature is the fact
that everything is elevated. This is a huge benefit since you don’t
have to worry about the ground being dirty or wet, and you protect
yourself from insects and small animals who roam the forest floor.
With patent-pending design ideas, the team claims that it is the most
advanced shelter system ever created. Because the hammock suspension
lines are integrated in the shelter, they never get wet. An insect
shield is incorporated in the design, and the supports can
accommodate 200 lbs of gear.
Right now the
project is on Kickstarter, but it proved to be such a popular idea
among camping and outdoors enthusiasts that they already passed their
goal amount with two weeks remaining. So far all the early bird
specials are gone, but you can reserve your own product for $250,
according to their pledge list. Even though the survival shelter
market is quite crowded, this goes to show that there is always room
for innovation.
