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Re: Show HN: Occupod – a solid mobile sleeping shelter

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Post by newnewpdro »

"Unlike a tent, an Occupod is a solid mobile sleeping platform that rolls down a sidewalk and provides safe sheltered sleeping at night."

Unlike an Occupod, a tent isn't easily rolled off a cliff or into traffic while the occupant is too high to notice.

There's so much wrong with the execution of this, I don't know where to start.

Re: Show HN: Occupod – a solid mobile sleeping shelter

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Post by duskwuff »

"No Place For The Living" seems... rather the opposite of the intended message.

On a more technical level, many pallets are chemically treated to prevent insect damage. The chemicals used for this treatment can be quite hazardous; sleeping on top of a damp, chemically treated pallet is practically a worst case.

Re: Show HN: Occupod – a solid mobile sleeping shelter

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Post by Kiro »

Qworg wrote: post #7
tropdrop wrote: post #5

It's hard to get an idea of scale in these pictures, so the pods seem impossibly small and unlikely to fit a whole person. A picture of a person laying inside for scale would help.

The floor is a standard 42" pallet.

So how are you supposed to sleep in one of these?

Re: Show HN: Occupod – a solid mobile sleeping shelter

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Post by tropdrop »

Qworg wrote: post #7
tropdrop wrote: post #5

It's hard to get an idea of scale in these pictures, so the pods seem impossibly small and unlikely to fit a whole person. A picture of a person laying inside for scale would help.

The floor is a standard 42" pallet.

I have never tried laying on a 42" pallet - have you? I really can't say if it's too small to sleep in.

A simple picture (even a stylized, human-sized vector drawing) would put debates about whether this pod is too small to bed.

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